Sr. Business Analyst

BBQ Holdings, Inc.•Vancouver, WA

3h•$120,000 - $125,000

About The Position

The Senior Business Analyst (Sr. BA) is a key member of the MTY Tech Group and serves as a critical link between business partners and delivery teams. This role is responsible for understanding business needs, clarifying desired outcomes, and translating those needs into clear, actionable requirements that enable efficient and effective solution delivery. The Sr. Business Analyst partners closely with business leaders, project managers, and technology teams to ensure initiatives are focused on solving the right business problems, minimizing rework, and delivering measurable value. This role emphasizes practical analysis, clear communication, and speed-to-clarity over heavy process or unnecessary documentation.

Requirements

Strong ability to engage business partners in clear, outcome-focused discussions without reliance on technical jargon.
Proven skill in translating loosely defined ideas into clear, actionable requirements.
Comfortable working in fast-paced environments where direction may evolve and clarity must be created collaboratively.
Ability to analyze complex business problems and identify practical, value-driven solutions.
Communicating effectively: Able to convey complex ideas clearly to both business and technical audiences.
Customer focus: Builds strong relationships to deliver solutions that address real business needs.
Action oriented: Moves work forward with urgency while maintaining accuracy and alignment.
Manage ambiguity: Operates effectively when information is incomplete or evolving.
Collaborate: Works productively across business and technology teams.
Instill trust: Gains confidence through reliability, transparency, and sound judgment.
Balance stakeholders: Anticipates and balances differing perspectives and priorities.
Bachelor's degree in business, information systems, engineering, or a related field required; equivalent experience will be considered.
Minimum seven years of experience in a Business Analyst or similar role supporting technology, data, digital, or operational initiatives.
Certified Business Analyst Professional (CBAP -- IIBA) or PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA).
Demonstrated experience working directly with business leaders and translating needs into technical or functional requirements.
Experience working within technology delivery environments, including collaboration with developers, data teams, vendors, or external partners.
Strong business acumen with the ability to understand how solutions impact operations, customers, and financial outcomes.

Responsibilities

Partner with business stakeholders to understand objectives, challenges, and desired outcomes through effective, non-technical conversations.
Elicit, analyze, and clarify business needs, constraints, assumptions, and success criteria to ensure a shared understanding of scope and intent.
Translate business needs into clear, structured functional and technical requirements that project teams can execute against with confidence.
Act as a bridge between business and technology teams, ensuring alignment throughout design, build, and delivery.
Support initiative planning by helping teams define scope, dependencies, priorities, and trade-offs early to reduce downstream changes and rework.
Continuously validate requirements and assumptions as initiatives progress, adjusting as needed to maintain alignment with business goals.
Identify gaps, risks, and ambiguities early and work collaboratively with stakeholders to resolve them quickly.
Contribute to improving how business needs are captured and communicated, focusing on what works best in practice, not rigid methodology.
Support solution testing, validation, and adoption by ensuring delivered solutions meet business intent.
Perform other duties as assigned to ensure the success of the team and the organization.

Benefits

Salary range: $120,000-$125,000. Actual offer may vary from posted hiring range based on location, work experience, and/or education.
Competitive insurance benefits including medical, dental, vision, HSA, and FSA (dependent care/medical)
Company paid life, accidental death & dismemberment, and long-term disability insurance
Optional supplemental life, accidental death & dismemberment, and short-term disability insurance
401(k) retirement account with employer match and immediate vesting
Paid time off accrual account (starts at 10 days per year, with an additional day added annually up to 20 days)
40 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time annually
10 paid holidays per year, plus an additional 2 floating holidays
8 Hours of Papa Cares Volunteer Hours per year
Paid Parental Bonding Leave
Tuition Assistance
Employee Assistance Program
50% pizza discount at Papa Murphy's Company Stores