Title:Lead Business Analyst - Onsite - In Person Interview
Location:Richmond,VA
Length:Long term
Restriction:w2 or c2c
Description:
***In Person Interview*****Very Long term ***Onsite (5days per onsite at Richmond,VA)***only Locals to VA Candidates***
Job 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
1. 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.
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 high‑quality work.
Qualifications
Required SKills :-
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
- 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