Business Analyst

Summary:

We are seeking a highly organized and analytical Business Analyst to support an Agile software development team. This role serves as a key liaison between business stakeholders and the delivery team, with primary ownership of requirements clarity, acceptance criteria, sprint readiness, and stakeholder alignment. The Business Analyst plays a critical role in ensuring that work entering a sprint is well-defined and that delivered functionality meets business expectations. 

Key Responsibilities

Requirements & Acceptance Criteria Ownership 

• Elicit, analyze, and document business and functional requirements through stakeholder collaboration 
• Write clear, testable user stories and own the quality and completeness of acceptance criteria, including edge cases, validations, and negative scenarios 
• Review requirements and acceptance criteria with stakeholders to confirm intent and expectations prior to development 
• Ensure backlog items are implementation-ready and aligned with agreed business outcomes 
• Serve as a point of clarification for developers and QA throughout the sprint 
• Participate in defect triage by determining whether issues stem from requirements gaps, design decisions, or implementation defects 

Agile Delivery & Sprint Support 

• Actively participate in Agile ceremonies including backlog refinement, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives 
• Enforce a clear Definition of Ready, ensuring stories entering a sprint have sufficient clarity, scope, and acceptance criteria 
• Track requirement progress throughout the sprint lifecycle and proactively surface risks, blockers, or scope concerns 
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Developers, QA, and UX to ensure alignment during delivery 
• Prepare and deliver post-sprint reports, summarizing: 
  • Completed functionality 
  • Acceptance status 
  • Stakeholder feedback 
  • Open items, defects, or follow-up work 
• Support release readiness by confirming requirements completion, acceptance, and stakeholder sign-off 

Stakeholder Engagement & UAT Support 

• Lead and facilitate meetings with business stakeholders to review requirements, scope, and delivered functionality 
• Coordinate and support User Acceptance Testing (UAT), including: 
  • Preparing UAT scenarios 
  • Facilitating review sessions 
  • Documenting feedback and outcomes 
• Act as a translator between business needs and technical implementation, ensuring shared understanding across teams 

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent experience) 
• 3+ years of experience as a Business Analyst supporting Agile software development teams 
• Strong experience writing user stories and acceptance criteria 
• Proven ability to lead meetings and facilitate discussions with diverse stakeholders 
• Familiarity with Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban) and delivery artifacts 
• Proficiency with tools such as Jira, Confluence, GitHub, or similar 

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting or coordinating UAT activities 
• Ability to analyze data and create clear, actionable reports 
• Familiarity with SQL, reporting tools (PowerBI, Jira), or data analysis 
• Experience working with cross-functional or distributed teams 

Key Skills & Competencies

• Requirements elicitation and validation 
• Acceptance criteria and quality ownership 
• Agile delivery support and sprint readiness 
• Stakeholder communication and facilitation 
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving 
• Strong written documentation and reporting skills 

What This Role Owns

• Clarity before development begins 
• Quality and acceptance definition 
• Sprint readiness and follow-through 
• Transparent communication of sprint outcomes 

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision 
• 401K benefits 
• Short- & Long-Term Disability 
• EAP
• Emergency Travel & Identity Theft Protection
• Life Insurance
• AD&D
• Collaborative and Motivated Team

Salary Range: $100,000-120,000 USD (commensurate with experience)