Job Title: Business Analyst
Location: Chicago, IL
Type: W2 Contract
Required Education & Experience
-Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 10+ years' experience in this capacity
-10+ years of Business Analyst experience (listed under required technical skills)
Required Skills
-10+ years of Business Analyst experience
-Experience gathering and documenting business requirements
-Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments
-Ability to translate business needs into detailed user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, and functional specifications
-Ability to maintain and prioritize product backlog items
-Experience supporting sprint planning, backlog refinement, UAT, and release activities
-Ability to validate delivered functionality against business requirements and acceptance criteria
-Ability to ensure traceability from requirements through implementation and testing
-Serve as a bridge between business stakeholders, product management, and search engineering teams
-Collaborate with stakeholders across Digital, Marketing, Product Management, Customer Support, and eCommerce teams
-Communicate progress, risks, dependencies, and business impacts
-Experience gathering and documenting business requirements
-Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments
Soft Skills (Required)
-Excellent communication skills
-Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Job Responsibilities
-Gather requirements and translate business needs into detailed user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, and functional specifications
-Maintain and prioritize product backlog items
-Support sprint planning, backlog refinement, UAT, and release activities
-Validate delivered functionality against business requirements and acceptance criteria
-Ensure traceability from requirements through implementation and testing
-Collaborate with business stakeholders across Digital, Marketing, Product Management, Customer Support, and eCommerce teams
-Communicate progress, risks, dependencies, and business impacts
-Serve as the bridge between business stakeholders, product management, and search engineering teams