Business Analyst - User Story Specialist

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Technomic has provided foodservice clients around the globe with the research, insights and strategic consulting support they need to enhance their business strategies, decisions and results. Our services range from major research studies and management consulting solutions to online databases and simple fact-finding assignments. Our clients include food manufacturers and distributors, restaurants and retailers, other foodservice organizations, and various institutions aligned with the food industry.

This role is based in Chicago, IL.

We are seeking an experienced Business Analyst with expertise in crafting high-quality user stories for our Scrum development team. In this role, you will serve as the critical bridge between stakeholders and development teams, translating business requirements and design specifications into clear, actionable user stories that drive our agile development process.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with stakeholders to gather, analyze, and document business requirements and design specifications
• Transform complex requirements into well-structured user stories following our established checklist methodology
• Ensure all user stories are complete, consistent, and adhere to INVEST principles (Independent, Negotiable, Valuable, Estimable, Small, Testable)
• Facilitate requirements gathering sessions and workshops with business stakeholders
• Work within Scrum teams to clarify requirements and answer questions during sprint planning and execution
• Maintain and refine the product backlog in collaboration with Product Owners
• Create and maintain documentation related to business processes and requirements
• Validate that completed user stories meet the defined acceptance criteria
• Participate in sprint ceremonies including planning, review, and retrospective meetings

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field
• 3+ years of experience as a Business Analyst in an Agile/Scrum environment
• Proven track record of writing clear, comprehensive user stories
• Strong understanding of Scrum methodology and agile principles
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Outstanding written and verbal communication abilities
• Experience using agile project management tools (Jira, Azure DevOps, etc.)
• Ability to understand technical concepts and communicate them to non-technical stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

• SQL knowledge and experience querying databases
• Experience with business process modeling and documentation
• Knowledge of user experience (UX) design principles
• Familiarity with software development lifecycle
• Experience in the foodservice industry sector

User Story Checklist Expertise

The ideal candidate will demonstrate proficiency in ensuring user stories consistently include:

• Clear user role/persona identification
• Specific, measurable action components
• Defined business value statements
• Comprehensive acceptance criteria
• Technical considerations and dependencies
• Appropriate priority and effort estimations
• Relevant mockups or wireframes references
• Test scenarios aligned with acceptance criteria

This posting will automatically expire on Aug 4, 2025

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Our benefits include:

• Freedom & flexibility:colleagues rate us highly for the flexibility and trust they receive, and we support a range of working patterns
• Great community:a welcoming culture with in-person and online social events, our fantastic Walk the World charity day and active colleague groups and networks promoting a positive, supportive, and collaborative work environment
• Broader impact:take up to four days per year to volunteer, with charity match funding available too
• Career opportunity:the opportunity to develop your career with bespoke training and learning, mentoring platforms and on-demand access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning. When it's time for the next step, we encourage and support internal job moves
• Time out:15 days PTO rising to 20 after three years and 25 after six years, plus 10 national holidays, a birthday leave day and the chance to work from (almost!) anywhere for up to four weeks a year
• Competitive benefits, including a 401k match, health, vision and dental insurance, parental leave and an ESPP offering company shares at a minimum 15% discount
• Strong wellbeing support through EAP assistance, mental health first aiders, free access to a wellness app and more
• Recognition for great work, with global awards and kudos programs
• As an international company, the chance to collaborate with teams around the world
• The salary range for this role is $65K-$80K/YR based on experience.

We're not solely focused on a checklist of skills. We champion energy and ambition and look for colleagues who will roll their sleeves up, join in and help make things happen. If it sounds like a match and you have most - although not all - of the skills and experience listed, we welcome your application.

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