Pega Business Analyst - 70318651

Cognizant is a technology and engineering company delivering solutions for clients and stakeholders. The Pega Business Analyst bridges business needs and technology solutions by defining requirements, improving business processes, and supporting Agile delivery. The role collaborates with Product Owners, stakeholders, developers, QA teams, and project leadership through requirements management, backlog refinement, and testing activities.

Responsibilities:

• Elicit, analyze, document, and validate business requirements to ensure alignment with business objectives and project goals
• Translate business needs into functional requirements, user stories, business rules, and acceptance criteria for development teams
• Manage requirements traceability throughout the project lifecycle and ensure alignment between business needs and delivered solutions
• Facilitate stakeholder workshops and discussions to clarify scope, assumptions, dependencies, and priorities
• Analyze current-state and future-state business processes to identify opportunities for optimization, automation, and operational improvement
• Support Agile delivery teams by creating and maintaining product backlog items and refining user stories
• Participate in sprint planning, backlog grooming, sprint reviews, and retrospectives while providing requirements clarification during development activities
• Partner with Product Owners to support prioritization decisions and backlog management
• Review and validate developed functionality to ensure solutions meet documented requirements and business expectations
• Support System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and business validation activities to ensure successful solution delivery

Requirements:

• Experience gathering, analyzing, documenting, and managing business and functional requirements
• Strong expertise in requirements elicitation techniques, business process analysis, and solution documentation
• Experience writing user stories, acceptance criteria, business rules, and functional specifications
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and participation in Agile ceremonies
• Experience supporting testing activities, including SIT, UAT, and business validation
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills
• Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management abilities
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced delivery environment
• Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining attention to detail
• this is a remote position open to qualified applicants in the United States
• Please note, this role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future
• Healthcare industry experience
• Knowledge or experience supporting Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) programs
• Experience with process improvement, workflow optimization, and business transformation initiatives
• Familiarity with requirements management and Agile project management tools
• Experience working with distributed or global delivery teams
• CBAP, CCBA, PMI-PBA, or similar business analysis certifications