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.
- Business Analyst
- Business Process Analyst
- Functional Analyst
- Product Owner
- Product Manager
- Project Manager
- IT Project Coordinator
- Information Technology Lead
- Information Technology Manager
- Systems Analyst
- Business Systems Analyst
- Systems Architect
- Process Analyst
- Process Coordinator
- IT Business Analyst
- Process Owner
- Usability Analyst
- User Experience Designer
- Business Consultant
- Management Consultant
- Agile Analyst
- Business Solution Architect
- Chief Information Officer
- Process Architect
- Subject Matter Expert
- Digital Media Consultant
- Operations Specialist
- Insights Analyst
- Compliance Manager
- Data Analyst
- Technical Data Analyst
- Enterprise Architect
- Business Architect
- Enterprise Solutions Designer
- Information Architect
- 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.Â
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