Lead Business Analyst

IDR, Inc. is seeking a Lead Business Analyst to provide day-to-day direction to staff and collaborate with both technical and non-technical teams. The role involves creating and implementing project plans, conducting business and gap analysis for the WIC MIS system, and ensuring accurate documentation of requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Develops, manages, and implements the WIC MIS requirements documentation project plan
• Coordinates all project activities, including reviewing the current MIS, translating current MIS functionality into usable system requirements, gathering and documenting business needs and system requirements, and performing a gap analysis of existing system documentation against federal, state and program requirements
• Utilizes project management methodologies to develop a plan for the creation and documentation of business requirements for the existing WIC MOSAIC system, ensuring accuracy and effective communication with leadership and relevant stakeholders
• Provides support, direction and guidance to team members in analyzing current systems and supporting documentation to develop business requirements and conducting a gap analysis of existing system functionality documentation against current documentation and program requirements
• Develops expertise and assist team members in developing expertise in the assigned application, obtain stakeholder sign-off on requirements and priorities
• Collaborates daily with team members to monitor progress, proactively identify issues, and report status
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• 10 years Business analysis experience, including requirements elicitation and documentation
• Knowledge of Project Management Framework
• Knowledge of large-scale IT operations and information technology industry trends
• Skill in defining all types of requirements, functional specifications, and other deliverables
• Skill in interpersonal relationships, ability to negotiate among multiple parties, resolve conflicts, and maintain effective working relationships with various levels of personnel
• Ability to create clear, complete, and actionable requirements documentation
• Ability to ensure accuracy in documenting system functionality and regulatory requirements
• Skill in interpersonal relationships, negotiate among multiple parties, resolve conflicts, and maintain effective working relationships with various levels of personnel
• Minimum 5 years of experience working with government regulations or compliance frameworks
• Minimum 5 years of experience in project management
• Minimum 5 years of experience leading a team or workgroup
• Skill in policy interpretation and translating regulations into system requirements
• Skill in requirements elicitation techniques such as reviewing current MIS functionality and translating into requirements
• Graduation from a four-year college or university with major coursework in business, communications, computer science, computer information systems, management information systems, or a related field
• Experience with gathering management information system requirements at a large organization
• Experience creating solicitation or contract requirements
• Preferred PMI-PBA or IIBA CBAP