
Senior Business Analyst / Product Analyst – ServiceNow Platform
Job Description
Senior Business Analyst / Product Analyst – ServiceNow Platform
Department: Project Management
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Bloomington, MN
Reporting To: Head of Project Operations
Compensation: $125,000 - $135,000 / year
Description
This is a hybrid role (in-office Tuesday and Thursday). Local candidates preferred.
Responsibilities and Duties:
- Lead structured discovery efforts with business partners, stakeholders, and end users to identify true business needs, pain points, and desired outcomes
- Facilitate workshops, interviews, and working sessions that drive alignment, clarity, and prioritization
- Serve as the primary owner of requirements elicitation and validation across initiatives
- Challenge assumptions and guide stakeholders toward scalable, platform-aligned solutions with a configuration-first mindset
- Partner closely with the Product Owner (who serves as the Scrum leader and owns the backlog) to define, refine, and prioritize work
- Own the development of high-quality user stories, epics, and acceptance criteria that are clear, testable, and aligned to business objectives
- Translate complex business processes into structured, developer-ready requirements tailored to ServiceNow capabilities
- Actively participate in backlog grooming and sprint planning, ensuring stories are ready for development
- Drive requirements aligned to key ServiceNow modules, including ITSM, CSM/SOM, and App Engine/App Builder
- Collaborate with ServiceNow developers to ensure requirements are feasible, efficient, and aligned to platform best practices
- Serve as the connective layer between business intent and technical delivery
- Provide ongoing clarification and support to developers throughout the sprint lifecycle
- Identify gaps, dependencies, and risks early, and proactively address them
- Ensure delivered solutions meet acceptance criteria and business expectations
- Operate within an Agile framework, supporting 2-week sprint cycles and standard Scrum ceremonies
- Utilize Azure DevOps to manage user stories, backlog items, and delivery tracking
- Establish and uphold standards for requirements quality, documentation, and traceability
- Contribute to continuous improvement of discovery, intake, and delivery processes within the PMO
Education and Experience:
- 5+ years of experience in Business Analysis, Product Analysis, or similar roles in a technology delivery environment
- Demonstrated experience supporting ServiceNow implementations or custom application development on the platform
- Familiarity with core ServiceNow modules such as ITSM, CSM/SOM, and App Engine/App Builder
- Strong experience working in Agile environments, including backlog management, sprint planning, and story writing
- Proven ability to lead discovery efforts and influence stakeholders across business and technology teams
- Experience using Azure DevOps (or similar tools) for backlog and work item management
- Excellent facilitation, communication, and critical thinking skills
Key Competencies:
- Requirements Excellence: Translates complex business needs into clear, actionable, and testable requirements
- Stakeholder Influence: Builds alignment and drives decision-making across business and technology teams
- ServiceNow Platform Awareness: Applies strong understanding of platform capabilities to guide solution design
- Agile Delivery Discipline: Ensures backlog readiness and supports consistent sprint execution
- Critical Thinking & Problem Solving: Identifies root causes and drives scalable, efficient solutions
How This Role Demonstrates Our Values:
- Integrity: Ensures accuracy, clarity, and transparency in requirements and solution delivery
- Collaboration: Works closely with stakeholders, Product Owners, and developers to achieve shared outcomes
- Excellence: Drives high-quality deliverables that minimize rework and maximize business value
- Critical Curiosity: Challenges assumptions and explores innovative ways to leverage ServiceNow capabilities
What Success Looks Like:
- Business needs are translated into clear, actionable user stories with minimal rework or ambiguity during development
- ServiceNow solutions prioritize configuration over customization, resulting in scalable, maintainable applications
- Sprint commitments are consistently met due to well-groomed, development-ready backlog items
- Measurable improvements in business partner efficiency through streamlined workflows and automation
- Increased automation across processes, reducing manual effort and operational friction
- Technology solutions enable the organization to scale effectively without proportional increases in cost or complexity
- Strong alignment and trust between business stakeholders, Product Owners, and the development team
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package, including base salary and performance-based bonus opportunities
- 401(k) plan with 100% company match up to 4%
- Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, vision, HSA, and FSA options
- Generous paid time off: 20 days PTO, company holidays, and sick time
- Paid parental leave
- Company-paid life insurance and disability coverage
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP): mental health, financial, and wellness support
- Professional development: tuition reimbursement and growth opportunities
- Commuter and transit benefits
Successful applicants will exemplify strong ethics, integrity, respect for others, accountability for decisions and actions, and good citizenship.
Maintaining a reliable, uninterrupted high speed internet connection is a requirement of hybrid or remote positions.