Business Analyst

GDH; United States; Remote; USD 103,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

GDH is seeking a Business Analyst | Project Manager to lead requirements analysis and support software delivery across multiple initiatives. You will translate business goals into clear, actionable requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and process maps while collaborating with stakeholders, technical teams, and QA.

You will provide light project coordination, visibility into progress, risks, dependencies, and delivery status, and contribute to sprint planning, backlog refinement, and

Qualifications

• Experience as a Business Analyst supporting software delivery projects.
• Strong understanding of SDLC in Agile and hybrid environments.
• Ability to translate high-level goals into clear, testable requirements and user stories.
• Experience partnering with QA on test scenarios, acceptance criteria, and coverage.

Responsibilities

• Lead requirements elicitation sessions with business and technical stakeholders.
• Develop, document, maintain, and refine requirements throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Translate business needs into user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, and functional definitions.
• Identify gaps, dependencies, and missing information to reduce ambiguity and support implementation.
• Partner with QA to define test scenarios, validate test coverage, support UAT, and clarify expected behavior during defect reviews.
• Track progress across multiple initiatives and elevate risks, blockers, and dependency issues.
• Coordinate with technical teams to align scope, requirements, and implementation expectations.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for requirement clarification and communicate changes to impacted teams.
• Contribute to sprint planning, backlog refinement, prioritization discussions, and roadmap alignment.
• Support release communication by validating functional scope and summarizing relevant changes.

Skills

Requirements gathering

Software delivery

Agile & hybrid methodologies

Test scenarios

Stakeholder communication

Backlog refinement

Tools

SQL

Data analysis

Job description

Role Summary

The Business Analyst | Project Manager will lead requirements analysis and support software delivery across multiple initiatives. This role translates business goals into clear, actionable requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, and functional definitions. The position partners with stakeholders, technical teams, and QA to maintain scope clarity, support testing, and promote successful delivery. This role also provides light project coordination and visibility into progress, risks, dependencies, and delivery status.

Responsibilities

• Lead requirements elicitation sessions with business and technical stakeholders.
• Develop, document, maintain, and continuously refine requirements throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Translate business needs into user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, and functional definitions.
• Identify gaps, inconsistencies, dependencies, and missing information to reduce ambiguity and support implementation.
• Partner with QA to define test scenarios, validate test coverage, support user acceptance testing, and clarify expected behavior during defect reviews.
• Track progress across multiple initiatives and elevate risks, blockers, and dependency issues.
• Coordinate with technical teams to align scope, requirements, and implementation expectations.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for requirement clarification and communicate changes to impacted teams.
• Contribute to sprint planning, backlog refinement, prioritization discussions, and roadmap alignment.
• Support release communication by validating functional scope and summarizing relevant changes.

Qualifications

• Strong experience as a Business Analyst supporting software delivery projects.
• Comprehensive understanding of the software development lifecycle across Agile and hybrid methodologies.
• Advanced skills in requirements gathering, documentation, refinement, and traceability.
• Ability to translate high-level business goals into clear, testable requirements and user stories.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to break complex problems into structured components.
• Experience partnering with QA on test scenarios, acceptance criteria, and coverage validation.
• Ability to manage dependencies, priorities, scope clarity, and tradeoffs across teams.
• Excellent communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to evaluate tradeoffs among business value, technical effort, and delivery timing.
• Coding, SQL, or data analysis experience is a plus, particularly for validating data-driven requirements.

Publishing Pay Range: $75.00 – $90.00 hourly

This is a fully remote role and can be performed from an approved location.