Date Posted: 12/10/2025
Hiring Organization: Rose International
Position Number: 494487
Industry: Government/Staffing
Job Title: Lead Business Analyst
Job Location: Richmond, VA, USA, 23219
Work Model: Onsite
Shift: General
Employment Type: Temporary
FT/PT: Full-Time
Estimated Duration (In months): 5
Min Hourly Rate($): 60.00
Max Hourly Rate($): 65.00
Must Have Skills/Attributes: Business Analysis, Communications, Stakeholders, Technical
Experience Desired: Experience with data governance, data integration, or data quality initiatives (1 yrs)
Required Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree
**C2C is not available**
Job Description
***Only qualified Lead Business Analyst located near the Richmond, VA area will be considered due to the role requiring an onsite presence ***
Required Education:
• Bachelor’s degree in business, Information Technology, or a related field
Required Skills:
• Business Analysis - Expert level knowledge in business analysis functions (requirements, stakeholder management, testing, etc) (10 Years)
• Leadership - Strong leadership and mentoring skills, with experience leading and guiding experienced teams. (7 Years)
• Communication - Effectively conveying ideas to both technical and non-technical teams at various levels of an organization (7 Years)
• Stakeholder Management - Ablity to build and maintain working relationships with key stakeholders within the organization (7 Years)
• Support - Guide and help experienced professionals in achieving their goals and support in removing obstacles. (7 Years)
• Proven experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum and/or Kanban)
• Excellent facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills
• Experience working with enterprise-level applications or multi-module systems
• Proficiency with BA and ALM tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar
Desired Skills:
• Experience guiding BA practice standards or supporting BA Centers of Excellence
• Experience with data governance, data integration, or data quality initiatives
• Familiarity with testing methodologies and ALM or automated testing tools
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to use data to drive insights
About the Role: The Lead Business Analyst is a strategic and people-focused role responsible for elevating the quality, consistency, and impact of the Business Analyst team. This position blends mentorship, analytical leadership, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure high-quality requirements, streamlined processes, and effective communication between business and technical stakeholders.
You will guide a talented team of 8-10 Business Analysts, shape BA standards and best practices, and help deliver enterprise-wide solutions that support organizational goals and improve operational efficiency.
Responsibilities:
1. Business Analysis Standards & Requirements
• Establish, promote, and maintain consistent BA practices, templates, and documentation standards.
• Ensure high-quality business requirement artifacts (BRDs, RTMs, user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, data requirements).
• Oversee requirement validation to ensure both business and technical needs are fully addressed.
• Review and provide constructive feedback on BA deliverables to reduce rework and strengthen solution quality.
• Ensure timely and complete delivery of BA artifacts to support project timelines and milestones.
• Promote testing approaches that address functional, non-functional, and data requirements.
2. Collaboration, Facilitation & Stakeholder Alignment
• Foster strong collaboration across business units, IT teams, vendors, and stakeholders.
• Act as a liaison between business and technical teams to ensure clarity, alignment, and shared understanding of business needs.
• Facilitate workshops, requirement sessions, and cross-team discussions to drive decision-making.
• Support change management efforts through consistent and proactive stakeholder communication.
• Work with product owners, project managers, and leadership to prioritize requirements, mitigate risks, and maintain project momentum.
3. Communication & Presentation
• Demonstrate exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Translate complex business needs into clear, concise, and actionable requirements and documentation.
• Tailor communication for executives, technical teams, and end users to ensure shared understanding.
• Present findings, recommendations, and project updates to senior leadership with clarity and confidence.
• Produce high-quality documentation that is accurate, structured, and easy to understand.
4. Team Leadership, Coaching & Continuous Improvement
• Mentor, guide, and support Business Analysts, promoting skill development, confidence, and analytical excellence.
• Identify improvement opportunities through process analysis, team feedback, and project outcomes.
• Recommend and help implement improvements to BA practices to increase efficiency and consistency.
• Ensure alignment with leadership and team members before introducing new methodologies or practice changes.
• Remove roadblocks, provide direction, and proactively address risks that impact BA effectiveness.
• Lead by example, demonstrating accountability, professionalism, transparency, and a commitment to quality.
- **Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.**
- **Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client’s business needs and requirements.**
Benefits:
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California Pay Equity:
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Rose International is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender (expression or identity), national origin, arrest and conviction records, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Positions located in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California will be administered in accordance with their respective Fair Chance Ordinances.
If you need assistance in completing this application, or during any phase of the application, interview, hiring, or employment process, whether due to a disability or otherwise, please contact our HR Department.
Rose International has an official agreement (ID #132522), effective June 30, 2008, with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Employment Verification Program (E-Verify). (Posting required by OCGA 13/10-91.).
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