Business Analyst - This professional will help translate business needs into clear, actionable backlog items and ensure alignment between stakeholders and the delivery team. Key Responsibilities- Act as the right hand of the Product Owner, providing continuous support in backlog management and requirement definition. - Support the PO in the creation, refinement, and maintenance of Epics, User Stories, Tasks, and Acceptance Criteria, ensuring clarity and business value. - Prepare and support backlog refinement sessions, ensuring stories are welldefined, estimated, prioritized, and ready for development. - Serve as a key point of support for the squad to clarify requirements, scope, and dependencies on behalf of the PO. - Manage and maintain artifacts using JIRA (backlog, stories, tasks, progress tracking) and Confluence (documentation, specifications, and decisions). - Support Agile ceremonies such as Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives. - Lead Agile ceremonies when necessary, especially in the POs absence or when additional facilitation is required. - Ensure alignment between business expectations and the squads delivery capabilities. Required Experience & Skills- Proven experience as a Business Analyst supporting Product Owners in Agile/Scrum environments. - Strong expertise in writing and refining Epics, User Stories, Tasks, and Acceptance Criteria. - Handson experience with JIRA and Confluence. - Solid understanding of Agile principles and frameworks (Scrum, Kanban). - Strong facilitation, communication, and stakeholdermanagement skills. - Ability to act autonomously as PO support while maintaining close alignment with the Product Owner. - Detailoriented, proactive, and deliveryfocused mindset. Nice to Have- Experience acting as a proxy or delegate for the Product Owner. - Experience supporting crossfunctional or distributed Agile teams.