Business Analyst

Business Analyst

Location: Lansing, MI
Employment Type: Contract
Work Arrangement: Hybrid
Client: State of Michigan
Department: DTMB / MDOS

Position Overview

The State of Michigan is seeking an experienced Business Analyst to gather, document, and communicate clear, unambiguous, and testable business requirements for campaign finance-related projects.

The Business Analyst will work closely with business stakeholders, project teams, vendors, and technical resources to understand business needs, define system functionality, and ensure requirements are clearly communicated to both technical and non-technical audiences.

This role will also serve as the ScrumMaster for campaign finance-related projects, with heavy use of Agile project management tools such as Monday.com and/or JIRA. The Business Analyst will coordinate with the PMO Project Manager on required project artifacts and documentation.

The ideal candidate will have a mentor/teaching-oriented background and the ability to help establish an Agile mindset within the business and vendor teams while supporting the transition from project implementation to long-term maintenance.

Key Responsibilities

Business Analysis & Requirements

• Gather and document clear, unambiguous, and testable business requirements.

• Ensure requirements satisfy business needs and align with DTMB and MDOS policies, standards, guidelines, and templates.

• Facilitate requirements-gathering meetings with project stakeholders and team members.

• Analyze existing and future-state business processes, data, and systems.

• Translate business needs into functional requirements and system expectations.

• Ensure appropriate stakeholders are included and aware of project and data requirements.

• Monitor the requirements process to ensure alignment with project scope and objectives.

Agile & ScrumMaster Responsibilities

• Serve as ScrumMaster for campaign finance-related projects.

• Develop and maintain project backlogs during Agile projects.

• Work with the Product Owner to establish and maintain priorities.

• Create and manage epics, features, and user stories.

• Track work items throughout the project lifecycle using Agile tools such as Monday.com and/or JIRA.

• Support Agile ceremonies and promote an Agile mindset across project and vendor teams.

• Coordinate with the PMO Project Manager on required project artifacts and documentation.

Quality Assurance & Testing

• Work with business stakeholders to create comprehensive test plans.

• Ensure requirements are testable and support effective QA activities.

• Establish repeatable testing and business processes that can continue beyond the current project lifecycle.

• Collaborate with QA teams to ensure requirements and functionality are properly validated.

• Support appropriate resolution of critical IT issues related to the Business Analyst role.

Process & Technical Documentation

• Document repeatable business and technical processes.

• Create documentation that supports long-term maintenance planning.

• Develop and maintain documentation necessary for the transition from project mode to maintenance mode.

• Ensure BA-related System Engineering Methodology (SEM) deliverables are completed, reviewed, and approved according to established processes.

• Support product roadmap development and future-state planning.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work directly with project teams and vendor partners.

• Collaborate with UI/UX professionals, solution architects, database administrators, developers, QA testers, and other technical resources.

• Communicate requirements, functionality, project scope, size, and scalability expectations across technical and business teams.

• Understand project-specific benefits and assess the impact of changes to project scope or business requirements.

• Provide appropriate stakeholder communication and coordination throughout the project lifecycle.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of Business Analyst experience.

• 5+ years of Quality Assurance knowledge.

• 5+ years of Agile tool experience, including creating epics, features, and user stories and moving work items through the project lifecycle.

• 5+ years of understanding BA, QA, and Development roles and responsibilities.

• 5+ years of experience documenting as-is and to-be business processes.

• 5+ years of experience creating business and process-related content.

• 3+ years of experience creating product roadmaps.

• 3+ years of experience with Project Management Methodologies and Agile practices.

• 3+ years of experience using Business Analysis tools such as Figma and Visio.

Preferred Skills

• Experience serving as a ScrumMaster.

• Hands-on experience with Monday.com and/or JIRA.

• Experience working on State Government projects.

• Experience working with campaign finance systems or related government applications.

• Strong understanding of business process analysis and requirements management.

• Strong mentoring and knowledge-transfer abilities.

• Ability to help business and vendor teams adopt and maintain an Agile mindset.

• Experience supporting the transition from project implementation to maintenance operations.