Business Analyst

Blue Pearl PTY; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Pearl PTY in Johannesburg is looking for a Business Analyst to define requirements and manage product backlogs throughout the delivery lifecycle. You will bridge the gap between clinical stakeholders and engineering teams.

The ideal candidate must possess a strong analytical mindset and experience with Agile methodologies. Responsibilities include documenting business processes, translating requirements into user stories, and maintaining the product backlog. Join us to make a significant impact using your skills!

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years' experience as a Business Analyst.
• Strong requirements gathering and stakeholder facilitation skills.
• Experience within Agile / Scrum methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Elicit, document, analyze, and refine functional and technical requirements.
• Translate clinical and business requirements into structured user stories.
• Own and maintain the product backlog as a living specification.

Skills

Strong analytical mindset

Excellent stakeholder engagement

Agile methodologies experience

Requirements gathering

Strong documentation capabilities

Job description

Johannesburg, South Africa | Posted on 05/27/2026

The Business Analyst will own requirements definition and product backlog specification across the delivery lifecycle. The successful candidate will act as the connective tissue between clinical stakeholders, solution architects, and the engineering team, translating clinical and business intent into structured, build-ready requirements that engineering teams can execute against and clinical stakeholders can validate.

This role requires a strong analytical mindset, excellent stakeholder engagement capabilities, and experience working within Agile delivery environments, particularly across data, analytics, or platform-driven projects.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

• Elicit, document, analyse, and refine functional and technical requirements across:
  • Clinical data ingestion
    
  • Signal processing
    
  • Analytical model workflows
    
• Translate clinical and business requirements into:
  • Structured user stories
    
  • Acceptance criteria
    
  • Functional specifications
    
  • Build-ready backlog items
    
• Own and maintain the product backlog as a living specification by:
  • Refining and decomposing requirements
    
  • Clarifying delivery scope
    
  • Preparing backlog items ahead of sprint planning
    
• Facilitate:
  • Backlog refinement sessions
    
  • Stakeholder playback workshops
    
  • Sprint planning activities
    
• Document:
  • Business processes
    
  • Data flows
    
  • Integration touchpoints
    
  • Functional workflows
    
• Ensure documentation standards are suitable for:
  • Engineering build execution
    
  • Clinical validation
    
  • Governance and audit requirements
    
• Manage requirements traceability across delivery sprints to ensure alignment between:
  • Scope
    
  • Delivery objectives
    
  • Governance standards
    
  • Stakeholder expectations
    
• Collaborate closely with:
  • Clinical stakeholders
    
  • Product owners
    
  • Engineering teams
    
  • Architects
    
  • Delivery leads
    
• Minimum 5+ years’ experience as a Business Analyst
  
• Analytics projects
  
• Demonstrable experience:
  • Writing user stories
    
  • Managing Agile product backlogs
    
  • Supporting sprint-based delivery environments
    
• Strong requirements gathering and stakeholder facilitation skills
  
• Strong documentation and process-mapping capabilities
  
• Experience working within Agile / Scrum methodologies
  

Preferred Experience

• Exposure to healthcare, clinical, or life sciences environments
  
• Experience working with regulated industry stakeholders
  
• Understanding of clinical systems, healthcare data, or analytical workflows
  
• Exposure to data integration and platform transformation initiatives
  
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement abilities
  
• High attention to detail
  
• Strong facilitation and workshop management skills
  
• Ability to translate complex business requirements into technical deliverables
  
• Organised and delivery-focused
  
• Ability to work in cross-functional Agile teams
  

Technical & Functional Skills

• User story creation and backlog management
  
• Business process mapping
  
• Requirements elicitation and analysis
  
• Documentation and traceability management
  

Advantageous

• Clinical systems exposure
  
• Healthcare analytics understanding
  
• Data platform and integration experience
  
• Regulated industry experience
  

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate will be a highly structured and detail-oriented Business Analyst who is comfortable operating between technical and non-technical stakeholders. They should have the ability to drive clarity across complex data and clinical workflows while ensuring engineering teams receive clearly defined, executable requirements.