Business Analyst (8886)

Responsibilities

• Facilitate requirements gathering sessions with legislative stakeholders.
• Analyze current business processes and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Document business requirements, workflows, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, UX designers, and development teams to ensure business needs are clearly understood.
• Maintain project documentation and process diagrams.
• Support project planning and delivery activities in partnership with Product Managers.
• Aid in backlog refinement, prioritization, and sprint readiness.
• Track dependencies, risks, and milestones as needed.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Help ensure alignment between scope, timelines, and stakeholder expectations.
• Assist in planning and coordinating User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Validate delivered functionality against documented requirements.
• Work with stakeholders to gather feedback and document enhancement requests.
• Support release readiness activities and user validation efforts.
• Train legislative end users through virtual and on-site sessions.
• Develop and maintain user-facing documentation and training materials.
• Serve as a calm, reliable point of contact during legislative session activities.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, or similar role.
• Experience gathering and documenting business requirements.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to facilitate discussions with stakeholders and build consensus.
• Experience creating user stories, process flows, and business documentation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Experience supporting User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Familiarity with Agile project environments.
• Experience using tools such as Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Office, or similar collaboration tools.

Qualifications

• Experience working with government, legislative, or public sector organizations.
• Experience supporting software implementation projects.
• Exposure to change management, training, or business process improvement initiatives.
• Experience facilitating workshops and stakeholder meetings.
• Project coordination or project management experience.

Skills

• Experience working with government, legislative, or public sector organizations.
• Experience supporting software implementation projects.
• Exposure to change management, training, or business process improvement initiatives.
• Experience facilitating workshops and stakeholder meetings.
• Project coordination or project management experience.

Benefits

Our client is an Equal Opportunity Employer and maintains a drug-free workplace by both policy and practice. Applicants are considered for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, or the presence of a non-job-related medical condition.

Pay

$80,000 - 100,000 + Benefits

Schedule

Hybrid in Richmond w/ travel (up to 35%)