Lead Business Analyst - Richmond, VA (Onsite)

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We help companies realize and implement IT solutions strategically. Yakshna Solutions supports our client’s mission and goals by sharing our know-how, skills and knowledge. We strive to attract and retain the brightest people and offer different job experiences with a full range of challenges and rewards. We take pride in being an equal opportunity employer.

Working with Yakshna gives you the opportunity to develop your knowledge, skills, and abilities. Additionally, you can build a network of peers, mentors and advance your career! We offer exciting opportunities to work with leading industry experts, business consultants and IT specialists across large government and private sector companies. The people who work in Yakshna are as diverse as our services. We recognize the crucial importance of each individual to our success and offer competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits and innovative training.

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Yakshna Solutions, Inc ., (YSI) is a CMMI Level 3 assessed, ISO 9001, 20000:1, 27001 certified, woman‑owned small business enterprises, headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, USA. YSI provides professional IT solutions and services to business corporations and government organizations. YSI is committed to serve its business communities as a leading IT vendor providing innovative, quality, and cost‑effective IT business solutions and services.

We offer a competitive benefits package that includes the following: 401(k), health, dental, and vision insurance, Life insurance, short‑term and long‑term disability insurance, paid time off, training, and professional development assistance.

The Virginia Dept of Transportation (VDOT) is seeking a Lead Business Analyst to serve their Richmond office. 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. The candidate will guide a talented team of 8‑10 Business Analyst; shape BA stands and practices and help deliver enterprise‑wide solutions that support organizational goals and improve operational efficiency.

Job Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Required skills and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Information Technology, or a related field
• 7+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, including 3+ years mentoring or leading analysts
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
• Strong understanding of requirement elicitation, documentation, and process modeling
• 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
• Experience guiding BA practice standards or supporting BA Centers of Excellence (Preferred)
• Experience with data governance, data integration, or data quality initiatives (Preferred)
• Familiarity with testing methodologies and ALM or automated testing tools (Preferred)
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, including the ability to use data to drive insights (Preferred)

Salary: $100-115k/A with benefits

US Citizenship/Green card required, No C2C-W-2 Only

YSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.