> Aren't at this point you doing the job of two people? ... our company is worth X Billions of dollars, they can afford to hire a Business Analyst/ Better Product Manager.

Yes, definitely. The difference is that in my situation we are a software contractor, not a software development company that owns its products. If we don't work with the customer to discover and build what they want, then it doesn't get built, which means we've lost potential work.