CPG (F&B) Business Analyst

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Role: CPG (F&B) Business Analyst

Work location: Atlanta, GA

Job Description:

This is Mid to senior role combining business analysis and solution architecture

• Focused on building an agentic AI chatbot solution on Microsoft Azure
• Primary purpose is to enable conversational access to R&D and formulation data stored in existing relational databases
• Deep engagement with food & beverage consumer packaged goods (CPG) R&D, formulation, and product development teams
• Role emphasizes requirements discovery, scope expansion, and identifying new AI-enabled opportunities beyond initial use cases
• Acts as a bridge between scientific users, business stakeholders, and technical delivery teams
  
  

Key Responsibilities:

• Proactively lead client communications, interviews, and workshops.
• Engage R&D, formulation, and innovation stakeholders to understand:
  
  

oFormulation development and optimization workflows

oPain points in accessing and interpreting data

• Elicit, analyze, and document:
  
  

oFunctional and non-functional requirements

oUser stories, use cases, and acceptance criteria.

• Create, manage, and groom backlog.
• Translate business and scientific needs into:
  
  

oClear solution designs and architectural inputs

oBacklog items and delivery-ready requirements

• Lead architecture and design of:
  
  

oUIs, UX workflows, paper prototyping, etc.

oAzure-based agentic AI systems

oConversational/chatbot interfaces

oData retrieval from relational data sources

• Collaborate with engineering teams on:
  
  

oAI agent orchestration and tool usage

oData integration and access patterns

oSecurity, scalability, and performance considerations

• Proactively identify:
  
  

oNew AI use cases within R&D and formulation

oOpportunities to broaden solution scope and value.

• Support roadmap definition from initial data retrieval chatbot to more advanced reasoning, insight generation, and decision support
  
  

What are the Mandatory skills and skill proficiencies required for this position?

• Business Analysis & Requirements Engineering – 5
• CPG Domain Knowledge (Food & Beverage R&D) – 4
• CPG R&D Workflow Understanding – 3
• Agentic AI Azure Solution Architecture (Azure OpenAI / Foundry / AI Search) – 4
• Communication & Stakeholder Management – 5
• Relational Databases & Data Modeling Concepts – 2/3
  
  

What are the Optional skills and skill proficiencies for this position?

• Agentic AI / Multi-Agent Systems Architectures – 3
• Conversational AI / NLP Systems – 3
• AI Governance / Responsible AI Concepts – 2
• Consulting or Discovery-Phase Project Experience – 4
• Regulated or Scientific IT Environments – 3