Lead Business Analyst

seeking an experienced Lead Business Analyst with strong project management capabilities to lead business analysis activities and support the successful delivery of complex, cross-functional technology initiatives. This role serves as the primary bridge between business stakeholders, technical teams, and project leadership-translating strategic objectives into clear requirements, actionable plans, and measurable outcomes. The ideal candidate combines deep business analysis expertise with hands-on experience in project planning, Agile delivery, stakeholder management, risk management, financial tracking, and executive reporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end business analysis activities, including discovery, current-state assessment, requirements elicitation, process mapping, gap analysis, solution definition, and validation.
• Partner with business leaders, product owners, architects, engineering teams, and vendors to define scope, priorities, success measures, and delivery expectations.
• Translate business needs into clear business requirements, functional requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, and supporting documentation.
• Apply project management discipline to develop and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, resource assignments, and delivery forecasts.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies and working sessions, including backlog refinement, sprint planning, daily coordination, reviews, retrospectives, and requirements workshops.
• Monitor delivery progress, identify risks and issues, manage dependencies, and escalate decisions or constraints with clear impact and recommended actions.
• Track project financials, including planned spend, forecasts, actuals, variances, and related reporting.
• Define and monitor key performance indicators and delivery metrics to support informed decision-making and continuous improvement.
• Maintain key workstream artifacts, including requirements documentation, RAID logs, decision logs, status reports, roadmaps, and governance materials.
• Prepare concise executive-level presentations and communicate project status, risks, decisions, and outcomes to leadership and delivery teams.
• Support change management, business readiness, user acceptance testing, implementation planning, and post-launch stabilization.
• Provide guidance and quality oversight to business analysts and project team members, promoting consistent standards and delivery practices.

Required Qualifications and Skills

• Extensive experience as a Lead Business Analyst, Senior Business Systems Analyst, or similar role delivering complex technology or business transformation initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience applying project management methodologies, tools, and controls across the project lifecycle.
• Strong knowledge of Agile and Scrum practices, with practical experience managing backlogs and delivery activities in Jira.
• Proficiency in requirements elicitation, stakeholder analysis, process modelling, data analysis, user stories, acceptance criteria, and solution validation.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills for project planning, analysis, financial tracking, forecasting, and reporting.
• Strong PowerPoint skills with the ability to develop clear, executive-ready presentations.
• Excellent written, verbal, facilitation, negotiation, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work effectively with executive leadership, business stakeholders, technical teams, and third-party partners.
• Strong analytical judgment, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Bachelor s degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA), Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP), or equivalent certification.
• Experience supporting enterprise IT programs, cross-functional workstreams, and organizational change initiatives.
• Experience with resource planning, vendor coordination, governance forums, and senior leadership communications.