Key skills
Agriculture domain knowledgeBusiness AnalysisRequirements documentationUser Acceptance Testing (UAT)Stakeholder managementConfluenceJiraWorkshop facilitation
About this role
Syngenta is a global Ag Tech powerhouse focused on revolutionizing food security and transforming agriculture. They are seeking a Business Analyst to lead analysis efforts, translating complex scientific and business needs into digital solutions that enhance farmers' success.
Responsibilities:
- Own end-to-end requirements capture, refinement, and backlog management for assigned areas
- Translate business needs into clear user stories, acceptance criteria, and functional specifications
- Ensure requirements are complete, testable, and aligned to product and technical constraints
- Maintain strong traceability from requirements → development → testing → release
- Lead workflow and process design across complex, cross-functional use cases
- Identify gaps, inconsistencies, and risks in proposed workflows and drive alignment to resolution
- Work across stakeholders to standardize and simplify processes where possible
- Ensure workflows are scalable across crops, regions, and user groups
- Define and support execution of User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
- Ensure business requirements are fully validated prior to release
- Partner with stakeholders to ensure clarity, confidence, and readiness for system adoption
- Identify readiness gaps and escalate risks that may impact rollout timelines
- Act as the primary point of contact for analysis within the assigned scope
- Lead discussions with SMEs, product, and technical teams to drive decisions and alignment
- Ability to challenge assumptions, surface trade-offs, and push for clarity when needed
- Coordinate across global teams, crops, and functions to ensure consistency and alignment
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree required
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in Agriculture is required
- Proven experience as a Business Analyst or similar role in digital/IT/product environments
- Strong ability to: Structure and document complex requirements
- Lead discussions and workshops with varied stakeholders
- Translate between business and technical perspectives
- Demonstrated ability to own and drive work independently
- Demonstrated technical aptitude with a proven ability to pick up new tools and technologies
- Exposure to system integrations and cross-platform dependencies
- Experience supporting large-scale rollouts or system implementations
- Experience with tools like Confluence and Jira