Associate AI Business Analyst

Jazwares Careers; Culver City (CA); Hybrid; USD 76,000 - 92,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k) matching

Disability coverage

Tuition reimbursement

Flexible schedule

Remote work options

Job summary

Jazwares is seeking an Associate AI Business Analyst to bridge business stakeholders and our AI team within IT, turning broad problems into clear, actionable requirements for production ML and document intelligence systems.

You'll run structured discovery with Legal, Sales, Finance, and more; map current and future workflows; assess data readiness; quantify AI value with KPIs; and support pilots with testing and readiness checks before rollout.

Qualifications

• 0–2 years in BA/operations/consulting/digital transformation.
• Experience interviewing stakeholders and translating needs into specs.
• Strong data literacy and analytical reasoning; data quality focus.
• Advanced Excel/Sheets with pivot tables and lookups.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; adapt to audiences.
• Curious, adaptable, structured thinker with ownership mindset.

Responsibilities

• Conduct structured discovery interviews across multiple departments to surface AI use cases.
• Translate business needs into technical requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Document current-state workflows and map future-state processes with AI/ML components.
• Assess data readiness and identify required data sources and owners.
• Quantify AI project value using time savings, cost avoidance, and efficiency KPIs.
• Support pilots with testing, feedback collection, and readiness validation.
• Coordinate cross-functional projects and produce executive-ready summaries.

Skills

Stakeholder interviewing

Data literacy

Excel/Sheets

Communication

Analytical thinking

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor's/Master's degree

Tools

SQL

Power BI

Sigma

Jira

Confluence

Smartsheet

Lucidchart

ERP

WMS

POS

CRM

Job description

As the Associate AI Business Analyst, you will serve as the crucial translation engine between our business stakeholders and the technical AI team! Sitting within the IT organization, you will turn broad business problems into clear, actionable requirements for production machine learning and document intelligence systems. You will conduct discovery interviews across various departments, assess data readiness, and quantify business value to ensure our AI initiatives drive real enterprise transformation. Join our forward-thinking AI Team and help us shape the future of play through innovative technology!

What You Will Do:

• Conduct structured discovery interviews across Legal, Sales, Finance, Supply Chain, Operations, Product, and IT to surface AI use cases and capture critical pain points
• Translate complex business needs into technically actionable requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria for data scientists and engineers
• Document current-state workflows, evaluate decision logic, and map proposed future-state processes that successfully incorporate AI and machine learning components
• Assess data readiness by identifying required data sources, data owners, system gaps, and quality issues essential for planned AI initiatives
• Quantify the expected business value of AI projects in terms of time savings, cost avoidance, and operational efficiency while defining clear KPIs to measure outcomes
• Support proofs of concept and pilots through rigorous user testing, feedback collection, and launch readiness validation before broader rollout
• Partner cross-functionally to coordinate multi-stakeholder projects, track risks, and produce executive-ready summaries that drive leadership decisions

Supervisor Responsibilities:

No

What We Are Looking For:

• 0 to 2 years of experience in business analysis, operations analysis, consulting, product operations, or digital transformation
• Proven ability to interview cross-functional stakeholders, elicit clear requirements, and translate business needs into technical specifications
• Exceptional data literacy and analytical reasoning skills with a high comfort level for tackling data-heavy business problems and evaluating data quality
• Strong working proficiency in Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets, including pivot tables, lookups, and complex dataset structuring
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to adjust tone and depth across technical, business, and executive audiences
• A highly curious, adaptable, and structured thinker who thrives in ambiguous, early-stage problem spaces and takes full ownership of project outcomes

Nice To Have:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business, Economics, Information Systems, Data Analytics, Operations, Engineering, or a highly related field
• Prior experience in the consumer products, toy, retail, supply chain, or e-commerce industries
• Foundational understanding of core Machine Learning (ML) and Large Language Model (LLM) concepts
• Working familiarity with SQL, BI platforms (Sigma, Power BI, Tableau), and project management tooling (Jira, Confluence, Smartsheet, Lucidchart)
• Familiarity with enterprise systems (ERP, WMS, POS, CRM, DAM, PIM) and Agile project methodologies

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee, but provide the primary duties and responsibilities of the role. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

What We Offer

The salary range for this position is $75,840 - $91,740 / Yr. The base salary may vary based on experience, role tenure, performance, industry, and location. Eligibility for the annual performance incentive may apply. Jazwares is a multi-state employer, so the salary range may not apply to other states.

Our benefits package includes basic medical insurance that is 100% company-paid for employees and their children, employee basic life and AD&D insurance, a 401(K) retirement program with Jazwares matching up to 4% of pretax or post-tax deferrals, short and long-term disability, and tuition reimbursement.

Our work environment provides a flexible work schedule that includes Monday through Thursday on-site, with an optional WFH on Fridays, up to 20 workdays fully remote each year, and Time Off for vacation and sick leave. Through Jazwares Cares, you will have the opportunity to volunteer for