Acog
Business Analyst
Washington, DC. Posted 24 days ago
The role
The Business Analyst leads discovery, facilitation, and requirements development for technical and non-technical initiatives. This role partners with stakeholders to identify problems and translate needs into actionable requirements.
What you will do
- Lead discovery sessions and stakeholder discussions to define business problems and requirements.
- Analyze and document current and future-state processes, workflows, and business rules.
- Review incoming requests, clarify business needs, and route requests for prioritization.
- Develop user stories and acceptance criteria for technical and non-technical initiatives.
- Identify risks, gaps, and dependencies across projects and platforms.
- Participate in solution design, backlog refinement, and sprint planning.
- Partner with QA and stakeholders to support testing and implementation readiness.
- Serve as a coach and mentor for other positions in the department.
- Perform other duties as assigned to support organizational priorities.
Required qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Minimum of 5 years of professional experience performing business analysis in complex organizational environments.
- Demonstrated experience leading requirements and facilitation efforts for cross-functional, multi-department initiatives.
- Proven track record of delivering high-quality requirements and user stories.
- Experience working within Agile delivery frameworks, including Scrum.
- Experience using tools such as Wrike, Jira, Azure DevOps, Lucidchart, Miro, Visio, or similar platforms.
- Experience working on both technology-focused and business-focused projects.
- Strong understanding of organizational operations, change impacts, and stakeholder management.
- Advanced business analysis skills, including requirements elicitation, analysis, documentation, and validation.
- Exceptional facilitation skills.
- Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to operate independently and manage ambiguity.
Nice to have
- Experience within membership associations or similar organizations is helpful
Benefits
- Paid Parental Leave
- Breastfeeding Friendly Workplace
- Flexible work schedule
- Commuting Allowance
- Generous Paid Time Off
- Holiday Pay
- Life Insurance
- Community Volunteering Opportunities
- Generous 401(k) Company Contributions
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Learning Opportunities and Tuition Reimbursement
- Company-Sponsored Team Outings
About the company
ACOG is an EEO employer and a federal government contractor.