What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Business Analyst / Hybrid / Tempe position at Motion Recruitment?
This Senior Software Business Analyst role is responsible for leading the discovery, analysis, and definition of complex business and system requirements for enterprise software solutions. You’ll operate as a strategic partner to business leaders, product owners, and engineering teams—owning requirements end-to-end and ensuring delivered solutions align with business objectives, regulatory needs, and operational realities. The role is primarily onsite (4–5 days per week) during the initial ramp-up period, with flexibility introduced as tenure and trust are established. The position functions in a senior, advisory capacity within an Agile/Scrum environment.
This role goes beyond gathering requirements, you’re shaping how the product is built and why decisions are made. You’ll influence scope, challenge assumptions, anticipate risk, and guide stakeholders toward scalable, future-state solutions. If you enjoy leading ambiguity, mentoring others, and being the go-to BA for complex initiatives and multi-release platforms, this role gives you real ownership and visibility.
Required Skills & Experience
Tech Breakdown
This role goes beyond gathering requirements, you’re shaping how the product is built and why decisions are made. You’ll influence scope, challenge assumptions, anticipate risk, and guide stakeholders toward scalable, future-state solutions. If you enjoy leading ambiguity, mentoring others, and being the go-to BA for complex initiatives and multi-release platforms, this role gives you real ownership and visibility.
Required Skills & Experience
- 6 years of experience as a Business Analyst supporting enterprise-scale software solutions
- Proven experience leading requirements for complex, multi-release software products
- Strong expertise translating business strategy into functional and system-level requirements
- Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps and/or Atlassian Jira
- Advanced understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies
- Demonstrated ability to anticipate risks, identify gaps, and escalate issues proactively
- Strong experience authoring detailed functional design and specification documentation
- Excellent written, verbal, and executive-level communication skills
- Ability to work independently while influencing cross-functional teams
- Experience working in regulated, compliance-driven, or enterprise environments
- Experience mentoring Business Analysts or serving as a BA lead on projects
- Exposure to system integrations, APIs, or data-heavy platforms
- Experience partnering closely with Product Managers or Technical Architects
Tech Breakdown
- 30% – Requirements artifacts (BRDs, functional specs, traceability matrices)
- 25% – Agile delivery tooling (Azure DevOps or Jira)
- 20% – Process modeling, data requirements, and business rules definition
- 15% – Stakeholder facilitation, presentations, and executive communication
- 10% – Mentorship and guidance of junior or mid-level BAs
- 100% Hands On