Job Title: Lead Business Analyst
Location: Piscataway, NJ
Mandatory Skills:
Should be in recent projects Azure Devops, UX, Sketch, Figma, Wireframes, Prototype, Agile,Scrum, Jira, Confluence consultant should have all these skills as a Business Analyst.
Senior Business Analyst Role Summary:
We are looking for a highly experienced Senior Business Analyst who thrives at the intersection of business and technology. This role requires a strategic thinker who can deeply analyze business problems, challenge assumptions, and translate complex needs into fully defined, implementation-ready requirements. The ideal candidate is not just a translator, but a thought partner to the business, capable of asking the right "why" questions, uncovering root problems, and driving clarity across stakeholders while guiding teams toward optimal solutions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead end-to-end requirement discovery, analysis, and documentation for complex initiatives.
- Partner with business stakeholders to challenge, validate, and refine requirements, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.
- Proactively question the "why" behind business requests to uncover true needs and avoid solution-driven thinking.
- Translate business needs into high-quality, detailed, and technically actionable requirements (user stories, functional specs, acceptance criteria).
- Create wireframes, mockups, and prototypes to clearly communicate user experience and functionality expectations.
- Facilitate workshops, stakeholder discussions, and decision-making sessions across business and technology teams.
- Drive clarity and alignment across cross-functional teams including product, engineering, and UX.
- Azure Devops, Jira, Confluence experience is MUST
- Identify process gaps, risks, and opportunities for optimization; recommend scalable solutions.
- Partner closely with technical teams to ensure seamless implementation and minimize ambiguity.
- Support and lead UAT efforts, ensuring solutions deliver intended business value.
- Act as a bridge between strategic vision and execution, ensuring consistent delivery quality.
Required Skills & Competencies Core Skills:
- Exceptional analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Strong ability to translate ambiguous business problems into structured, technical requirements.
- Expertise in drafting and refining high-quality Agile user stories, including defining clear, comprehensive acceptance criteria.
- Expertise in asking probing, insightful questions to uncover root causes and true business needs.
- Advanced stakeholder management and influencing skills, including senior leadership interaction.
- Excellent communication skills-both written and verbal.
Technical & Tools:
- Proven experience creating: Wireframes, prototypes, and user journeys (Figma, Balsamiq, Sketch, etc.) Detailed process flows and system diagrams (Visio, Lucidchart, etc.)
- Strong experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban).
- Hands-on with tools like JIRA, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or similar.
- Understanding of system integrations, APIs, and data flows
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Technology, or related field (Master's preferred).
- 10++ years of experience as a Business Analyst, with demonstrated ownership of complex initiatives.
- Proven track record of working in cross-functional, technology-driven environments.
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