Johannesburg, South Africa | Posted on 05/27/2026
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.
Requirements Key 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 5+ years’ experience as a Business Analyst
Analytics projects
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
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
User story creation and backlog management
Business process mapping
Requirements elicitation and analysis
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.
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