Lead Business Analyst

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Job Title: Lead Business Analyst (Specialist)

Job Location/Mode- Remote

Position Overview

• Specialist-level role requiring comprehensive and authoritative knowledge in business analysis
• Serves as a subject matter expert with a unique and advanced skill set
• Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates business systems and user needs
• Aligns system solutions with overall business strategies
• Applies business process reengineering principles to improve effectiveness
• Identifies innovative applications of technology to solve business problems
• Produces detailed documentation of requirements, system functions, and development steps
• Works with limited supervision and exercises independent judgment and initiative

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the development and implementation of a requirements documentation project plan
• Coordinate all project activities related to reviewing existing systems and documentation
• Translate current system functionality into clear, usable business and system requirements
• Gather, analyze, and document business needs and system requirements
• Perform gap analysis between existing system documentation and regulatory, program, and operational requirements
• Apply project management methodologies to plan, track, and manage requirements activities
• Ensure accuracy, consistency, and completeness of requirements documentation
• Provide guidance, direction, and support to assigned team members
• Lead analysis of complex technical and business processes
• Prioritize business and system needs in collaboration with stakeholders
• Coordinate requirements gathering with technical and non-technical subject matter experts
• Obtain stakeholder review, validation, and sign-off on requirements and priorities
• Identify, manage, escalate, and document project risks and issues
• Monitor progress against milestones and report status to leadership
• Collaborate daily with team members to proactively address issues
• Perform other duties as assigned

Required Skills and Experience

• 10+ years of business analysis experience, including requirements elicitation and documentation
• Strong knowledge of project management frameworks
• Extensive experience with large-scale IT operations and industry trends
• Proven ability to define functional, non-functional, and technical requirements
• Expertise in producing clear, complete, and actionable requirements documentation
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to negotiate across multiple stakeholders and resolve conflicts
• Demonstrated accuracy in documenting system functionality and regulatory requirements

Preferred Skills and Experience

• 8+ years of advanced stakeholder management and conflict resolution experience
• 5+ years of experience working with government regulations or compliance frameworks
• 5+ years of project management experience
• 5+ years of experience leading teams or workgroups
• Experience interpreting policies and translating regulations into system requirements
• Strong requirements elicitation techniques, including analysis of existing systems
• Bachelor s degree in business, communications, computer science, information systems, or a related field
• Experience gathering management information system requirements in large organizations
• Experience creating solicitation or contract requirements
• Professional certification such as PMI-PBA or IIBA CBAP (preferred)