Business Analyst/Project Manager

NexTech Professional Services; Monterey (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

NexTech Professional Services is seeking a skilled Business Analyst/Project Manager (BA/PM) in California to lead projects from initiation through implementation. You will bridge business stakeholders and technical teams, documenting requirements and shaping solutions that meet objectives.

You will coach Agile practices, groom backlogs, and guide an autonomous development/sustainment team with a sustainable cadence. Strong communication and cross-functional coordination are essential.

Qualifications

• Educational requirements include BA/BS from an accredited college or university with a minimum of 5+ years' experience or substitute with AA/AS with 7+ years' experience or substitute with 9 years+ experience with Project Management.
• Four years' experience eliciting and documenting user requirements.
• Experience with Microsoft 0365, Microsoft Project and GitLab.
• Excellent listening, interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks under pressure.
• Experience working in a team-oriented environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects through all phases of the project lifecycle: initiation to closure.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets, and resource allocations.
• Manage scope, timelines, risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to achieve goals and deliverables.
• Provide regular project status updates to leadership and stakeholders.
• Facilitate project meetings and ensure timely follow-up on actions.
• Monitor performance and implement corrective actions when needed.
• Manage change requests and assess their impact on scope, schedule, and budget.
• Ensure deliverables meet quality standards and expectations.
• Serve as primary liaison between business units, technical teams, vendors, and leadership.

Skills

Business analysis

Project management

Stakeholder management

Agile methodologies

Requirements elicitation

Education

BA/BS degree

AA/AS degree

PM Certification (CSM/PSM)

Product Owner Certification

IAT Level II Certification

Tools

Microsoft Project

Microsoft 365

GitLab

Job description

Position Overview:

The Business Analyst/Project Manager (BA/PM) is responsible for leading projects from initiation through implementation while serving as the liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams. This role combines business analysis and project management functions by gathering and documenting requirements, analyzing business processes, managing project scope, schedule, and budget, and ensuring successful delivery of business solutions that meet organizational objectives. The person in this position upholds, defends, coaches and mentors sound agile practices and values. They are responsible for guiding the development/sustainment of an agile team into a self-organized, effective, development/sustainment unit with a sustainable cadence.

Job Duties:

Business Analysis

• Partner with stakeholders to identify business needs, opportunities, and challenges.
• Elicit, analyze, document, and validate business and functional requirements.
• Translate business requirements into detailed specifications for technical teams.
• Conduct process mapping, workflow analysis, and gap analysis.
• Facilitate stakeholder meetings, workshops, and requirements-gathering sessions.
• Develop business cases, user stories, use cases, and process documentation.
• Support solution design, testing, and user acceptance activities.
• Ensure delivered solutions align with business objectives and operational needs.

• Responsible for establishing minimum viable product, grooming the backlog and Change Management.

• Must be knowledgeable and/or experience with widely successful Waterfall and Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, and Automated Testing

Project Management

• Lead projects through all phases of the project lifecycle, including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets, and resource allocations.
• Manage project scope, timelines, risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to achieve project goals and deliverables.
• Provide regular project status updates to leadership and stakeholders.
• Facilitate project meetings and ensure timely follow-up on action items.
• Monitor project performance and implement corrective actions when necessary.
• Manage change requests and assess impact on scope, schedule, and budget.
• Ensure project deliverables meet quality standards and business expectations.

Stakeholder Management

• Serve as the primary point of contact between business units, technical teams, vendors, and leadership.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders to ensure alignment and engagement.
• Communicate project progress, risks, and recommendations effectively.
• Support organizational change management and user adoption efforts.

Job Requirements

• Educational requirements include BA/BS from an accredited college or university with a minimum of 5+ years' experience or substitute with AA/AS with 7+ years' experience or substitute with 9 years+ experience with Project Management.
• Four years' experience eliciting and documenting user requirements.
• Experience with Microsoft 0365, Microsoft Project and GitLab.
• Excellent listening, interpersonal, written, and oral communication skill
• Logical and efficient, with keen attention to detail
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks while under pressure
• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
• Must be experienced with project planning and facilitating the complete life cycle of projects with competing availability, priorities, and multiple stakeholders

Required Qualifications

• Require anyone of the following IAT Level II (CCNA Security, CSA+, GICSP, GSEC, Security+ CE, or SSCP) Certification to start.
• Scrum Master Certification (CSM, PSM) required to start
• Product Owner Certification required to start

Other Requirements

US Citizen

Public Trust clearance