Role Purpose
The Product Analyst is a delivery-enablement role, responsible for translating the Product
Managers strategy, roadmap, and priorities into clear, executable requirements for the
engineering team.
This role exists to remove ambiguity, reduce rework, and improve delivery predictability. It
does not own product strategy, commercial prioritisation, or long-term roadmap decisions.
What This Role Owns (Very Explicit)
Sprint-ready backlog aligned to the Product Managers roadmap
User stories, acceptance criteria, and dependency mapping
Day-to-day clarification for developers
Scope discipline against the agreed customer journey
Change impact assessment (time, complexity, dependencies)
Delivery readiness for MVPs
Key Responsibilities
Backlog & Requirements Management
Convert roadmap items into epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria
Maintain backlog hygiene (ready / not-ready, dependencies, sequencing)
Ensure requirements meet definition of ready before development starts
Delivery Enablement
Support sprint planning with the Engineering Lead
Provide rapid clarification to developers during execution
Ensure requirements are testable and aligned to agreed outcomes
Customer Journey Enforcement
Use the approved customer journey as the single control mechanism
Identify scope creep or misalignment early and escalate
Ensure integrations, data capture, and sequencing remain consistent
Stakeholder Coordination
Work with business stakeholders within agreed scope
Support client discovery and MVP1 readiness under direction
Ensure traceability from business intent build release
Experience & Skills
3–6 years experience as a Product Owner, Business Analyst, or Product Analyst
Strong experience writing user stories and acceptance criteria
Comfortable working closely with engineering teams
Structured, detail-oriented, and disciplined
Able to operate with clear guardrails and decision hierarchies
Platform, mobility, or data-driven product exposure
B2B or enterprise environment experience
Success Measures (First 6 Months)
Developers receive clear, unambiguous requirements
Reduced delivery rework and scope churn
Faster sprint throughput and improved predictability
Clear separation between strategy and execution
Liquid Thought is a strategy-led digital innovation agency, delivering tailored solutions that enable its Clients to grow and compete more effectively in the digital economy.
We're a Digital Enabler for leading brands with a strong focus on Customer Experience, Digital Innovation & Transformation Services including Strategy, Experience Design, Technology Delivery and Intelligence / Insights.
Whether you are building your online business, have an idea for a new product, need to re-platform your technology or re-imagine your digital presence, our highly skilled team of creatives, engineers and strategists are standing by to partner you in your journey to becoming more digitally relevant.
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