Lead Business Analyst
Posted 4 days ago by Maddisoft
Negotiable
Undetermined
Remote
Remote or Austin, Texas
Summary: The Lead Business Analyst (Specialist) role at Maddisoft is a specialist-level position requiring extensive knowledge in business analysis. The analyst will serve as a subject matter expert, focusing on reviewing and evaluating business systems, aligning solutions with business strategies, and applying process reengineering principles. This position involves independent judgment and initiative to produce detailed documentation and manage project activities effectively. The role is remote, with a preference for U.S. citizens or authorized workers, and visa sponsorship is available.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage the development and implementation of a requirements documentation project plan
- Coordinate all project activities related to reviewing existing systems and documentation
- Translate current system functionality into clear, usable business and system requirements
- Gather, analyze, and document business needs and system requirements
- Perform gap analysis between existing system documentation and regulatory, program, and operational requirements
- Apply project management methodologies to plan, track, and manage requirements activities
- Ensure accuracy, consistency, and completeness of requirements documentation
- Provide guidance, direction, and support to assigned team members
- Lead analysis of complex technical and business processes
- Prioritize business and system needs in collaboration with stakeholders
- Coordinate requirements gathering with technical and non-technical subject matter experts
- Obtain stakeholder review, validation, and sign-off on requirements and priorities
- Identify, manage, escalate, and document project risks and issues
- Monitor progress against milestones and report status to leadership
- Collaborate daily with team members to proactively address issues
- Perform other duties as assigned
Key Skills:
- 10+ years of business analysis experience, including requirements elicitation and documentation
- Strong knowledge of project management frameworks
- Extensive experience with large-scale IT operations and industry trends
- Proven ability to define functional, non-functional, and technical requirements
- Expertise in producing clear, complete, and actionable requirements documentation
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to negotiate across multiple stakeholders and resolve conflicts
- Demonstrated accuracy in documenting system functionality and regulatory requirements
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: undetermined
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Maddisoft has the following immediate opportunity, let us know if you or someone you know would be interested. Send in your resume ASAP. - U.S. Citizens and those authorized to work in the U.S. are encouraged to apply. Send in resume along with LinkedIn profile without which applications will not be considered. Call us NOW! ***Visa sponsorship is available for this position.
Job Title: Lead Business Analyst (Specialist)
Job Location/Mode- Remote
Position Overview
- Specialist-level role requiring comprehensive and authoritative knowledge in business analysis
- Serves as a subject matter expert with a unique and advanced skill set
- Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates business systems and user needs
- Aligns system solutions with overall business strategies
- Applies business process reengineering principles to improve effectiveness
- Identifies innovative applications of technology to solve business problems
- Produces detailed documentation of requirements, system functions, and development steps
- Works with limited supervision and exercises independent judgment and initiative
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage the development and implementation of a requirements documentation project plan
- Coordinate all project activities related to reviewing existing systems and documentation
- Translate current system functionality into clear, usable business and system requirements
- Gather, analyze, and document business needs and system requirements
- Perform gap analysis between existing system documentation and regulatory, program, and operational requirements
- Apply project management methodologies to plan, track, and manage requirements activities
- Ensure accuracy, consistency, and completeness of requirements documentation
- Provide guidance, direction, and support to assigned team members
- Lead analysis of complex technical and business processes
- Prioritize business and system needs in collaboration with stakeholders
- Coordinate requirements gathering with technical and non-technical subject matter experts
- Obtain stakeholder review, validation, and sign-off on requirements and priorities
- Identify, manage, escalate, and document project risks and issues
- Monitor progress against milestones and report status to leadership
- Collaborate daily with team members to proactively address issues
- Perform other duties as assigned
Required Skills and Experience
- 10+ years of business analysis experience, including requirements elicitation and documentation
- Strong knowledge of project management frameworks
- Extensive experience with large-scale IT operations and industry trends
- Proven ability to define functional, non-functional, and technical requirements
- Expertise in producing clear, complete, and actionable requirements documentation
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to negotiate across multiple stakeholders and resolve conflicts
- Demonstrated accuracy in documenting system functionality and regulatory requirements
Preferred Skills and Experience
- 8+ years of advanced stakeholder management and conflict resolution experience
- 5+ years of experience working with government regulations or compliance frameworks
- 5+ years of project management experience
- 5+ years of experience leading teams or workgroups
- Experience interpreting policies and translating regulations into system requirements
- Strong requirements elicitation techniques, including analysis of existing systems
- Bachelor s degree in business, communications, computer science, information systems, or a related field
- Experience gathering management information system requirements in large organizations
- Experience creating solicitation or contract requirements
- Professional certification such as PMI-PBA or IIBA CBAP (preferred)