Job Listing Information
- 10-Apr-2026 to 24-Apr-2026 (UTC)
- Richmond, VA, USA
- Full Time
- Long Term Contract Length
- 40 Weekly Hours
Complete Description:
- The Lead Business Analyst is a strategic, people?focused 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
- Standards and Requirements
- Establish, refine, and promote consistent BA methods, templates, and documentation standards.
- Ensure high?quality 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, non?functional, and data?related needs.
2.Support 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 cross?team discussions that support decision?making.
- 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.
3.Communicate 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 well?organized documentation that supports planning and solution design.
- 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 high?quality work.
Qualifications Required
- Bachelor’s 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 enterprise?level or multi?module 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 problem?solving 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
Fill the skill matrix below:
|
Skill |
Required/Desired |
Amount |
Candidate's No. of years of experience |
|
Business Analysis - Expert level knowledge in business analysis functions (requirements, stakeholder management, testing, etc) |
Required |
10 |
|
|
Leadership - Strong leadership and mentoring skills, with experience leading and guiding experienced teams. |
Required |
7 |
|
|
Communication - Effectively conveying ideas to both technical and non-technical teams at various levels of an organization |
Required |
7 |
|
|
Stakeholder Management - Ablity to build and maintain working relationships with key stakeholders within the organization |
Required |
7 |
|
|
Support - Guide and help experienced professionals in achieving their goals and support in removing obsticles. |
Required |
7 |
|