HIRE A SENIOR BUSINESS ANALYST
They turn what your business needs into user stories and acceptance criteria your engineers can ship against. AI drafts the paperwork, so the analyst's time goes to decisions with you. From $3,375 a month.
Contributing in 15 days · NDAs are standard
15 days
From kickoff to merged contributions
$3,375
Retainers from, per month, for 150 hours
Every merge
Reviewed by a senior engineer
Day 1
Your repo, your cloud, your IP
WHAT THEY DO
01
Sessions with founders, ops staff and real users, so the requirements come from the people doing the work.
02
Current and future workflows, written down, so everyone agrees what the software should change.
03
User stories with acceptance criteria, edge cases and the data each screen needs.
04
Every story is reviewed with the people who'll build it before it reaches a sprint.
05
When sales, ops and finance want different things, the analyst writes the options down and gets a decision.
06
Priorities, dependencies and open questions tracked in one place you can read.
SKILLS & TOOLS
HOW AI MAKES THIS ROLE FASTER
AI writes a significant share of the work. A senior engineer reviews every line before merge.
| AI drafts | Your analyst decides | The gate it passes |
|---|---|---|
| Meeting notes and a first cut of user stories from discovery calls | What's actually a requirement, and what was thinking out loud | You sign off the stories |
| Edge cases and error states for each story | Which ones matter for your users and which can wait | Engineer feasibility review |
| Process maps from written descriptions | Where the process really breaks, from watching users | Walkthrough with the people who do the work |
| Test scenarios from acceptance criteria | Coverage QA needs before release | QA engineer review |
That's why every merge here goes past a senior engineer, and why client code is never used to train models.
That's how our projects keep to "Week 1 scope. Working software in Week 2." The scope document is yours, and you can stop after Week 1 and keep it.
WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER
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from $3,375/month · 150 hours
150 hours a month of your analyst on a backlog we agree with you, with senior review on every merge. The price depends on the role and is confirmed on a 30-minute call.
See the retainer →$45/hour · 20-hour minimum
Buy 20 to 120 hours for scoped work, valid for 12 months. Bigger blocks cost less per hour. Need more than 120? The retainer fits better.
See hour blocks →lead + 1 engineer from $8,000/month
A tech lead plus your analyst inside your repo, your Slack and your sprint rituals. Bigger teams are quoted to fit.
See embedded teams →Analysts often join a build with engineers as an embedded team. We quote that to fit.
HIRING VS. SOCIILABS
| Hiring your own | Working with SociiLabs | |
|---|---|---|
| Time to first contribution | A search, interviews, notice period, then onboarding | Contributing in 15 days |
| If it doesn't work out | 46% of new hires fail within 18 months (Leadership IQ) | We replace the engineer, handover time isn't billed, and you keep the code and history |
| Who reviews the code | Whoever you already have | A senior engineer, on every merge |
| How AI is used | Depends on the person | AI in the loop on every task, behind a review gate |
| Commitment | Salary, benefits, equity | Monthly retainer or a block of hours |
PROOF
3 dashboards → 1
Hospitality
A live platform with three dashboards that disagreed with each other. We worked out who needed to see what and rebuilt them as one role-based dashboard, alongside auth and payments. Production-ready in 12 weeks.
Read the HELM case study →5 weeks
WordPress operations
From concept to live in 5 weeks, with Stripe billing, retry logic and Attio CRM sync. Zero missed renewals since launch.
Read the Vimsy case study →“Most dev shops build what you spec. SociiLabs built what I actually needed.”
Our business analysis practice is led by Muhammad Abbas, Director of Delivery & Business Analysis, with 13+ years across QA, project management, business analysis and SaaS leadership.
FAQ
Retainers from $3,375 a month for 150 hours. The price depends on the role and is confirmed on a 30-minute call. Prepaid hours start at $45 an hour, from 20 to 120 hours.
