Lead Business Analyst

Lead Business AnalystThe Lead Business Analyst bridges business strategy and data-driven solutions by translating complex requirements into scalable analytics, reporting, and technology solutions. This role partners with business and technology stakeholders to define initiatives, modernize reporting capabilities, and support analytics and AI solutions that improve operational efficiency and informed decision-making.ResponsibilitiesPartner with business and technology leaders to define analytics strategies, roadmaps, and data-driven solutions.Gather, document, refine, and prioritize business requirements, including current-state and future-state process mapping.Translate business needs into actionable data, reporting, dashboard, analytics, and AI requirements.Lead cross-functional initiatives involving business stakeholders, data teams, architects, developers, and vendors.Support enterprise reporting modernization, including migration from manual reporting processes to scalable analytics platforms.Collaborate with data architecture and engineering teams to support data modeling, integration, governance, and deployment activities.Develop business cases, evaluate opportunities and risks, and recommend solutions aligned with business objectives.Facilitate meetings, presentations, and working sessions with technical and non-technical stakeholders, including leadership.Establish key performance indicators and success metrics to measure adoption, business value, and solution performance.Support technology initiatives throughout requirements analysis, solution design, testing, implementation, and change management.Provide guidance and mentorship to team members and promote consistent business analysis and analytics practices.QualificationsBachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, or a related field, or equivalent education and practical experience.5+ years of experience in business analysis, product ownership, analytics, or a related field.Experience supporting large-scale business and technology transformation initiatives.Strong understanding of Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies.Experience developing business capability and application roadmaps.Proficiency with SQL and cloud-based analytics platforms such as BigQuery or comparable technologies.Experience with reporting and visualization platforms such as Power BI.Knowledge of data warehousing concepts and dimensional modeling methodologies.Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with executive, business, and technical audiences.Demonstrated stakeholder management, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.Experience with project and work management tools such as Jira, Clarity, Microsoft Project, and Microsoft Office applications.Relevant education, training, certifications, or equivalent practical experience.Publishing Pay Range: $120,000.00 – $130,000.00 Annually This position is based in office and requires employee to work on-site. GDH