Business Analyst / Product Owner

Medpace, Inc.•Cincinnati, OH

8h•Onsite

About The Position

The Business Analyst acts as a liaison between IT teams and other functional areas, bridging communication between process owners and software development teams. The role identifies and translates business requirements into written user requirements and system specifications for software development. It also supports requirements clarification, testing, process analysis, data analysis, and backlog prioritization, serving as a proxy Product Owner where one does not exist.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Business Administration, Business Analytics, or Information Systems.
At least 2 years of experience in a software development environment.
Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies, systems, and processes.
Demonstrated business acumen.
Excellent project management skills.
Strong understanding of application programming, databases, and system design.

Responsibilities

Elicit requirements through stakeholder interviews, workshops, observation, and document review.
Write business requirements documents, functional specifications, user stories with acceptance criteria, use cases, and data definitions.
Translate between business stakeholders and developers, clarify ambiguity during development, and keep requirements current as understanding evolves.
Support testing by defining test scenarios, helping with user acceptance testing (UAT), and confirming delivered work meets business needs.
Maintain traceability from business needs through requirements to delivered features.
Map current-state and future-state business processes and identify gaps and inefficiencies.
Perform data analysis, impact analysis, and root-cause analysis to support decisions.
Act as a proxy Product Owner where none exists, maintaining the business area's backlog and proposing reasoned priorities.