Business Analyst Lead (788378)
Richmond, VA 23219
6 Months
Need F2F interview
Onsite Work
Short Description:
*Candidate must reside in Richmond, VA
Complete Description:
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.
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.
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.
Remove roadblocks, provide direction, and proactively address risks that impact BA effectiveness.
Required
Bachelor’s 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
Skills:
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
Ashok
916-646-2080 EXT 222
