Senior Business Analyst

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About Horizontal

Established since 2003 in the US, Horizontal solves complex challenges across two distinct businesses : Horizontal Digital and Horizontal Talent. We are consistently recognized for being a top workplace and one of the fastest-growing private companies. Horizontal Talent specializes in staffing for IT, Digital & Creative, and Business & Strategy markets. We have global offices in US, UAE, India, and Malaysia.

Position Purpose

The Senior BA acts as a bridge between business stakeholders and Agile delivery teams, ensuring requirements are clearly defined, prioritized, and translated into actionable user stories and acceptance criteria. The role supports the full software lifecycle—discovery, development, testing, and cutover—while driving process improvements and championing Agile practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Business Analysis & Requirements Gathering
• Collaborate with Product Owner and stakeholders to prioritize the backlog.
• Elicit, document, and validate user stories, acceptance criteria, and business rules.
• Ensure requirements are clear, testable, and aligned with business objectives.
• Continuously streamline business processes.
• Problem Solving & Critical Thinking
• Provide solutions to complex business requests independently.
• Analyze business impact of system improvements, defects, and queries.
• Perform root cause analysis and solution design.
• Stakeholder Management
• Engage with senior stakeholders, facilitate workshops, and manage priorities.
• Communicate effectively and negotiate to drive shared understanding.
• Solutioning
• Translate business needs into functional and non-functional specifications.
• Collaborate with UI / UX and developers to design optimal solutions.
• Validate solution designs with stakeholders.
• Development, QA & Cutover Support
• Represent user requirements during design and refinement processes.
• Support developers and QA, facilitate discussions with stakeholders.
• Assist in training and post-implementation support.
• Best Practice Contribution
• Maintain documentation per Business Analysis Chapter standards.
• Continuously improve BA practices and standard.

Mandatory Skills

Key Success Measures

Key Attributes

Seniority Level

Mid-Senior level

Employment Type

Full-time

Job Function

Research, Analyst, and Information Technology

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