Team Lead - Business Analyst

Lead day-to-day coordination and execution of a cross-functional Agile team of approximately 8–12 members supporting PeopleSoft HCM implementation Partner with Product Owners and business stakeholders to clarify priorities and translate business needs into features, user stories, acceptance criteria, and documentation Facilitate requirements elicitation sessions, stakeholder interviews, process walkthroughs, working sessions, and refinement activities Maintain and refine the team backlog in Azure DevOps, ensuring work items are defined, prioritized, traceable, estimated, and ready for development and testing Coordinate team execution across the SAFe delivery lifecycle, including PI Planning, iteration planning, backlog refinement, daily coordination, demonstrations, retrospectives, and Inspect & Adapt activities Plan and execute approximately three-month Program Increments, including objectives, dependencies, risks, commitments, and evolving priorities Coordinate cross-team dependencies, sequencing needs, environment constraints, and delivery risks Support developers and QA with requirement clarification, expected behavior, defect triage, and acceptance criteria alignment Monitor progress, blockers, risks, and commitments using ADO boards, queries, dashboards, and delivery metrics Promote Agile practices, transparency, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement Document business processes, functional requirements, workflows, decision rules, interfaces, data needs, and implementation artifacts Support release readiness, demonstrations, user acceptance, production validation, and post-release follow-up Coach team members on Agile practices and ADO and Escalate impediments or organizational issues Requirements Must be a U.S. Citizen Must possess an active Secret security clearance Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, Engineering, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered 5+ years of experience in business analysis, Agile software delivery, product delivery, or enterprise application implementation Experience coordinating or leading a cross-functional Agile team Strong hands-on experience eliciting, analyzing, documenting, and refining business and functional requirements for complex enterprise applications Experience creating and managing features, user stories, acceptance criteria, tasks, defects, dependencies, and traceability within Azure DevOps (ADO) or a comparable Agile lifecycle management tool Working knowledge of SAFe or other scaled Agile delivery practices Ability to facilitate discussions among Product Owners, business stakeholders, developers, testers, and technical teams Strong analytical, organizational, written, and verbal communication skills Experience supporting PeopleSoft HCM or another large-scale ERP or enterprise business application Experience serving as a Team Lead, Business Analyst, Scrum Master, iteration lead, or similar delivery role Hands-on experience using Azure DevOps Boards, queries, dashboards, backlogs, sprint/iteration views, and reporting Experience working in a SAFe environment with multiple Agile Release Trains, shared services, cross-team dependencies, and coordinated Program Increment execution Experience with business process modeling, requirements traceability, functional design documentation, user acceptance testing, defect triage, and release readiness activities Ability to balance team leadership responsibilities with hands-on business analysis and requirements work Agile/SAFe certification is a plus Experience supporting federal or DoD enterprise systems in secured or highly controlled environments is preferred Core Competencies Demonstrates expertise in Agile methodologies, particularly in coordinating cross-functional teams and managing the delivery lifecycle using Azure DevOps. Proficient in business analysis, requirements documentation, and facilitating stakeholder engagement for enterprise applications. Highest-signal resume keywords Agile Software Delivery Azure DevOps Management Business Analysis SAFe Methodology PeopleSoft HCM Experience ATS Optimization Keywords Hard Skills Business Process Modeling Requirements Traceability Functional Design Documentation User Acceptance Testing Defect Triage Release Readiness Activities Eliciting Business Requirements Creating User Stories Managing Features Coordinating Program Increments Soft Skills Analytical Skills Organizational Skills Written Communication Verbal Communication Facilitation Skills Certifications & Qualifications Agile/SAFe Certification Industry Keywords Enterprise Application Implementation Cross-Functional Team Leadership Federal Systems DoD Systems Scaled Agile Delivery Practices Tools & Technologies Azure DevOps ADO Boards Dashboards Queries Backlogs #J-18808-Ljbffr Jobtailor