Lead Business Analyst

Lead Business Analyst

Hybrid 4 onsite in Maryland Heights, MO

Our client seeks a Lead Business Analyst to serve as a working leader for a team of seven Business Analysts within Field Operations. The role combines hands-on analysis with people leadership to drive delivery quality, team development, and operational excellence. The Lead BA will champion adoption of AI-powered tools and modern SDLC practices to improve efficiency and consistency across BA deliverables.

Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a W2 basis. For our W2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $60.00 to $68.00/hr. W2

Responsibilities:

• Provide day-to-day guidance, coaching, and mentoring to a team of 7 Business Analysts.
• Conduct quality reviews of BA deliverables including BRDs, user stories, process flows, UI mockups, and gap analyses.
• Support career development, skills growth, and performance feedback for team members.
• Serve as a first point of escalation for analysts on methodology, approach, and stakeholder challenges.
• Reduce key-person dependency and improve team resiliency through knowledge sharing and cross-training.
• Collaborate with management on workload balancing, capacity planning, and team priorities.
• Perform senior-level business analysis on complex initiatives within Field Operations.
• Elicit, analyze, and document business requirements through stakeholder interviews, workshops, and research.
• Develop and review BRDs, functional specifications, and user stories.
• Create and validate process flows, UI mockups, and gap analyses.
• Ensure BA artifacts meet quality standards and align with project objectives and business needs.
• Partner with product owners, developers, QA, and project managers throughout the SDLC.
• Lead the team's adoption and effective use of AI tools for business analysis activities.
• Identify opportunities to leverage AI in requirements analysis, documentation, mockup creation, and gap analysis.
• Help define and refine AI-augmented workflows within the team's SDLC process.
• Stay current on emerging AI capabilities relevant to business analysis and share knowledge with the team.

Experience Requirements:

• 7+ years of Business Analysis experience including requirements elicitation, BRDs, user stories, process modeling, and gap analysis.
• 2+ years of people leadership or team lead experience with mentoring, coaching, and performance oversight.
• Strong experience with SDLC methodologies including Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid.
• Proven ability to review and provide constructive feedback on BA deliverables.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills across technical and business audiences.
• Experience with process flow tools, wireframing or mockup tools, and requirements management platforms.
• Preferred: Experience using AI tools such as Amazon Kiro, Gemini, ChatGPT, or Copilot for BA work.
• Preferred: Experience in telecommunications, cable, or field operations domains.
• Preferred: Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Preferred: CBAP, CCBA, or similar BA certification.
• Preferred: Experience leading teams through process or tooling transitions.
• Preferred: Familiarity with Jira and Confluence or similar platforms.

Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range. W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.

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About Eliassen Group: Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities to expand our clients' capacity and accelerate meaningful outcomes. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities we serve. Eliassen is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and all employment decisions are based on merit, performance, and business needs. Eliassen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender identity or expression, sexual preference or orientation, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), marital status, creed, religion, physical or mental disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, age, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, prohibited criminal record inquiries of applicants and employees, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws. Don't miss out on our referral program! If we hire a candidate that you refer us to then you can be eligible for a $1,000 referral check!