Lead Business Analyst

EPAM is a leading global provider of digital platform engineering and development services. We are committed to having a positive impact on our customers, our employees, and our communities. We embrace a dynamic and inclusive culture. Here you will collaborate with multi-national teams, contribute to a myriad of innovative projects that deliver the most creative and cutting-edge solutions, and have an opportunity to continuously learn and grow. No matter where you are located, you will join a dedicated, creative, and diverse community that will help you discover your fullest potential.

We are seeking a Lead Business Analyst with extensive experience in agile frameworks and stakeholder collaboration.

You will play a key role in translating client requirements into technical solutions and guiding projects to successful completion. This position offers the opportunity to work within a cooperative and fast-paced environment. If you have a strong background in business analysis and are driven to support impactful project delivery, we encourage you to apply.

Responsibilities

• List business requirements and convert them into user stories with detailed information for the development team
• Develop comprehensive functional requirements and prioritize user stories for backlog grooming and sprint planning
• Engage with clients and business stakeholders to elicit requirements and propose functional solutions
• Support acceptance testing and obtain client approval while managing conflicts
• Facilitate estimation sessions using various techniques and explain requirements for sprint and release planning
• Ensure transparency of release timelines, features, and scope to product owners and development managers by creating and maintaining documentation
• Manage continuous scope changes by applying prioritization techniques considering business and technical needs
• Document requirements thoroughly using tools such as Word, Excel, Confluence, or TFS
• Oversee partner user acceptance testing and review quality assurance artifacts
• Coordinate across multiple teams and functions to maintain alignment
• Communicate clearly about requirement ambiguities, dependencies, scope challenges, and rephrase discussion points to confirm mutual understanding
• Operate as a trusted advisor to clients and business partners throughout the project lifecycle

Requirements

• Extensive experience of 9 to 15 years in Business Analysis
• Proven background in SDLC across agile frameworks, including SCRUM, Kanban, and SAFe
• Experience serving as liaison between development teams and business partners
• Direct experience working with clients and stakeholders on requirements elicitation and solution design
• Familiarity with estimation techniques and guiding teams in collecting sprint and release estimates
• Capability to ensure transparency of project timelines and deliverables using documentation and Confluence references
• Skills in managing scope changes using prioritization methods
• Competency in maintaining detailed requirement documentation such as BRD, FSD, FRD, and SRS
• Experience handling partner user acceptance testing and reviewing QA deliverables
• Ability to collaborate across multiple teams and functions
• Strong communication skills to clarify requirement ambiguities and manage dependencies
• Experience in leading business domains such as banking, financial services, insurance, healthcare, supply chain, or e-commerce
• English proficiency at an advanced level

We offer

• Opportunity to work on technical challenges that may impact across geographies
• Vast opportunities for self-development: online university, knowledge sharing opportunities globally, learning opportunities through external certifications
• Opportunity to share your ideas on international platforms
• Sponsored Tech Talks & Hackathons
• Unlimited access to LinkedIn learning solutions
• Possibility to relocate to any EPAM office for short and long-term projects
• Focused individual development
• Benefit package:
  • Health benefits
  • Retirement benefits
  • Paid time off
  • Flexible benefits
• Forums to explore beyond work passion (CSR, photography, painting, sports, etc.)