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UWorld

Business Analyst

🇮🇳 Hyderabad, Telangana

🕑 Full-Time

💰 TBD

💻 Operations

🗓️ November 5th, 2025

SCRUM

Edtech.com's Summary

UWorld, LLC is hiring a Business Analyst to gather, analyze, and communicate business requirements for product development, maintenance, and support activities. The role involves collaborating with stakeholders and product owners to refine user stories, assist in backlog prioritization, and support testing and development processes within an Agile environment.

Highlights
  • Gather and analyze business requirements, manage scope creep, and work closely with stakeholders and product owners.
  • Break down user and business needs into detailed functional requirements and ensure their completeness and consistency.
  • Assist in prioritizing initiatives and maintaining a healthy backlog of user stories.
  • Develop wireframes, mock-ups, and prototypes in collaboration with UX designers and SMEs.
  • Support testing activities including functional and user acceptance testing, and participate in Scrum ceremonies.
  • Serve as proxy product owner when necessary, handling end-to-end responsibilities.
  • Required experience includes 5-7 years in business analysis for enterprise software and proficiency in Agile methodologies.
  • Strong knowledge of story management tools such as JIRA and Team Foundation Server (TFS).
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field is required.
  • Exposure to digital front ends, APIs, functional testing, and formulating business metrics for reporting.

Business Analyst Full Description

UWorld is a leader in online test prep for college entrance, undergraduate, graduate, and professional licensing exams throughout the United States. Since 2003, over 2 million students have trusted us to help them prepare for high-stakes examinations.

We are seeking a Business Analyst who excels in gathering, analyzing and communicating business requirements for assigned product development, product maintenance, and support activities.

Responsibilities:

  • Work with business stakeholders directly or product owners to gather and understand requirements, analyze requirements, & manage scope creeps.
  • Break user and business requirements into functional requirements, specifying appropriate level of detail.
  • Engage in the requirements verification process, ensuring requirements statements are complete, consistent, concise, and verifiable.
  • Assist in the prioritization of initiatives based on business needs and requirements.
  • Assist product owner in maintaining a healthy backlog of user stories.
  • Play an active role in refining & grooming user stories.
  • Work with the product owner, UX designers, SMEs, & external stakeholders to develop wireframes, mock-ups, and prototypes to assist in the discovery and gathering of detailed requirements.
  • Work independently (or with the product owner) in writing the functional and non-functional stories for the development teams.
  • Work with the product owners, SMEs, and other stakeholders to test value, interface designs, and feedback from new releases.
  • Assist product owner in overseeing the actual development of the product, including planning, refinement, review, and sprint support.
  • Assist technical team in understanding the business requirements with help of stories and prototypes.
  • Be present in daily scrum and retrospective meetings, apart from required presence in sprint review meeting.
  • In the absence of product owner, play the role of proxy owner with end-to-end responsibilities.
  • Participate in facilitating, documenting, and supporting user acceptance testing.
  • Facilitate effective discussions and meetings between development teams, and business stakeholders.

Requirements

  • Degree in computer science or related field
  • 5-7 years of experience working as a Business Analyst on enterprise-level software products/applications.
  • Experience in functional testing, and user acceptance test planning for large enterprise systems.
  • Experience gathering data as well as summarizing and presenting relevant information to internal and external customers, both online and in person.
  • Proficient in formulating business metrics for reporting.
  • Exposure to digital front ends and API’s environments.
  • A passion for delivering customer-centric products/services, be able to understand pain-points of the customers and shape the Product backlog to address those points.
  • Strong knowledge of story management tools such as JIRA, Team Foundation Server (TFS) etc.
  • Experience working in an Agile environment.

Soft Skills

  • Proficient written and verbal communication skills (email, phone, etc.)
  • Excellent analytical, communication and research skills.
  • Excellent attention to detail and organization skills and ability to articulate ideas clearly and concisely.
  • Ability to work effectively within a changing environment that is going through high growth.
  • Exceptional follow-through, personal drive, and ability to understand direction and feedback.