IT Business Analyst

IT Business Analyst Department/Location: Information Technology, St Louis Position Type: Full-Time, 12-month Summary The IT Business Analyst advances Principia by serving as a liaison between Principia departments, IT, vendors, and service partners. Translating institutional needs into clear requirements, practical process improvements, and sustainable technology solutions for the School, College, and shared administrative services. Reporting to the Chief Technology Officer, this role supports project-based assignments, operational improvements, vendor coordination, documentation, testing, stakeholder facilitation, and adoption efforts. The IT Business Analyst collaborates with institutional leaders, department stakeholders, system owners, project managers, vendors, and IT service teams across the School, College, and shared services to support academic and administrative functions across multiple departments and campuses. Primary Responsibilities Requirements and Process Analysis Elicits, documents, validates, and manages business, functional, and non-functional requirements across academic, administrative, and student-facing areas Translates business needs into requirements, user stories, use cases, process maps, acceptance criteria, decision logs, and support handoff materials Analyzes current-state workflows, identifying gaps, risks, dependencies, assumptions, decision points, and practical opportunities for improvement Helps clarify roles, decision rights, handoffs, support responsibilities, and sustainable operating practices across departments, campuses, systems, and service areas Stakeholder Engagement and Delivery Support Support project planning by defining scope, requirements, deliverables, milestones, risks, dependencies, adoption needs, and change impacts Facilitates interviews, workshops, working sessions, requirements reviews, and stakeholder alignment conversations with technical and non-technical audiences Partners with project managers, IT leaders, system owners, department leaders, vendors, and service teams to keep business needs connected to delivery decisions Testing, Documentation, and Operational Readiness Supports test plans, test scenarios, user acceptance testing, defect documentation, and requirements management #J-18808-Ljbffr