We Are:
At Synopsys, we drive the innovations that shape the way we live and connect. Our technology powers the Era of Pervasive Intelligence, from self-driving cars to learning systems, enabling the creation of high-performance silicon chips and software content. To support our business at scale, we rely on effective internal systems, strong processes, and data-driven decision-making.

We are looking for a Senior Business Analyst, to join our growing Operations team. This role will focus on supporting and evolving internally developed business applications that enable operational and financial excellence across the business.

Job Overview:
The successful candidate will play a diverse and influential role, partnering with stakeholders to understand business needs, define requirements, support prioritization, and collaborate with IT and development teams to deliver practical, high-quality solutions. This role is critical to ensuring our enterprise applications meet customer needs, while new capabilities and improvements are delivered on time and within scope.

As a member of the Business and Product Operations team, you will help drive business efficiency through the development of effective processes, tools, reporting, and system capabilities. You will contribute to improving how the organization structures, analyzes, and acts on information in support of complex business decisions.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Engage directly with business stakeholders to understand needs, gather detailed requirements, and translate them into clear user stories and functional specifications.
• Partner with IT and development teams to ensure requirements are well-defined, actionable, and aligned with business priorities.
• Help prioritize features, enhancements, and fixes based on business goals, user feedback, and operational impact.
• Actively contribute to Agile delivery cycles, including planning, clarification, review, and follow-up activities.
• Support the release of new functionality through configuration, testing, data preparation, UAT coordination, and post-release support.
• Analyze processes,identifyimprovement opportunities, and recommend scalablesystemand workflow enhancements.
• Create andmaintainkey project and system documentation, including requirement documents, process descriptions, user guidance, and release communications.
• Develop and deliver training materials and enablement sessions to support user adoption of new features and process changes.
• Serve as a key liaison between business users and technical teams, helping ensure effective communication and successful solution delivery.

Who You Are:

• An effective communicator with strong written and verbal skills, able to translate complex topics into clear and actionable information.
• Analytical, detail-oriented, and structured in how you solve problems and manage priorities.
• A collaborative team player who works well across functions, disciplines, and geographies.
• Proactive, adaptable, and comfortable working with a high degree of ownership and independence.
• Customer-focused, with a strong ability to connect user needs to practical business and system outcomes.

• Committed to continuous improvement, quality, and operational excellence.

What You’ll Need:

• Significant practical experience in Business Analysis, Product Ownership, Project/Program Management, and/or IT solution delivery, ideally in support of enterprise business applications.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Industrial Engineering, Business, ora relatedfield preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to gather requirements, define scope, and translate business needs into actionable deliverables.
• Experience collaborating with technical teams on system enhancements, releases, testing, and implementation activities.
• Strong organizational and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.
• Experience developing supporting documentation and delivering training to business users and stakeholders.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders at multiple levels.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and experience working in Agile delivery environments.
• Working knowledge of PPM (Clarity, Planview, etc.), ERP (SAP, Oracle, etc.) and/or CRM(SalesForce, etc.) Tools:Confluence, Miro, and Jira experience is preferred.

The Impact You Will Have:

• Improve the usability, effectiveness, and scalability of critical internal business applications.
• Help drive process efficiency and stronger operational execution across the organization.
• Contribute to the successful delivery of enhancements that create measurable value for end users and business stakeholders.

The Team You’ll Be A Part Of:

You will join the Synopsys IPG Business Operations department, an innovative and expanding team focused on system sustainment and enhancement. The Business Management team is dedicated to improving system usability and evolving infrastructure for scalability. Together, you will collaborate across functions and geographies to drive operational excellence and enable the continued growth and success of Synopsys.

This position could be perfomed in Porto or Lisbon.

Rewards and Benefits:

We offer a comprehensive range of health, wellness, and financial benefits to cater to your needs. Our total rewards include both monetary and non-monetary offerings.