Lead Business Analyst

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Summary:     

In this role, you will lead the analysis and design of business solutions that align with organizational strategy and product goals. You will partner with Product Management, Business Operations, and Development teams to shape user stories, manage product backlogs, and translate business needs into actionable requirements. You will also mentor and guide other analysts, ensuring consistency, quality, and excellence across projects while driving process improvements and supporting strategic initiatives.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as liaison between end users, product management, and development to gather, analyze, and document business requirements.
• Translate business needs into detailed user stories, acceptance criteria, and prioritized product backlogs across interrelated systems.
• Plan and lead stakeholder collaboration sessions to understand business processes and align on functional requirements.
• Lead backlog prioritization, ensuring alignment across dependent systems and stories.
• Lead Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, refinement sessions, and Scrum of Scrums.
• Collaborate closely with Product Owners, Developers, and QA teams from project inception through delivery.
• Oversee issue triage and stakeholder inquiries during UAT to ensure resolution and transparency.
• Conduct gap analyses and identify cost-effective, data-driven solutions that address business needs.
• Write and analyze SQL queries to validate data, resolve discrepancies, and support analytical accuracy.
• Lead efforts to establish and maintain data integrity, defining validation rules and success metrics.
• Develop and manage weekly knowledge mapping to ensure data completeness and reliability for end users.
• Partner with business and technical leaders to optimize processes and enhance customer experience.
• Identify opportunities to leverage automation, emerging technologies, and AI to increase analytical efficiency.
• Mentor and coach Business Analysts across domains in Agile best practices, requirements definition, and process improvement.
• Partner with Product Leadership to align analytical outcomes with strategic business goals and measurable ROI.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred. Advanced degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or related field is a plus.
• 7 or more years of relevant experience required.
• 2 or more years in a lead or senior business analysis role required.
• Business analysis experience across the full SDLC required.
• Proficiency with accounting or financial systems such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), billing, or reconciliation platforms, required.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) and related tools (JIRA, Confluence, Azure DevOps) required.
• Proven experience working with data-driven or analytics-based products.
• Strong proficiency in SQL, including writing and debugging complex queries required.
• Advanced skills in requirements elicitation, documentation, and process analysis required or preferred.
• Proven ability to lead, mentor, and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.

Estimated Hiring Range:

At Vizient, we consider skills, experience, and organizational needs in our compensation approach. Geographic factors may adjust the range estimate and hires typically fall below the top range. Compensation decisions are tailored to individual circumstances. The current salary range for this role is $102,400.00 to $179,000.00.

This position is also incentive eligible.

Vizient has a comprehensive benefits plan! Please view our benefits here:

http://www.vizientinc.com/about-us/careers

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