PL-VDOT Lead Business Analyst

Richmond, VA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 6 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

VDOT Job Title: Lead Business Analyst

The Lead Business Analyst is a strategic and people-focused role responsible for elevating the quality consistency and impact of the Business Analyst team. This position blends mentorship analytical leadership and cross-functional collaboration to ensure high-quality requirements streamlined processes and effective communication between business and technical stakeholders

You will guide a talented team of 8-10 Business Analysts shape BA standards and best practices and help deliver enterprise-wide solutions that support organizational goals and improve operational efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

1. Business Analysis Standards & Requirements

Establish promote and maintain consistent BA practices templates and documentation standards.
Ensure high-quality business requirement artifacts (BRDs RTMs user stories acceptance criteria process flows data requirements).
Oversee requirement validation to ensure both business and technical needs are fully addressed.
Review and provide constructive feedback on BA deliverables to reduce rework and strengthen solution quality.
Ensure timely and complete delivery of BA artifacts to support project timelines and milestones.
Promote testing approaches that address functional non-functional and data requirements.

2. Collaboration Facilitation & Stakeholder Alignment

Foster strong collaboration across business units IT teams vendors and stakeholders.
Act as a liaison between business and technical teams to ensure clarity alignment and shared understanding of business needs.
Facilitate workshops requirement sessions and cross-team discussions to drive decision-making.
Support change management efforts through consistent and proactive stakeholder communication.
Work with product owners project managers and leadership to prioritize requirements mitigate risks and maintain project momentum.

3. Communication & Presentation

Demonstrate exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
Translate complex business needs into clear concise and actionable requirements and documentation.
Tailor communication for executives technical teams and end users to ensure shared understanding.
Present findings recommendations and project updates to senior leadership with clarity and confidence.
Produce high-quality documentation that is accurate structured and easy to understand.

4. Team Leadership Coaching & Continuous Improvement

Mentor guide and support Business Analysts promoting skill development confidence and analytical excellence.
Identify improvement opportunities through process analysis team feedback and project outcomes.
Recommend and help implement improvements to BA practices to increase efficiency and consistency.
Ensure alignment with leadership and team members before introducing new methodologies or practice changes.
Remove roadblocks provide direction and proactively address risks that impact BA effectiveness.
Lead by example demonstrating accountability professionalism transparency and a commitment to quality.

Qualifications

Required

Bachelors degree in business Information Technology or a related field
7 years of experience as a Business Analyst including 3 years mentoring or leading analysts
Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
Strong understanding of requirement elicitation documentation and process modeling
Proven experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum and/or Kanban)
Excellent facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills
Experience working with enterprise-level applications or multi-module systems
Proficiency with BA and ALM tools such as Jira Azure DevOps or similar

Preferred

Experience guiding BA practice standards or supporting BA Centers of Excellence
Experience with data governance data integration or data quality initiatives
Familiarity with testing methodologies and ALM or automated testing tools
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills including the ability to use data to drive insights

Skills & Competencies

Leadership and mentoring abilities
Exceptional communication and presentation skills
Strong analytical and process improvement mindset
Excellent stakeholder engagement and facilitation capabilities
High attention to detail and commitment to quality
Ability to manage multiple priorities and support projects concurrently
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and process modeling tools

Required/Desired Skills

Skill	Required /Desired	Amount of Exp	Consultant Experience
Business Analysis - Expert level knowledge in business analysis functions (requirements stakeholder management testing etc)	Required	10	Years
Leadership - Strong leadership and mentoring skills with experience leading and guiding experienced teams.	Required	7	Years
Communication - Effectively conveying ideas to both technical and non-technical teams at various levels of an organization	Required	7	Years
Stakeholder Management - Ablity to build and maintain working relationships with key stakeholders within the organization	Required	7	Years
Support - Guide and help experienced professionals in achieving their goals and support in removing obsticles.	Required	7	Years

Questions

No.	Question
Question1	Commonwealth of Virginia security policies prohibit the use of offshore IT contractors. Do you attest to the fact that your candidate will physically reside within the US for the duration of the assignment
Question2	Please list candidates email address.

VDOT Job Title: Lead Business Analyst The Lead Business Analyst is a strategic and people-focused role responsible for elevating the quality consistency and impact of the Business Analyst team. This position blends mentorship analytical leadership and cross-functional collaboration to ensure high-...