Business Analyst

Summary: We are seeking a highly organized and analytical Business Analyst to support an Agile software development team. This role serves as a key liaison between business stakeholders and the delivery team, with primary ownership of requirements clarity, acceptance criteria, sprint readiness, and stakeholder alignment.

The Business Analyst plays a critical role in ensuring that work entering a sprint is well-defined and that delivered functionality meets business expectations.  Key Responsibilities Requirements & Acceptance Criteria Ownership  Elicit, analyze, and document business and functional requirements through stakeholder collaboration  Write clear, testable user stories and own the quality and completeness of acceptance criteria, including edge cases, validations, and negative scenarios  Review requirements and acceptance criteria with stakeholders to confirm intent and expectations prior to development  Ensure backlog items are implementation-ready and aligned with agreed business outcomes  Serve as a point of clarification for developers and QA throughout the sprint  Participate in defect triage by determining whether issues stem from requirements gaps, design decisions, or implementation defects  Agile Delivery & Sprint Support  Actively participate in Agile ceremonies including backlog refinement, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives  Enforce a clear Definition of Ready, ensuring stories entering a sprint have sufficient clarity, scope, and acceptance criteria  Track requirement progress throughout the sprint lifecycle and proactively surface risks, blockers, or scope concerns  Collaborate with Product Owners, Developers, QA, and UX to ensure alignment during delivery  Prepare and deliver post-sprint reports, summarizing:  Completed functionality  Acceptance status  Stakeholder feedback  Open items, defects, or follow-up work  Support release readiness by confirming requirements completion, acceptance, and stakeholder sign-off  Stakeholder Engagement & UAT Support  Lead and facilitate meetings with business stakeholders to review requirements, scope, and delivered functionality  Coordinate and support User Acceptance Testing (UAT), including:  Preparing UAT scenarios  Facilitating review sessions  Documenting feedback and outcomes  Act as a translator between business needs and technical implementation, ensuring shared understanding across teams  Required Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent experience)  3+ years of experience as a Business Analyst supporting Agile software development teams  Strong experience writing user stories and acceptance criteria  Proven ability to lead meetings and facilitate discussions with diverse stakeholders  Familiarity with Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban) and delivery artifacts  Proficiency with tools such as Jira, Confluence, GitHub, or similar  Preferred Qualifications Experience supporting or coordinating UAT activities  Ability to analyze data and create clear, actionable reports  Familiarity with SQL, reporting tools (PowerBI, Jira), or data analysis  Experience working with cross-functional or distributed teams  Key Skills & Competencies Requirements elicitation and validation  Acceptance criteria and quality ownership  Agile delivery support and sprint readiness  Stakeholder communication and facilitation  Analytical thinking and problem-solving  Strong written documentation and reporting skills  What This Role Owns Clarity before development begins  Quality and acceptance definition  Sprint readiness and follow-through  Transparent communication of sprint outcomes  Benefits Medical, Dental, Vision  401K benefits  Short- & Long-Term Disability EAP Emergency Travel & Identity Theft Protection Life Insurance AD&D Collaborative and Motivated Team Salary Range: $100,000-120,000 USD (commensurate with experience)   Fusion Worldwide is the preeminent open market distributor of electronic components and products.

We source, inspect, test, and deliver a broad range of components to a large and diversified customer base that includes OEMs, CMs and ODMs across a wide array of verticals. Founded in 2001, Fusion is headquartered in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and maintains offices and quality centers around the world.

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For over 20 years, Fusion Worldwide has been connecting buyers to trusted suppliers of electronic components in the open market. As an independent distributor, Fusion offers comprehensive supply chain solutions for small, medium and large global enterprises, including Fortune 500s, across numerous verticals such as computing, IT infrastructure, automotive, industrial automation, consumer electronics, medical and more.

Fusion’s vast supplier network, commitment to quality, and market...