Lead I - Business Analysis

Job Summary The Business Analyst is responsible for leading business analysis activities across projects, translating business needs into clear functional requirements, and ensuring alignment between stakeholders and delivery teams. The role facilitates requirements discovery, supports solution design, and guides business analysts through the project lifecycle. Key Responsibilities Lead requirements gathering, analysis, validation, and documentation activities. Facilitate workshops and discussions with business stakeholders, product owners, and technical teams. Translate business requirements into user stories, functional specifications, process flows, and acceptance criteria. Perform business process analysis and identify opportunities for process improvement. Manage requirements traceability and ensure alignment between business objectives and delivered solutions. Support backlog refinement, sprint planning, UAT, and release activities in Agile/Scrum environments. Collaborate with development, testing, architecture, and product teams to clarify requirements and resolve functional issues. Review deliverables and provide guidance to Business Analysts within the team. Identify requirement-related risks, dependencies, and gaps and coordinate their resolution. Support stakeholder communication, reporting, and change management activities. Required Skills Business Analysis Requirements Gathering & Management Stakeholder Management Functional & Process Analysis User Stories & Acceptance Criteria Agile / Scrum UAT Coordination Process Mapping Jira / Confluence SDLC Preferred Competencies Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Excellent stakeholder communication and facilitation abilities. Ability to translate complex business needs into actionable requirements. Experience working with cross-functional technology teams. Strong leadership, mentoring, and coordination capabilities. Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline. Relevant professional experience in Business Analysis, Consulting, Product, or technology delivery. Experience leading requirements and stakeholder discussions across medium-to-complex initiatives.