IT Lead Technical Analyst - Development Support

Bank of Hope; Gardena (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Benefits

Job summary

Bank of Hope is seeking a Lead Technical Analyst to translate business needs into effective technology solutions. You will act as a key liaison between business stakeholders and technology teams, ensuring requirements are clearly defined and delivered.

Strong analytical skills, banking domain experience, and the ability to drive cross-functional project delivery are essential. The role involves leading BRD creation, user stories, and functional specs, while supporting planning, backlog

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of experience in Business Analysis or related roles.
• Strong experience in requirement gathering, documentation, and stakeholder management.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work with diverse teams.
• Experience with Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, and MS Office suite.
• Ability to understand technical architecture and system integrations.
• Banking/financial services experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead requirements gathering sessions with business stakeholders.
• Translate business needs into clear functional requirements and use cases.
• Collaborate with architects, developers, and QA teams for solution delivery.
• Ensure alignment between business needs and platform capabilities.
• Create, review, and validate BRDs and user stories.
• Support project planning, prioritization, and backlog management.
• Drive process improvements and establish BA standards and governance.
• Assist in UAT planning and ensure requirements traceability.
• Translate high-level requirements into functional specifications for applications.

Skills

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Agile methodologies

Waterfall methodologies

Tools

Jira

Confluence

MS Office

Job description

We are seeking a Lead Technical Analyst to support Bank of Hope by translating business needs into effective technology solutions. This role serves as a key liaison between business stakeholders and technology teams, ensuring requirements are clearly defined and successfully delivered. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical skills, experience with enterprise applications and system integrations, and the ability to drive successful project delivery across cross-functional teams.

• Lead requirements gathering sessions with business stakeholders
• Translate business needs into clear functional requirements and use cases
• Collaborate with architects, developers, and QA teams for solution delivery
• Ensure alignment between business needs and platform capabilities
• Create, review, and validate BRDs, user stories, and functional requirements documents, ensuring business needs are accurately translated into solution requirements.
• Support project planning, prioritization, and backlog management
• Drive process improvements and establish BA standards and governance
• Assist in UAT planning and ensure requirements traceability
• Translate high-level business requirements into functional specifications for input into application activities.
• Interact with subject matter experts, application development, implementation support and production support staff to define functional specifications that meet user requirements.
• End to end ownership on all testing related lifecycle activities.
• Prepare Training guide presentation, user guide manual on need basis.

Job Qualifications/Requirements

• 8-10 years of experience in Business Analysis or related roles
• Strong experience in requirement gathering, documentation, and stakeholder management
• Exceptional analytical and quantitative problem-documenting skills + Excellent Communication Skills
• Ability to work effectively with people at all levels in an organization, developers, PMs, Architects, Vendors and with Clients.
• Experience working with Agile and Waterfall methodologies
• Familiarity with tools like Jira, Confluence, and MS Office suite
• Ability to understand technical architecture and system integrations
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across business and IT teams
• Experience in banking or financial services is a plus
• Knowledge of platforms like CRM and SharePoint is an added advantage

The salary range for this full-time position is $150,000.00 - $160,000.00 annually + bonus + benefits

Salary ranges are determined based on qualifications, level, and location.

Exact compensation may vary based on your skills and experience.

Bank of Hope is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, genetic information, national or ethnic origin, disability, marital status, veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.