Lead Business Analyst
Richmond, VA
Contracted
Experienced
Location: Richmond, VA
Position Type: On-site
Contract Length: Long-term with annual extensions
Position Overview:
This Lead Business Analyst role is a strategic, people-focused position responsible for elevating Business Analysis practices, improving requirements quality, and strengthening alignment between business and technology teams. The role combines hands-on analytical leadership with mentorship, enabling teams to deliver consistent, high-quality outcomes while driving clarity and collaboration across stakeholders.
Required Skills:
Position Type: On-site
Contract Length: Long-term with annual extensions
Position Overview:
This Lead Business Analyst role is a strategic, people-focused position responsible for elevating Business Analysis practices, improving requirements quality, and strengthening alignment between business and technology teams. The role combines hands-on analytical leadership with mentorship, enabling teams to deliver consistent, high-quality outcomes while driving clarity and collaboration across stakeholders.
Required Skills:
- 10+ years of expert-level experience in Business Analysis, including requirements gathering, stakeholder management, testing, and related functions
- 7+ years of experience demonstrating strong leadership and mentoring skills, including leading and guiding experienced teams
- 7+ years of experience effectively communicating complex ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences across multiple organizational levels
- 7+ years of experience in stakeholder management, with the ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with key stakeholders
- 7+ years of experience supporting and guiding experienced professionals, helping them achieve goals while removing obstacles to success
- Lead, mentor, and support a team of 8–10 Business Analysts, removing obstacles and fostering professional growth
- Establish and promote standardized BA methodologies, templates, and documentation practices
- Ensure the development of high-quality requirements, including BRDs, RTMs, user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, and data requirements
- Validate requirements for business value, technical feasibility, and alignment with organizational goals
- Provide constructive feedback to improve deliverables and reduce rework across projects
- Facilitate workshops, discovery sessions, and cross-functional discussions to drive alignment and decision-making
- Act as a liaison between business units, IT teams, and vendors to ensure shared understanding of objectives
- Collaborate with product owners, project managers, and leadership to prioritize work, manage risks, and maintain delivery momentum
- Communicate complex concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences, including executive leadership
- Translate business needs into structured, actionable documentation to support solution design and implementation
- Support testing strategies, including functional, non-functional, and data-related validation
- Drive continuous improvement of BA processes, tools, and team capabilities
- Identify and address risks, provide direction, and ensure timely delivery of BA outputs
- Promote a culture of accountability, transparency, and high-quality work across the BA function
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