Lead Business Analyst (Remote - US)

About this role

Description
Geographic Preference:
East Coast preferred; Must be able to support EST business hours.


Role Overview
As a
Lead Business Analyst
, you will play a key role in supporting delivery execution by ensuring complex business needs are translated into clear, actionable, and testable requirements. This role is
primarily delivery-facing
, embedded with technical teams, while supporting structured client interaction at key points such as intake, review, and acceptance.


This position requires a hands-on, senior analyst who is comfortable operating across requirements definition, technical analysis, governance processes, and modern delivery tools. You will work closely with program leadership and technical leads, as well as architects, developers, and UX designers, to ensure requirements are clear, traceable, and implementation-ready.


Key Responsibilities

• Work closely with technical and non-technical stakeholders to understand complex business processes and system requirements in a digital modernization context.
• Lead requirements elicitation and analysis, translating business needs into clear user stories, acceptance criteria, and supporting artifacts.
• Analyze and document system behavior including APIs, data flows, integrations, edge cases, and dependencies to ensure requirements are complete and testable.
• Actively manage and maintain backlogs in Jira, ensuring appropriate prioritization, refinement, and readiness.
• Develop and maintain functional, delivery, and governance documentation in Confluence, including requirements, process flows, and decision records.
• Support and participate in established governance, intake, review, and acceptance processes.
• Partner with program leadership and technical leads to design new features and functionality based on business and customer needs.
• Collaborate with architects and developers on solution designs, integrations, and system interfaces.
• Produce and interpret comp...