Lead Business Analyst

Richmond, VA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 4 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Experienced Lead Business Analyst

The Lead Business Analyst is a strategic peoplefocused role responsible for improving the quality consistency and impact of Business Analysis across the organization. This position combines mentorship facilitation and strong analytical leadership to strengthen requirements improve delivery outcomes and support alignment between business and technology teams.

You will serve as a servant leader for a team of 8 to 10 Business Analysts. You will remove obstacles coach their growth and promote strong BA practices. This role is ideal for someone who leads through influence builds trust quickly and enjoys helping teams reach clarity and shared understanding.

Key Responsibilities

1. Standards and Requirements

Establish refine and promote consistent BA methods templates and documentation standards.
Ensure highquality requirements such as BRDs RTMs user stories acceptance criteria process flows and data requirements.
Validate requirements to confirm business value technical feasibility and alignment with organizational goals.
Provide clear and constructive feedback to improve BA deliverables and reduce rework.
Ensure BA outputs are accurate complete and delivered on time to support project milestones.
Support testing approaches that include functional nonfunctional and datarelated needs.

Teams and Build Alignment

Create a collaborative and supportive environment across business units IT teams and vendor partners.
Act as a trusted liaison who brings clarity and alignment to complex business needs.
Facilitate workshops discovery sessions and crossteam discussions that support decisionmaking.
Support change management through clear and proactive communication.
Work with product owners project managers and leadership to prioritize requirements manage risks and maintain project momentum.

Clearly and Influence Decisions

Communicate complex ideas in a clear and simple way for executives technical teams and end users.
Translate business needs into structured actionable requirements and documentation.
Present recommendations findings and updates to senior leadership with confidence.
Produce wellorganized documentation that supports planning and solution design.

4. Coach and Develop the BA Team

Mentor and develop Business Analysts building confidence and strong analytical skills.
Identify opportunities to improve BA processes tools and team capabilities.
Lead improvements that increase efficiency consistency and quality across the BA function.
Ensure alignment with leadership and the team before introducing new methods or standards.
Remove roadblocks provide direction and address risks that affect BA performance.
Model accountability transparency and a commitment to highquality work.

Qualifications

Required

Bachelors degree in Business Information Technology or a related field
7 or more years of Business Analyst experience including at least 3 years mentoring or leading analysts
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Solid understanding of elicitation techniques requirements documentation and process modeling
Experience with Agile methods such as Scrum or Kanban
Strong facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills
Experience with enterpriselevel or multimodule systems
Proficiency with BA and ALM tools such as Jira or Azure DevOps

Preferred

Experience shaping BA practice standards or contributing to a BA Center of Excellence
Background in data governance data integration or data quality
Familiarity with testing methods and ALM or automated testing tools
Strong analytical and problemsolving skills including the ability to use data for insights

Skills and Competencies

Servant leadership and mentoring
Strong communication and presentation skills
Analytical mindset and focus on continuous improvement
Skilled in stakeholder engagement and facilitation
High attention to detail and commitment to quality
Ability to manage multiple priorities and support several projects at once
Proficiency with Microsoft Office and process modeling tools

Experienced Lead Business Analyst The Lead Business Analyst is a strategic peoplefocused role responsible for improving the quality consistency and impact of Business Analysis across the organization. This position combines mentorship facilitation and strong analytical leadership to strengthen requi...