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ICF

Lead Business Analyst

ICF

. Lead and coordinate Business Analysts across multiple program workstreams .

Posted 10/23/2026full-timeRemote • Virginia • United StatesSenior💰 $98,614 - $167,644 per yearWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in leading Business Analysts and coordinating complex application development initiatives, with a strong focus on requirements elicitation, documentation, and Agile methodologies. Proficient in translating business needs into actionable user stories and functional requirements while ensuring quality and consistency across deliverables.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Business Analyst ExperienceRequirements ElicitationAgile MethodologiesJira ManagementConfluence Documentation

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Hard Skills
Requirements DocumentationUser StoriesFunctional RequirementsProcess FlowsData IntegrationsAPIs AnalysisAcceptance CriteriaLegacy System ModernizationIntegration TestingRelease Validation
Soft Skills
Analytical SkillsOrganizational SkillsProblem-Solving SkillsVerbal CommunicationFacilitation Skills
Tools & Technologies
JiraConfluenceFigmaMural
Certifications & Qualifications
Agile CertificationScrum Certification
Industry Keywords
Digital TransformationSystem ModernizationGovernance ProcessesIntake ProcessesApplication Development

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Lead and coordinate Business Analysts across multiple program workstreams
  • Establish consistent requirements practices, documentation standards, and quality expectations
  • Review requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, process documentation, and other BA deliverables
  • Coordinate BA workload and identify cross-team dependencies, requirements gaps, and areas needing additional analysis
  • Understand complex business processes and system requirements in a digital modernization environment
  • Lead requirements elicitation and analysis
  • Translate business needs into user stories, acceptance criteria, functional requirements, and supporting artifacts
  • Analyze and document APIs, data flows, integrations, edge cases, business rules, and dependencies
  • Manage and maintain Jira backlogs, including refinement, prioritization, traceability, and development readiness
  • Create and maintain functional, delivery, and governance documentation in Confluence
  • Support governance, intake, review, and acceptance processes
  • Lead definition and refinement of new features and functionality
  • Collaborate with architects and developers on solution designs, integrations, system interfaces, and technical dependencies
  • Produce and interpret process flows, data mappings, interface definitions, reporting requirements, and functional specifications
  • Collaborate on wireframes, user flows, and prototypes
  • Facilitate requirements sessions, workshops, and cross-team collaboration
  • Support system demonstrations, incremental reviews, acceptance checkpoints, and related deliverables
  • Apply Agile best practices and support continuous improvement across teams

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 8+ years of Business Analyst experience supporting application development, digital transformation, and/or system modernization initiatives
  • Experience serving as a Lead Business Analyst on a large, complex application development or modernization program involving multiple teams or workstreams
  • Experience leading, mentoring, and coordinating other Business Analysts
  • Extensive experience facilitating requirements elicitation sessions with diverse business and technical stakeholders
  • 5+ years documenting requirements and specifications for web-based or enterprise systems
  • 5+ years working in a mature Agile delivery environment such as Scrum or Kanban
  • Ability to translate complex business processes into user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, functional requirements, and implementation-ready artifacts
  • Hands-on experience with Jira
  • Hands-on experience with Confluence or comparable collaboration platform
  • Working knowledge of modern software development lifecycles, requirements traceability, integration testing, and release validation
  • Strong professional and technical writing skills
  • Strong verbal communication and facilitation skills
  • Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work across multiple teams and workstreams
  • Must be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Lawful Resident (Green Card Holder)
  • Must reside in and perform work within the United States
  • Ability to obtain and maintain Public Trust clearance
  • Bachelor’s degree preferred, or equivalent years of professional experience
  • Agile or Scrum certification preferred
  • Figma experience highly desirable
  • Experience with legacy system modernization, APIs, system interfaces, and data integrations
  • Experience with governance, intake, and acceptance processes
  • Experience creating polished client-facing documentation
  • Experience translating business requirements into application experiences
  • Experience using Mural or similar collaborative tools
  • Experience scoping and decomposing complex work for Agile execution
  • Experience managing requirements dependencies across teams or workstreams
  • Ability to operate independently and provide leadership in a fast-paced delivery environment

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Equal opportunity employer
  • Reasonable accommodations for disabled veterans, individuals with disabilities, and individuals with sincerely held religious beliefs
  • Benefits offerings referenced through Transparency in Coverage Act
  • Opportunity to collaborate and pursue personal and professional goals