Director, Business Analysis

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Summary:

In this role, you will lead the strategy, execution, and continuous improvement of the Business Analysis (BA) practice across the organization. You will lead a high-performing team of business analysts, standardize best practices, and align business needs with technology solutions. As a key liaison between stakeholders and delivery teams, you'll drive clarity, optimize processes, and support strategic priorities through strong analytical leadership and operational excellence.

Responsibilities:

• Drive the vision and strategy for the Business Analysis practice, continually assessing and evolving the BA practice to meet changing business needs. 
• Align BA activities with organizational goals, strategic initiatives, and business priorities.
• Serve as a thought leader in business process optimization, capability development, and value realization.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of business analysts across multiple projects or portfolios.
• Establish clear career paths, performance metrics, and development plans for BAs.
• Foster a collaborative and high-performing team culture.
• Develop and enforce standards, tools, and methodologies for business analysis across the organization.
• Promote consistency and quality in requirements gathering, impact analysis, and solution validation.
• Partner with senior leaders, product managers, engineering, and other key stakeholders to understand business needs and translate them into actionable insights.
• Act as a bridge between business and technology teams to ensure alignment and clarity of goals.
• Ensure analysts are engaged early and effectively in the initiative lifecycle to drive clarity, feasibility, and traceability of requirements.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a business-related field preferred.
• 7 or more years of experience in business analysis or within the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) required.
• Strong expertise in requirements gathering, documentation, and business requirements analysis required.
• In-depth understanding of business process analysis required.
• Strong knowledge of Agile and Scrum methodologies required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a strong customer-facing presence required.
• Proven management experience highly preferred.
• Advanced understanding of test methodologies highly preferred.
• Proficiency in SQL highly preferred.
• Experience with AI or machine learning highly preferred.

Estimated Hiring Range:

This position is also incentive eligible.

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