Job Specifications
Fastmarkets is an industry-leading price-reporting agency (PRA) and information provider for global commodities, providing price data, news, analytics and events for the agriculture, forest products, metals and mining and new-generation energy markets.
Fastmarkets' data is critical for customers seeking to understand and predict dynamic, sometimes opaque markets, enabling trading and risk management. Fastmarkets is a global business with a history dating back to 1865 and is built on trust and deep market knowledge. It has more than 700 employees spread across global locations in the UK, US, China, India, Singapore, Brazil, Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland and beyond.
Job Description
The Technology Business Analyst (Tech BA) will be a key member of a project team to implement a new Content Management System (CMS) to replace multiple legacy CMS. They will work with a broad stakeholder group of internal Fastmarkets teams, the product vendor and implementation partner to deliver the target state and business benefits. They will also support discovery work to shape the next project phase of this multi-year initiative.
During the first phase, they will support every stage of the remaining project lifecycle through:
Integration
Migration
Testing
Rollout
Post go-live support
This role demands a combination of strong data analysis and technical skills, effective communication and the ability to navigate the complexities of a dynamic environment from both a technology and a stakeholder perspective.
Key Interfaces
Global Head of Editorial and Pricing
Global Head of Analytics
Head of Content and Pricing Operations
Pricing and Content Operations Specialists and Production Specialists
Editors, Reporters, Analysts and Economists
Product Directors
Product Managers
Engineering Managers
IT Operations
Information Security officers
Site Reliability Engineering
Programme Managers
Project Managers
Software Engineers
QAs
Scrum Masters
Qualifications
We recruit talented, dynamic people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, all united by a belief in our mission to provide the world’s leading and most trusted price reporting, events, and intelligence service for the markets we serve. We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a fully inclusive workplace, where everyone feels able to participate and contribute meaningfully.
If you are open-minded, curious, resilient, solutions-oriented and committed to promoting equality, then read on.
Knowledge, Experience And Skills
We are looking for an individual who is highly motivated, driven, and have a passion to be part of a fast-paced, successful team. Being a strong team player is also important as well as someone who is happy to work flexibly.
Fundamentals
Extensive commercial experience of implementing headless CMS - preferably Kontent.ai – and related taxonomies, content models and workflows.
Business knowledge of news, pricing and commodities and working with Editors, Reporters, Product Managers and Technology stakeholders.
Ability to demonstrate extensive commercial experience across a wide range of projects at a wider range of companies.
Previous experience acting as a Scrum Master to facilitate Scrum events.
Experience of large-volume data migration from legacy to new applications.
Able to analyse large data sets for analysis, cleansing and transformation.
General Skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills to produce high-quality documentation appropriate for business and technical stakeholders.
Comfortable in taking ownership for ensuring clarity on the detailed implementation and ensuring smooth communication.
Confidence for initiating and leading workshops, meetings, testing and training with business and technical stakeholders.
Ability to operate within different environments and work with varied processes, stakeholders, and delivery challenges.
Experience of working on projects with third parties including product vendors and implementation partners.
Mindset of collaboration and teamwork for delivery as part of remote teams and able to build relationships with a broad range of stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.
Attention to detail: able to analyse a problem from every angle and validate assumptions.
Technology
Experienced the end-to-end software development lifecycle, from requirements gathering to integration testing, UAT, go-live and post-go-live support and documentation.
Able to demonstrate a solid understanding of the fundamentals of software development, SaaS and Azure-based cloud infrastructure.
Considers information security and compliance requirements during analysis and design and rigorously tracks their implementation.
Knowledge and experience of AI enabled products and commercial opportunities e.g. LLMs.
Experience of working in a hybrid Waterfall and Agile delivery environment.
Experience with identifying, specifying, and testing new or modified system interfaces and feeds e.g., APIs,
About the Company
Who we are
Fastmarkets is the most trusted cross-commodity price reporting agency (PRA) in the agriculture, forest products, metals and mining and energy transition markets. Our price data, forecasts and market analyses give our customers a strategic advantage in complex, volatile, often opaque markets. Our events provide immersive experiences to network, trade and discuss the critical issues of the day.
Fastmarkets combines the commodity intelligence of these familiar names:
Metal Bulletin • American Metal Market • Scrap ...
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