Job summary
Sr Business Analyst role in a hybrid work model focusing on end to end requirement lifecycle management and agile requirements management for complex business initiatives. The role involves planning analyzing and documenting business needs collaborating with cross functional teams and ensuring solutions deliver measurable value. The position requires strong English communication and 4 to 8 years of relevant experience.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with stakeholders to elicit analyze and validate business requirements ensuring that each requirement is clearly understood documented and aligned with strategic business outcomes.
- Manage the entire requirement lifecycle from initial discovery through approval change control and final sign off maintaining traceability and consistency across all artifacts.
- Create detailed requirement specifications process descriptions user stories and acceptance criteria that support agile delivery teams in building high quality solutions.
- Facilitate agile requirements management activities such as backlog refinement sprint planning inputs and ongoing clarification of user stories for development and testing teams.
- Analyze existing business processes and data flows to identify gaps inefficiencies and opportunities for improvement recommending actionable enhancements grounded in evidence.
- Develop business analysis plans for assigned initiatives including scope definition stakeholder analysis requirement work breakdown and estimation to support realistic delivery timelines.
- Engage with product owners and business partners to prioritize requirements based on value risk and dependencies helping teams focus on features that deliver meaningful impact for customers and society.
- Provide clear and structured communication of complex business and technical concepts in English tailoring documentation and discussions to suit diverse audiences across the organization.
- Coordinate with cross functional hybrid teams to ensure that requirements are understood consistently clarifying assumptions and resolving conflicts through constructive analysis.
- Support testing activities by reviewing test scenarios and results against documented requirements identifying defects and gaps and ensuring that delivered solutions meet agreed acceptance criteria.
- Monitor requirement changes during the project lifecycle assessing impact on scope schedule and benefits and recommending appropriate adjustments to keep initiatives on track.
- Prepare business cases impact assessments and value realization metrics to demonstrate how implemented solutions contribute to company objectives and generate positive outcomes for customers and communities.
- Document and share best practices in requirement lifecycle management and agile analysis contributing to continuous improvement of business analysis standards and methods within the organization.
Qualifications
- Demonstrate strong proficiency in requirement lifecycle management through hands on experience managing discovery documentation change control and traceability across multiple projects.
- Apply advanced agile requirements management techniques including user story writing backlog grooming and incremental refinement to support iterative delivery in hybrid team environments.
- Utilize comprehensive business analysis and planning skills to define scope analyze stakeholders estimate effort and structure work for initiatives of medium to high complexity.
- Communicate fluently in English for reading writing and speaking producing clear documentation and conducting effective discussions with technical and non technical stakeholders.
- Bring 4 to 8 years of practical experience as a business analyst or in a closely related role demonstrating consistent delivery of measurable business outcomes.
- Use analytical and critical thinking abilities to interpret data evaluate options and recommend solutions that balance feasibility value and risk for the organization.
Things to know before you apply
- Work authorization: Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in Canada without requiring employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
- Accommodations: If you have a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening or submit an application, please email [email protected] with your request and contact information.
- AI in hiring: We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help us screen and assess applications more efficiently. Our team performs additional human review and ultimately decides who moves forward in our hiring process.
- Open position: Unless otherwise stated, this job posting is for an open position on our team.
- Language proficiency: 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.
- Inclusion: Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial or local laws.
About Cognizant
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, bridging the gap 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, drive tangible outcomes and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at cognizant.ai or @cognizant.
