Business Analyst
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Work setup
- Onsite
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Business analysis
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- • Bachelor's degree in Marine Engineering or an equivalent recognized Marine Engineering qualification.
- • Sea-going experience as a Junior Engineer, Fourth Engineer on merchant vessels.
- • Practical understanding of day-to-day shipboard engineering operations, including planned maintenance, machinery operation and maintenance, defects, spares, safety practices, and technical reporting
- • Familiarity with the way vessel teams use PMS, checklists, forms, reports, requisitions, and other ship-management systems during routine operations.
- • Strong interest in moving into a shore-based product, maritime technology, digital transformation, or AI-focused role.
- • Good written and verbal communication skills and the ability to listen to users, ask relevant questions, and document requirements in a clear and structured manner.
- • Analytical mindset, attention to detail, and the ability to understand a problem before proposing a solution.
- • Comfortable working with computers and digital applications, with willingness to learn product tools and methods such as Jira, user stories, acceptance criteria, and UAT.
- Preferred / Nice-to-Have
- • Experience using a vessel PMS, ship-management platform, or digital reporting system.
- • Exposure to software testing, UAT, process improvement, digitalisation projects, or shore-based technical work.
- • Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and standard office productivity tools.
- • Interest in Artificial Intelligence, automation, data, and emerging maritime technology.
- • Ability to work comfortably with both maritime professionals and technology teams.
- Key Competencies
- • Practical marine engineering knowledge
- • User and problem-focused thinking
- • Structured requirement analysis and documentation
- • Analytical thinking and attention to detail
- • Clear communication and stakeholder interaction
- • Collaboration with product, engineering, data, and QA teams
- • Willingness to learn product-development methods and tools
- • Interest in maritime digital transformation and AI
Full description
Role - Business Analyst - Maritime AI
Location - Chennai, Tamil Nadu (Work from Office)
Shift - 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM
Key Responsibilities
- Work as a member of
the product team across the feature lifecycle - from understanding a user
problem through requirement definition, development clarification, testing, and
rollout.
- Participate in
discussions with shore-based users, Technical Superintendents, Fleet Managers,
and other stakeholders to understand operational problems, user needs, and
improvement opportunities.
- Capture
requirements and help convert them into clear process flows, functional
requirements, business rules, data fields, user stories, and acceptance
criteria, with guidance from senior product team members.
- Use practical
sea-going experience to assess whether proposed workflows, screens, forms,
notifications, and data capture are realistic and convenient for vessel users.
- Work closely with
product managers, designers, developers, data teams, and QA teams to clarify
requirements during development and ensure the intended business outcome is
understood.
- Prepare and execute
User Acceptance Testing (UAT) scenarios, document test results and defects, and
support follow-up through resolution and closure.
- Support backlog
refinement, sprint discussions, and prioritisation by providing maritime
context and explaining the likely impact of proposed changes on vessel and
shore users.
- Review completed
features against agreed requirements and provide structured feedback on
usability, workflow, and functional gaps before release.
- For AI-enabled
features, test product behaviour and outputs from a maritime user perspective
and flag responses that are inaccurate, unclear, impractical, or not useful for
the intended workflow.
- Support product
demonstrations, pilot programmes, user feedback sessions, release
communication, and adoption of new functionality.
- Analyse user
feedback, recurring product issues, and operational pain points to suggest