Lead Business Analyst

Position Overview

The State of Ohio is seeking an experienced Lead Business Analyst to independently lead requirements analysis efforts for moderately complex initiatives and support larger enterprise projects. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in Agile environments, stakeholder engagement, requirements gathering, business process modeling, workflow documentation, and backlog management.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead requirements discovery sessions for projects, enhancements, and system changes
• Facilitate meetings with business stakeholders, Product Owners, QA teams, developers, and project teams
• Analyze current-state and future-state business processes, risks, dependencies, and impacts
• Create business process models, workflows, and visual documentation using BPMN and related methodologies
• Translate business needs into functional, non-functional, reporting, and acceptance criteria requirements
• Develop and maintain Requirements Traceability Matrices (RTM)
• Support backlog refinement and decomposition of requirements into actionable user stories
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Project Managers, Developers, QA, and Training teams
• Communicate analysis findings, risks, decisions, and recommendations to stakeholders
• Ensure adherence to BA standards, templates, and documentation practices

Required Skills & Experience

• 9 years of Business Analyst experience in Agile environments
• Experience with Azure DevOps, Jira, or similar Agile lifecycle management tools
• Strong understanding of Agile principles, backlog refinement, and user story lifecycle management
• Excellent analytical, communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills
• Experience creating detailed documentation, workflows, and visual artifacts
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, Lucidchart, and related tools
• Strong requirements gathering, analysis, and traceability experience

Primary Skills

Business Analysis, Agile, Azure DevOps, Jira, Requirements Gathering, User Stories, Backlog Refinement, BPMN, Visio, Lucidchart, MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Documentation, Stakeholder Management, Communication, Analytical Skills

This is a remote position.