Business Analyst - Microsoft Power Apps

• Business Analyst - Microsoft Power Apps
• Los Angeles, CA (Onsite – Hybrid)
• 8+ Years

Job Description:

• Role Overview
• We are looking for an experienced Senior Business Analyst with 7–9 years of professional experience and proven end-to-end delivery exposure in Microsoft Power Apps / Power Platform projects. The resource should be capable of driving business analysis activities across the full project lifecycle, including requirement discovery, process analysis, solution mapping, user story creation, functional documentation, test case preparation, testing support, client demos, walkthroughs, adoption support, and post-implementation coordination.
• The ideal candidate should understand Power Platform solution delivery across Canvas Apps, Model-driven Apps, Power Automate, dashboards, AI Builder, Copilot, and Copilot Studio-enabled scenarios, with the ability to bridge business needs and technical implementation effectively.
• Required Skills and Experience
• 7–9 years of experience as a Business Analyst, Functional Consultant, or Product Analyst in enterprise application delivery.
• Hands-on business analysis experience in delivered Power Apps / Power Platform projects.
• Strong understanding of Canvas Apps, Model-driven Apps, Data verse, Power Automate, dashboards, AI Builder, Copilot, and Copilot Studio concepts from a functional delivery perspective.
• Ability to write clear business requirements, functional specifications, user stories, acceptance criteria, test cases, process flows, and user guides.
• Experience in Agile/Scrum delivery, backlog grooming, sprint planning support, daily clarifications, sprint reviews, and retrospective inputs.
• Good understanding of data sources and integrations such as Data verse, SharePoint, Excel, SQL, APIs, Microsoft 365, Teams, Outlook, and Dynamics 365.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, stakeholder management, communication, documentation, and presentation skills.
• Ability to manage requirement changes, scope clarifications, client expectations, delivery dependencies, and sign-off processes.
• Experience working closely with developers, architects, testers, project managers, and client stakeholders in distributed delivery environments.
• Key Responsibilities
• Lead business analysis activities for Power Apps / Power Platform projects from discovery to deployment and HyperCare.
• Engage with business stakeholders, product owners, SMEs, architects, developers, testers, and client teams to capture, clarify, and validate business requirements.
• Conduct requirement workshops, process walkthroughs, discovery sessions, gap analysis, impact analysis, and stakeholder interviews.
• Translate business requirements into clear functional specifications, user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, data flow diagrams, and solution requirement documents.
• Support solution design discussions for Canvas Apps, Model-driven Apps, Dataverse, SharePoint, Power Automate workflows, dashboards, AI Builder, Copilot, and Copilot Studio use cases.
• Map business processes to Power Platform capabilities and identify where automation, AI, dashboards, approvals, notifications, and role-based experiences can add value.
• Collaborate with technical teams to ensure requirements are feasible, complete, testable, and aligned with platform capabilities and delivery timelines.
• Maintain requirement traceability across user stories, design documents, build items, test cases, defects, and client sign-offs.
• Prepare and manage backlog items, sprint inputs, business clarifications, change requests, and requirement prioritization in Agile delivery environments.
• Identify risks, assumptions, dependencies, constraints, and open items related to business requirements and solution delivery.
• Power Platform Functional Coverage
• Canvas Apps: Ability to define app screens, navigation flows, user journeys, role-based access needs, validation rules, forms, galleries, and data-entry experiences.
• Model-driven Apps: Understanding of entities/tables, forms, views, business process flows, security roles, data relationships, and Dataverse-driven application behaviour.
• Power Automate: Ability to capture workflow requirements for approvals, notifications, integrations, scheduled jobs, business rules, exception handling, and process automation.
• Dashboards and Reporting: Ability to define KPIs, report requirements, dashboard views, data visualization needs, filters, drill-down expectations, and business insights.
• AI Builder and Copilot: Understanding of AI-enabled business scenarios such as document processing, prediction, text extraction, summarization, intelligent assistance, natural-language interactions, and Copilot-driven productivity features.
• Copilot Studio: Ability to gather requirements for conversational experiences, chatbot flows, knowledge sources, escalation paths, user intents, responses, and integration points.
• Testing and Quality Assurance Responsibilities
• Prepare detailed functional test cases, test scenarios, test data, and acceptance criteria based on approved requirements and user stories.
• Perform functional testing, system integration testing support, regression testing support, and user acceptance testing coordination.
• Validate Canvas App screens, Model-driven App behavior, Power Automate flows, dashboards, AI outputs, Copilot interactions, business rules, validations, notifications, approvals, and data updates.
• Log, track, triage, and retest defects in collaboration with developers, testers, and business users.
• Ensure delivered functionality meets business requirements, acceptance criteria, usability expectations, and client sign-off conditions.
• Support UAT planning, user training preparation, feedback consolidation, issue prioritization, and closure tracking.
• Client Demos, Walkthroughs, and Delivery Support
• Prepare and conduct solution walkthroughs, sprint demos, playback sessions, requirement validation sessions, and client presentations.
• Explain implemented features, business process alignment, user journeys, automation flows, dashboards, AI/Copilot capabilities, and known limitations to client stakeholders.
• Coordinate with delivery teams to prepare demo scripts, sample data, test users, business scenarios, and walkthrough material.
• Capture client feedback during demos and walkthroughs, convert feedback into actionable backlog items, and track them through closure.
• Support go-live readiness, business readiness, user training, release communication, deployment validation, and post-go-live hypercare activities.
• Act as a bridge between business and technical teams to ensure smooth communication, timely clarification, and successful solution delivery.
• Preferred Skills
• Exposure to Power BI dashboards, reporting requirements, KPI definition, and data visualization best practices.
• Understanding of Power Platform governance, environment strategy, security roles, solution deployment, ALM, and release management basics.
• Experience with AI-enabled requirements, Copilot use cases, prompt-driven experiences, chatbot requirements, and intelligent automation scenarios.
• Familiarity with tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, Confluence, Visio, Lucidchart, Miro, Figma, Microsoft Teams, and SharePoint.
• Microsoft Power Platform certifications such as PL-900, PL-200, or equivalent practical knowledge would be an added advantage.
• Skills
• Mandatory Skills : Business Architecture, Business Process Design, Mapping