Agile Business Systems Analyst – Trading & Shipping

Strategic Staffing Solutions, Inc.; Makati; On-site; PHP 420,000 - 780,000; Full time

Job summary

Strategic Staffing Solutions, Inc. is seeking a Business / Systems Analyst to bridge business needs and technical solutions within an Agile framework.

The role collaborates with stakeholders, product owners, and engineering teams to ensure accurate scoping, backlog development, and successful delivery. The analyst will drive requirement clarity, support sprint and PI planning, define testing strategies, and ensure effective UAT, while rapidly learning trading and shipping business processes and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or related field.
• Proven experience as a Business Analyst, Systems Analyst, or similar role in an Agile environment.
• Strong experience with: Requirements gathering and documentation
• User story creation and backlog management
• Agile frameworks (Scrum, SAFe, or similar)
• Experience supporting sprint planning, PI planning, and capacity management.
• Demonstrated experience defining and supporting testing strategies and UAT.
• Ability to work closely with both technical teams and business stakeholders.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Elicit, analyze, and document business and system requirements in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Translate requirements into clear, structured user stories with defined acceptance criteria.
• Ensure proper scoping and prioritization of features aligned with business objectives.
• Create, refine, and maintain user stories, tasks, and backlog items.
• Support sprint planning and Program Increment (PI) planning activities.
• Manage and track capacity using Agile metrics (e.g., story points, velocity).
• Define and implement testing strategies across functional and system levels, coordinate UAT.
• Act as the primary liaison between business users and technical teams.
• Facilitate alignment on requirements, priorities, and expected outcomes.
• Develop a strong understanding of trading and shipping processes and systems.
• Apply critical thinking to connect business workflows with technical solutions.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and optimization.
• Monitor progress of deliverables and proactively identify risks or gaps.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of Agile processes and delivery practices.
• Maintain documentation and knowledge assets for ongoing support and scalability.

Skills

Requirements gathering

User stories

Backlog management

Agile frameworks

Sprint planning

PI planning

Capacity management

UAT

Testing strategies

Stakeholder communication

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Information Systems / Business

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Job description

Strategic Staffing Solutions, Inc. is seeking a Business / Systems Analyst to bridge business needs and technical solutions within an Agile framework.

The role collaborates with stakeholders, product owners, and engineering teams to ensure accurate scoping, backlog development, and successful delivery. The analyst will drive requirement clarity, support sprint and PI planning, define testing strategies, and ensure effective UAT, while rapidly learning trading and shipping business processes and