36 Alternative Job Titles for Business Analysts

One of the frustrating realities in our profession is that job titles are used inconsistently for business analyst jobs. Many, many job opportunities are really business analyst roles but simply have alternative job titles.

Recently I was asked, “What job titles do business analysts actually have?” So I decided to create this article with a list of other business analyst job titles.

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Of course, once you find a job opportunity with one of these titles, you’ll want to look at the actual responsibilities to see if it’s really, truly, a business analyst role, but this list of titles should get you started even further expanding the options available to you as a business analyst.

1. Business Analyst
2. Business Process Analyst
3. Functional Analyst
4. Product Owner
5. Product Manager
6. Project Manager
7. IT Project Coordinator
8. Information Technology Lead
9. Information Technology Manager
10. Systems Analyst
11. Business Systems Analyst
12. Systems Architect
13. Process Analyst
14. Process Coordinator
15. IT Business Analyst
16. Process Owner
17. Usability Analyst
18. User Experience Designer
19. Business Consultant
20. Management Consultant
21. Agile Analyst
22. Business Solution Architect
23. Chief Information Officer
24. Process Architect
25. Subject Matter Expert
26. Digital Media Consultant
27. Operations Specialist
28. Insights Analyst
29. Compliance Manager
30. Data Analyst
31. Technical Data Analyst
32. Enterprise Architect
33. Business Architect
34. Enterprise Solutions Designer
35. Information Architect
36. Business Intelligence Analyst

And our readers have added a few more:

• Technical Writers
• Technical Communications Analyst
• Enterprise Process Engineer
• Agile Business Analyst
• Research Analyst
• Research Executive

And don’t overlook the dozens of variations with a functional, system, industry or other area of expertise along with the title “Business Analyst,” like Salesforce Business Analyst, Healthcare Business Analyst, SAP Business Analyst, just to name a few.

Business analysis is not about the job title. And I’ve worked with plenty of business analysts who have never had the job title and many who didn’t even realize there is an official title and profession for the work they’ve been doing for years.

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