Location: Europe, Remote - , Romania
Date Posted: Mar 31, 2026
Requisition ID: 8014
Job Type:

The role is based in Japan, Tokyo and requires working from the client's site.

Why Ness

We know that people are our greatest asset. Our staff’s professionalism, innovation, teamwork, and dedication to excellence have helped us become one of the world’s leading technology companies. It is these qualities that are vital to our continued success. As a Ness employee, you will be working on products and platforms for some of the most innovative software companies in the world.

You’ll gain knowledge working alongside other highly skilled professionals that will help accelerate your career progression.

You’ll also benefit from an array of advantages like access to trainings and certifications, bonuses, and aids, socializing activities and attractive compensation.

Requirements and responsibilities

This role owns business analysis and requirements definition for a major platform modernization program for a Japanese customer.

The Business Analyst is customer-side facing, embedded in Japan, and acts as the voice of the business—translating customer needs into clear, structured, testable requirements for the delivery organization.

What You’ll Do

Clear, complete, and unambiguous business requirements
High-quality user stories with acceptance criteria
Minimal rework due to misunderstood requirements
Smooth UAT and business sign-off
Strong trust relationship with Japanese stakeholders
Business Analysis & Requirements
Elicit and document business requirements directly from customer stakeholders· Create epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria
Functional and non-functional requirements
Clarify business rules, edge cases, and constraints
Stakeholder Engagement (Japan-Based)
Act as primary interface with customer business and IT stakeholders
Facilitate workshops, interviews, and walkthroughs in Japanese
Support consensus building and decision alignment
Manage requirement clarification cycles
Requirements Lifecycle & UAT
Support UAT planning and execution
Validate delivered functionality against business intent
Support sign-off and acceptance documentation
Collaboration with Delivery
Hand over clean, implementation-ready requirements to the delivery team
Respond to clarification questions during development
Support change impact analysis when scope evolves
Work closely with the Technical Project Manager (but does not manage delivery)

What You’ll Bring

Native or fluent Japanese (JLPT N1 preferred)
5–8+ year's experience as Business Analyst· Strong experience in enterprise software projects

Not checking every single requirement?

If this role sounds good to you, even if you don’t meet every single bullet point in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. For most of the candidates that applied, we found a role that was a very good fit with their skills.

Let’s meet and you may just be the right candidate for one of our roles.

At Ness Digital Engineering we are willing to build a work culture that is based on diversification, inclusion, and authenticity.

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