Business Analyst

We Impact Lives Through Purpose-Driven Work in A People First Culture

Ascend Learning, a leading healthcare and learning technology company,is the connection between a powerful portfolio of brands serving students, educators, and employers with outcomes-based, data-driven solutions across the lifecycle of learning.

From testing to certification, Ascend Learning products are used by physicians, emergency medical professionals, nurses, allied health professionals, certified personal trainers, financial advisors, skilled trades professionals and insurance brokers.

Headquartered in Burlington, MA, with additional office locations and hybrid and remote workers in cities across the U.S., Ascend Learning was recognized by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group as one of America’s 2025 Greatest Workplaces as well as America’s Best Places to work for Mental Well-Being for 2025.

We're always looking for talented, passionate professionals to join us in our mission to help change lives. If this sounds like an environment where you'd thrive, read on to learn more.

The Business Analyst will be a key member of the Enterprise Applications team, owning the clarity and readiness to help our organization transform complex data into actionable insights that drive informed business decisions across the organization. This role partners closely with business leaders, stakeholders, and technical teams to understand strategic objectives, translate business needs into clear, testable requirements, and set delivery teams up to build meaningful data products that empower decision-making.

The ideal candidate combines strong analytical thinking and technical expertise with a consultative mindset, is able to ask the right questions, surface hidden assumptions, and document business context and logic in a way that is accessible to both technical and non-technical audiences. Through a deep understanding of business processes and data ecosystems, the Business Analyst helps the team deliver high-quality outcomes and build a stronger shared understanding of “what good looks like”.

This position will work a hybrid schedule from our Leawood, KS or Burlington, MA office locations strongly preferred. Remote work may be considered within the United States.

• Serve as a primary intake owner for incoming business asks, ensuring each request is presented as a clearly stated problem, not a pre-defined solution
• Translate business needs into clear, testable user stories and acceptance criteria
• Document business context and metric definitions in plain language, including grain, filters and exclusions, and source systems
• Reverse-engineer existing SQL queries, Tableau and Power BI workbooks, and Excel models to extract business logic and assumptions
• Profile raw source data in Snowflake to validate assumptions about structure, quality and completeness before handoff to Data Architect
• Synthesize findings into an inventory that gives Architecture, Data Engineers, Data Scientists, and Business Intelligence Analysts a clear set of rules to build against
• Develop early prototypes or wireframes to validate stakeholder understanding before development begins
• Partner with Business Intelligence, Engineering, and Architecture to confirm feasibility, usability, and readiness of features
• Support user acceptance testing and feedback loops before, during, and after delivery to confirm the solution solve the business problem
• Communicate with internal and external stakeholders in a professional and timely manner throughout the delivery cycle

High school diploma or GED required. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business, or related field or equivalent experience preferred.

• 3+ years of…