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Job summary:

Title:

Lead Business Analyst - Onsite, In Person Interview

Location:

Richmond, VA, United States

Length and terms:

Long term - W2 or C2C

Position created on 12/14/2025 07:29 pm

Job description:

**Long term*** In Person Interview *** Candidate must reside in Richmond, VA *** Onsite *

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.

You will guide a talented team of 8-10 Business Analysts, shape BA standards and best practices, and help deliver enterprise-wide solutions that support organizational goals and improve operational efficiency.

Key Responsibilities:

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.

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.

+ Work with product owners, project managers, and leadership to prioritize requirements, mitigate risks, and maintain project momentum.

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.

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.

+ Ensure alignment with leadership and team members before introducing new methodologies or practice changes.

+ Remove roadblocks, provide direction, and proactively address risks that impact BA effectiveness.

+ Lead by example, demonstrating accountability, professionalism, transparency, and a commitment to quality.

Qualifications

Required Skills:

+ 10+ years Business Analysis - Expert level knowledge in business analysis functions (requirements, stakeholder management, testing, etc).

+ 7 +years Leadership - Strong leadership and mentoring skills, with experience leading and guiding experienced teams.

+ 7+ Years Communication - Effectively conveying ideas to both technical and non-technical teams at various levels of an organization.

+ 7+ years Stakeholder Management - Ability to build and maintain working relationships with key stakeholders within the organization.

+ 7+ years Support - Guide and help experienced professionals in achieving their goals and support in removing obstacles

+ 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)

+ 5+ years Excellent facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills

+ 4+ Years Experience working with enterprise-level applications or multi-module systems

+ Proficiency with BA and ALM tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar

Preferred Skills:

+ 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

+ 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

Contact the recruiter working on this position:

The recruiter working on this position is Chinmayee Patro(Raghu Team)

His/her contact number is +(1) (202) 6979490 His/her contact email is [email protected]

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