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Job Description
Role: Business Analyst Location: Hybrid – Oak Park Heights, MN - 3 days onsite Duration: ASAP - 12/31/2026 Rate: $52.64-$64.33/hour W2, dependent on skills and qualifications
Position Summary The Business Analyst (BA) is a core member of our Agile software development teams responsible for understanding business needs, translating them into clear requirements, and ensuring delivered solutions provide value. This role collaborates closely with product owners, stakeholders, developers, and QA to define, refine, and deliver high‑quality features that align with business goals. Key Responsibilities Requirements Gathering & Analysis - Engage stakeholders to understand business goals, processes, and challenges.
- Elicit, analyze, and document functional and non‑functional requirements.
- Translate business needs into user stories, acceptance criteria, and process flows.
- Ensure requirements are clear, concise, testable, and aligned with product vision.
- Create and update documentation to ensure visibility to changes within the software.
Agile Collaboration - Work within Agile methodologies as an active member of the development team.
- Participate in ceremonies including daily standups, backlog refinement, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
- Refine the product backlog in partnership with the Product Owner.
- Clarify requirements for the development and QA teams during sprints.
Stakeholder Communication - Act as a liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams.
- Communicate complex information in a clear and accessible manner.
- Provide regular updates and facilitate decision‑making.
Quality & Validation - Support QA by reviewing test cases and ensuring adequate coverage against requirements.
- Validate that delivered solutions meet business needs through UAT planning and execution.
- Ensure traceability from requirements to delivered functionality.
- Provide support by reviewing and triaging issues that are reported in the production environment.
Qualifications Required - Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems or Business Administration with an emphasis in a specific functional area or equivalent work experience and technical training
- At least three years of experience in relevant functional area with applications using web or CRM platforms
- Experience leading small projects, knowledge of project management techniques and successful cross-functional experience
- Agile experience. History leading and working in an agile environment.
- Experience with software unit and integration testing
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with an ability to express technical concepts in business terms
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and conceptual skills
- Strong interpersonal skills; ability to work well on cross-functional project teams and foster team commitment to tasks
Nice to have - Two years Salesforce experience
- Experience in quote and order applications
- Certifications such as Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), PMI-ACP, CBAP, or similar.
Key Competencies - Critical thinking and problem solving
- Attention to detail
- Collaboration and teamwork
- Adaptability in fast‑paced environments
- Strong organizational and prioritization skills
Success Metrics - High clarity and quality of requirements
- Positive stakeholder satisfaction
- Reduced rework through proactive analysis
- Steady sprint flow and backlog readiness
- Delivered features aligned with business objectives
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