Business Analyst

The Bronx; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Scion Staffing, Inc. is conducting a search for an experienced Business Analyst for a Chicago-based retail technology company. This is a full-time, direct-hire position offering a hybrid schedule in Chicago, IL.

As a Business Analyst, you will partner with Product, Engineering and Customer Success to translate client needs into clear requirements, support delivery and UAT, and help ensure changes land in production. Strong communication with clients and cross-functional teams is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• 5+ years as a Business Analyst or Product Owner in a retail environment.
• Experience delivering in a product-led, agile environment.
• Strong user-centric thinking.
• Hands-on experience with JIRA and Confluence.
• Excellent communication with clients and third parties.

Responsibilities

• Onboarding & requirements: Define requirements for new client onboarding.
• Change requests: Own requirements for client-initiated change requests (scope, outcomes, acceptance criteria).
• Backlog support: Assist with product backlog input and prioritization.
• Cross-functional delivery: Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Customer Success, Finance, and Product Ops to align and deliver changes.
• UAT & deployment: Support User Acceptance Testing and help drive sign-off and deployment into production.
• Agile execution: Participate in planning, standups, and retrospectives.
• Documentation: Update release-related help guides and API documentation.

Skills

User-centric thinking

Excellent communication

Agile delivery

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Scion Technology has been engaged to conduct a search for an experienced Business Analyst for our client, an innovative retail technology company in Chicago, IL! This is a full-time, direct hire position offering a hybrid schedule in Chicago.

POSITION OVERVIEW

Partner with Product, Engineering, Customer Success, and Product Operations to ensure smooth onboarding for new clients and deliver client-requested improvements through a structured product delivery lifecycle. This role is product-focused and highly client-facing, translating client needs into clear requirements, facilitating alignment, supporting delivery and UAT, and helping ensure changes land successfully in production.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Onboarding & requirements: Define requirements for new client onboarding
• Change requests: Own requirements for client-initiated change requests (scope, outcomes, acceptance criteria)
• Backlog support: Assist with product backlog input and prioritization
• Cross-functional delivery: Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Customer Success, Finance, and Product Ops to align and deliver changes
• UAT & deployment: Support User Acceptance Testing and help drive sign-off and deployment into production
• Agile execution: Participate in planning, standups, and retrospectives
• Documentation: Update release-related help guides and API documentation

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree preferred
• 5+ years as a Business Analyst or Product Owner in a retail environment
• Experience delivering in a product-led, agile environment
• Strong user-centric thinking
• Hands-on experience with JIRA and Confluence
• Excellent communication with clients and third parties

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

This full-time position offers an annual base salary range of $115-145k, commensurate with experience. The organization provides a robust benefits package that includes comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage in addition to paid time off.

Scion Staffing, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and service provider and does not discriminate based on race, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, political affiliation or belief, or any other protected class. We are committed to the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment and are dedicated to making employment decisions based on merit and value, for ourselves, our client companies, and the candidates we represent. For opportunities located in a region that have enacted fair chance, arrest or conviction-based employment ordinances, Scion Staffing proactively follows the enacted guidance and considers for employment all qualified applications with arrest and conviction records. We engage in socially conscious business practices and believe that diverse, inclusive, and non-biased talent and recruitment processes are foundational to the success of Scion as well as every client organization with whom we partner.