Lead Business Analyst

Overview

The Lead Business Analyst – Data Management & Analytics is responsible for bridging business requirements and data/technology delivery. The role will lead business analysis activities for data-driven initiatives, translating business needs into clear requirements, business rules, data requirements, functional specifications, and actionable delivery plans. The role will be working closely with business stakeholders, data owners, application teams, data engineers, data governance teams, and technical developers to ensure that data solutions deliver the required business outcomes while maintaining data quality, governance, traceability, and regulatory alignment. Key Responsibilities Business Analysis & Requirements Management Lead requirement-gathering activities with business stakeholders and subject-matter experts. Facilitate business requirement workshops, walkthroughs, validation sessions, and stakeholder discussions. Translate business requirements into detailed Business Requirement Documents (BRDs), functional requirements, business rules, data requirements, and acceptance criteria. Analyze business processes, identify gaps, dependencies, and improvement opportunities. Ensure requirements are clearly understood and traceable throughout the solution delivery lifecycle. Manage requirement changes and assess their business and data impact. Data Analysis & Business Rules Analyze source systems, datasets, data availability, field definitions, relationships, and data flows to determine whether business requirements can be supported. Define and document business rules, calculation logic, validation criteria, thresholds, exception criteria, and reporting requirements. Work with technical teams to translate business rules into data transformations, analytical logic, and reporting solutions. Validate data outputs against approved business requirements and expected business outcomes. Perform root-cause analysis for data discrepancies, quality issues, and reporting gaps. Data Management & Governance Support business stakeholders in identifying and defining Critical Data Elements (CDEs). Support data ownership, stewardship, business glossary, metadata, and data-domain activities. Ensure business requirements are aligned with data governance policies and organizational data-management standards. Collaborate with Data Governance and Data Quality teams to identify and remediate data-quality issues. Define data-quality rules and validation requirements based on business expectations. Support data governance and regulatory initiatives, including NDMO and PDPL-related requirements where applicable. Analytics & Reporting Lead the business analysis component of data analytics, dashboards, management reporting, and business intelligence initiatives. Gather and validate reporting requirements from business users. Define KPI/KRI requirements, calculation logic, thresholds, exception criteria, reporting frequency, and expected outputs. Review dashboards, reports, and analytical outputs to ensure they accurately represent approved business requirements. Support business users during User Acceptance Testing (UAT), including test-scenario definition, validation, defect clarification, and sign-off. Stakeholder & Delivery Management Act as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and technical delivery teams. Coordinate with data owners, application owners, DBAs, data engineers, developers, and other technology teams. Track requirements, dependencies, risks, issues, and delivery actions. Facilitate status meetings, workshops, walkthroughs, and decision-making sessions. Support project planning, project charters, SOPs, delivery documentation, and operational-readiness activities. Support go-live planning, post-production validation, issue resolution, and knowledge-transfer activities. Solution & Technical Collaboration Work closely with Data Engineers a