Business Requirements Analyst

The Business Analyst (BA) plays a crucial role in bridging the gap between the business requirements and the technical solutions delivered by the development team. The BA is responsible for conveying the vision and goals at the beginning of every release and sprint, ensuring the team is aligned with the business objectives. This position requires active participation in Scrum meetings, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives, acting as the Business Subject Matter Expert (SME).

Key Responsibilities:

• Communicate the value of work being delivered and the goal of the sprint in relation to overall business value.
• Participate actively in daily Scrums, Sprint Planning Meetings, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives to support, collaborate, and communicate critical updates.
• Inspect product progress during and at the end of sprints through BA reviews, facilitating timely feedback and corrections ahead of stakeholder testing.
• Answer implementation questions from the development team, based on the functionality delivered.
• Be readily available in team meetings, slack channels, emails, etc., to provide guidance and support.
• Provide input on test plans, highlighting edge cases outside of happy path testing to develop comprehensive end-to-end test coverage.
• Assist in writing and breaking down user stories into appropriately sized items for the development team, ensuring stories have well-formed acceptance criteria and a clear definition of done.
• Partner with Technical Leads (TLs) to ensure flawless execution on requirements, maintaining communication throughout each sprint to review progress, escalate issues, and validate technical delivery alignment with functional requirements.
• Create and maintain the development team product backlog, ensuring it is up-to-date in Jira throughout the delivery cycle.
• Hold recurring backlog refinement meetings with the development team to ensure the development work meets or adjusts as needed to deliver on the business need.

Qualifications:

• 3-5 years of relevant experience
• Bachelor's degree
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies, particularly Scrum.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership skills.
• Ability to act as a liaison between the business and technical teams.
• Experience with Jira or similar project management tools.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work under pressure.