Principal Business Analyst

Job Summary

The Principal Business Analyst will be part of the product development team, supporting the Product Manager in analyzing the product and breaking it down into epics and features. The role focuses on modeling business

requirements

and converting them into clear, well-structured user stories, with full ownership of the product's transactional backlog. The Principal Business Analyst will actively participate in all Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning and daily stand-ups, working in close collaboration with the development team.

Job Objectives

• Own the product's transactional backlog, ensuring user stories are consistently well-defined, prioritized, and ready for development.
• Translate business

requirements

into clear, actionable user stories with detailed acceptance criteria.

• Drive close collaboration between business stakeholders and the development team throughout the product lifecycle.
• Identify risks, issues, and opportunities for improvement across existing and proposed solutions.
• Contribute to process design and quality improvement through structured business and systems analysis.

Job

Responsibilities

Backlog & User Story Management

• Ensure user stories are "ready" before development starts.
• Ensure each story has detailed, testable acceptance criteria.
• Ensure full understanding of each user story by all development team members.
• Maintain full ownership and prioritization of the product's transactional backlog.

Scrum & Agile Collaboration

• Participate in all Scrum meetings, including sprint planning and daily stand-ups.
• Ensure close collaboration with the development team throughout each sprint.
• Evaluate product progress at each iteration, flagging gaps or blockers early.

Business & Process Analysis

• Coordinate process design changes by conducting business and systems process analysis at a complex level, with a focus on quality improvement and data management.
• Identify issues, risks, and

benefits

of existing and proposed solutions, outlining their business impact.

• Identify opp…