Business Analyst

Fusion Worldwide•Boston, MA

6h•$100,000 - $120,000

About The Position

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.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

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
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
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