This role involves driving business analysis initiatives to enhance customer experience and streamline requirement lifecycle management. The candidate will collaborate with stakeholders utilize domain knowledge and apply agile methodologies to deliver impactful solutions. The position requires expertise in Jira and stakeholder management with a hybrid work model and day shift.
Role: Sr. Business Analyst
Location: Remote - Candidate will need to work in PST time Zone
Experience: 12+ Years
Salary and Other Compensation:
The annual salary for this position is between $110,000/Year to $135,000/Year depending on the experience and other qualifications of the candidate.
This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program and stock awards, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.
Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:
Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.
Roles and Responsibilities
Business Analyst to support Gilead’s Digital Experience programs across Commercial, Non‑CMS, DDME, and product‑launch initiatives. The role requires strong requirements ownership, stakeholder coordination, and delivery support in a fast‑paced, highly governed environment.
Key Responsibilities
Lead requirements elicitation and translate business needs into clear user stories and acceptance criteria.
Own user‑story creation and backlog management in Azure DevOps (ADO), ensuring traceability and delivery readiness.
Work closely with Product Owners to support prioritization, clarify scope, and enable timely decision‑making.
Provide daily updates, status reporting, and progress visibility to stakeholders.
Act as a central liaison between business stakeholders, delivery teams, offshore teams, Scrum Masters, architects, QA, and agencies.
Coordinate with external agencies on requirements clarifications, design feedback, and delivery dependencies.
Support multiple concurrent initiatives, balancing priorities while maintaining quality and clarity.
Participate in design walkthroughs, UAT preparation, triage discussions, and sign‑off processes.
Proactively identify requirement gaps, risks, and dependencies and drive timely resolution.
Required Qualifications
• Business Analysis Experience
• Life sciences domain experience
• Ado Dashoboard, Creation of user stories, offshore coordination
• Prior experience working in high velocity, distributed delivery models - especially where the BA plays a strong ownership role across requirements, clarification, and sprint execution - would be expected.
What we offer
- The chance to work with impact. Here, you’re empowered to bring your biggest thinking to help our company and clients improve everyday life.
- Ownership over your career. Stay at the top of your game through our award-winning learning and development ecosystem. And when your ambitions change or we offer new opportunities, we help you pivot by providing reskilling, on-the-job learning and guidance to find new roles that might be a better fit.
- The opportunity to thrive on a high caliber team with heart. We celebrate each other’s experiences and perspectives and promote a sense of belonging through our affinity groups and diversity and inclusion initiatives.
- A comprehensive total rewards package, including a competitive salary and a pension plan with matching contributions.
- Flexible health and financial benefits to support you and your eligible dependents—from day one.
- True work-life balance. Be at your best through paid time off, flexible work arrangements, volunteering opportunities, social events, and so much more.
About us
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, building the bridge between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization’s unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, realize tangible returns and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at www.cognizant.com or @cognizant.
Other employment-related information
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Language requirements vary depending on roles, but we ask that all candidates have basic English proficiency for company-wide communications purposes. For roles based in Quebec, professional English proficiency is required, as you’ll deliver services to and collaborate with stakeholders outside the province who may not speak French.
