PROJECT MANAGER - BA | COLUMBUS, OH (ONSITE)

JOB TITLE: PROJECT MANAGER - BA

JOB DURATION: 1 YEAR

JOB LOCATION: COLUMBUS, OH (ONSITE)

EXPERIENCE: 10+ YEARS

VISA: , -EAD - ONLY

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager / Business Analyst (PM+BA) to lead end-to-end project delivery while driving business analysis activities across multiple initiatives. The ideal candidate will have strong experience managing cross-functional technology projects, gathering and analyzing requirements, and ensuring alignment between business goals and technical solutions. This hybrid role requires excellent communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.

Key Responsibilities:

Project Management

• Lead end-to-end delivery of IT and business projects, ensuring on-time, on-budget, and high-quality delivery.
• Develop and manage project plans, timelines, scope, risks, and resource allocation.
• Facilitate daily standups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and other Agile ceremonies (if using Agile).
• Identify project risks, issues, and dependencies; develop and track mitigation strategies.
• Prepare and present regular project status updates, dashboards, and executive summaries.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams, including Dev, QA, Product, and Operations teams.

Business Analysis

• Work closely with business stakeholders to gather, analyze, and document requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Conduct process mapping, workflow analysis, gap analysis, and system impact assessments.
• Translate business needs into clear functional and technical specifications.
• Facilitate requirement workshops, user interviews, and stakeholder discussions.
• Support solution design and validate technical feasibility with development teams.
• Participate in UAT planning, test case review, and user acceptance validation.

Stakeholder Management

• Act as the primary liaison between technology teams and business partners.
• Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Drive consensus among diverse groups and ensure business needs are clearly communicated.

Project Documentation

• Prepare BRDs, FRDs, user stories, use cases, workflows, process diagrams, and release notes.
• Maintain project documentation in repositories such as JIRA, Confluence, or SharePoint.

Quality & Delivery Support

• Ensure project deliverables meet quality standards and business expectations.
• Support post-deployment validation, change management, and user training as needed.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 5+ years of combined experience as a Project Manager and Business Analyst.
• Proven experience managing technology or software development projects.
• Strong understanding of SDLC, Agile methodologies, and project governance.
• Hands-on experience with JIRA, Confluence, MS Project, or similar tools.
• Excellent skills in requirements gathering, process analysis, and documentation.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and cross-functional dependencies.
• Bachelor s Degree in Business, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in cloud, digital transformation, or enterprise systems.
• Familiarity with API projects, integration projects, or data analytics initiatives.
• Certification such as PMP, CSM, CBAP, PMI-ACP is a plus.
• Experience working in financial, healthcare, retail, or public sector domains is desirable.
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