Senior IT Business Analyst — Agile, Data & UAT

ManpowerGroup; Pennington (NJ); On-site; USD 62,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and Prescription Drug Plans

Dental Plan

Vision Plan

Health Savings Account

Health Flexible Spending Account

Dependent Care Flexible Spending Plan

Supplemental Life Insurance

Short Term Disability Insurance

Long Term Disability Insurance

Business Travel Insurance

Weekly Pay

Job summary

ManpowerGroup is seeking an IT Business Analyst III for the client’s Global Markets technology organization in Pennington, NJ. The role focuses on driving complex technology initiatives, translating business needs into deliverables, and ensuring quality through Agile practices and Jira.

You will work in an Agile/Scrum environment, partner with Product Owners and development teams, and support UAT and release readiness.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical thinking with hands-on experience in Jira and Agile delivery practices (Scrum, backlog management, sprint planning, refinement, and PI Planning).
• Proven business analysis and ownership: ability to independently drive initiatives from requirements through implementation, testing, and delivery.
• Requirements & technical translation skills to understand complex business requirements and convert them into actionable technology deliverables.
• Data analysis capability to investigate large/complex datasets, perform impact analysis, and support root-cause analysis for functional issues.
• Process and workflow design experience, including mapping current/future-state processes and producing Visio workflow diagrams, process flows, and system/data flow diagrams.

Responsibilities

• Drive complex technology initiatives from initial business requirements through implementation, testing, UAT, and production readiness, independently running a workstream end-to-end.
• Translate business needs into clear technology deliverables by creating high-quality BRDs, Epics, Features, user stories, acceptance criteria, and traceable requirements.
• Analyze complex processes and data to assess impacts, identify gaps or patterns, support solution decisions, and validate that delivered outcomes meet intended business goals.
• Coordinate UAT by defining scope, aligning on test scenarios and data, managing defects and dependencies, and driving business sign-off.
• Operate in an Agile/Scrum environment using Jira for backlog management, sprint planning, refinement, demos, and PI Planning; proactively manage risks, issues, and dependencies through release.

Skills

Agile delivery practices

Jira usage

Backlog management

Sprint planning

Acceptance criteria

Data analysis

Process mapping

Tools

Jira

Visio

Job description

ManpowerGroup is seeking an IT Business Analyst III for the client’s Global Markets technology organization in Pennington, NJ. The role focuses on driving complex technology initiatives, translating business needs into deliverables, and ensuring quality through Agile practices and Jira.

You will work in an Agile/Scrum environment, partner with Product Owners and development teams, and support UAT and release readiness.