Business Analyst

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Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZAF
In-Office
Senior level
Pet
The Role
Owns requirements definition, user stories, acceptance criteria, and product backlog management across Agile delivery. Translates clinical and business needs into build-ready specifications for engineering teams, documents processes and data flows, facilitates refinement and planning sessions, and maintains requirements traceability. Collaborates with clinical stakeholders, product owners, architects, engineers, and delivery leads on data, analytics, and platform-driven initiatives.
Summary Generated by Built In

The Business Analyst will own requirements definition and product backlog specification across the delivery lifecycle. The successful candidate will act as the connective tissue between clinical stakeholders, solution architects, and the engineering team, translating clinical and business intent into structured, build-ready requirements that engineering teams can execute against and clinical stakeholders can validate.

This role requires a strong analytical mindset, excellent stakeholder engagement capabilities, and experience working within Agile delivery environments, particularly across data, analytics, or platform-driven projects.



RequirementsKey Responsibilities
  • Elicit, document, analyse, and refine functional and technical requirements across:
    • Clinical data ingestion
    • Signal processing
    • Analytical model workflows
  • Translate clinical and business requirements into:
    • Structured user stories
    • Acceptance criteria
    • Functional specifications
    • Build-ready backlog items
  • Own and maintain the product backlog as a living specification by:
    • Refining and decomposing requirements
    • Clarifying delivery scope
    • Preparing backlog items ahead of sprint planning
  • Facilitate:
    • Backlog refinement sessions
    • Stakeholder playback workshops
    • Sprint planning activities
  • Document:
    • Business processes
    • Data flows
    • Integration touchpoints
    • Functional workflows
  • Ensure documentation standards are suitable for:
    • Engineering build execution
    • Clinical validation
    • Governance and audit requirements
  • Manage requirements traceability across delivery sprints to ensure alignment between:
    • Scope
    • Delivery objectives
    • Governance standards
    • Stakeholder expectations
  • Collaborate closely with:
    • Clinical stakeholders
    • Product owners
    • Engineering teams
    • Architects
    • Delivery leads

Minimum Requirements
  • Minimum 5+ years’ experience as a Business Analyst
  • Proven experience working on:
    • Data platforms
    • Analytics projects
    • Technology platform engagements
  • Demonstrable experience:
    • Writing user stories
    • Managing Agile product backlogs
    • Supporting sprint-based delivery environments
  • Strong requirements gathering and stakeholder facilitation skills
  • Strong documentation and process-mapping capabilities
  • Experience working within Agile / Scrum methodologies

Preferred Experience
  • Exposure to healthcare, clinical, or life sciences environments
  • Experience working with regulated industry stakeholders
  • Understanding of clinical systems, healthcare data, or analytical workflows
  • Exposure to data integration and platform transformation initiatives

Key Competencies
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement abilities
  • High attention to detail
  • Strong facilitation and workshop management skills
  • Ability to translate complex business requirements into technical deliverables
  • Organised and delivery-focused
  • Ability to work in cross-functional Agile teams

Technical & Functional Skills
Essential
  • Agile / Scrum methodologies
  • User story creation and backlog management
  • Business process mapping
  • Requirements elicitation and analysis
  • Stakeholder management
  • Documentation and traceability management
Advantageous
  • Clinical systems exposure
  • Healthcare analytics understanding
  • Data platform and integration experience
  • Regulated industry experience

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate will be a highly structured and detail-oriented Business Analyst who is comfortable operating between technical and non-technical stakeholders. They should have the ability to drive clarity across complex data and clinical workflows while ensuring engineering teams receive clearly defined, executable requirements.



Skills Required

  • Minimum 5 years of experience as a Business Analyst
  • Experience working on data platforms, analytics projects, or technology platform engagements
  • Experience writing user stories and managing Agile product backlogs
  • Experience supporting sprint-based delivery environments
  • Strong requirements gathering and stakeholder facilitation skills
  • Strong documentation and process-mapping capabilities
  • Experience with Agile and Scrum methodologies
  • Clinical, healthcare, or life sciences experience
  • Experience working with regulated industry stakeholders
  • Understanding of clinical systems, healthcare data, or analytical workflows
  • Experience with data integration and platform transformation initiatives
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The Company
3,386 Employees
Year Founded: 1996

What We Do

BluePearl is a U.S. network of specialty and emergency veterinary hospitals providing advanced medical care for pets, including innovative procedures, diagnostics, surgery, and other specialized services in communities across the United States. Its mission is to deliver exceptional care while advancing veterinary medicine and honoring the human-animal bond. Founded in 1996, BluePearl operates more than 100 hospitals and is part of Mars Veterinary Health.

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