Lead Business Analyst – Modernization Delivery

ICF International; Reston (VA); Remote; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

ICF International is seeking a Lead Business Analyst to drive delivery in a large modernization program. You will lead and mentor BA teams, refine requirements, and ensure testable artifacts align with client needs.

The role requires hands-on BA work, collaboration with architects and developers, and governance across intake, demonstrations, and acceptance. EST hours and East Coast alignment are essential.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of BA experience supporting application development, digital transformation, and/or system modernization initiatives.
• 5+ years of experience documenting requirements and specifications for web-based or enterprise systems.
• 5+ years of recent experience working in a mature Agile delivery environment, such as Scrum or Kanban.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate Business Analysts across multiple program workstreams, providing direction, mentoring, and oversight of BA activities and deliverables.
• Establish and reinforce consistent requirements practices, documentation standards, and quality expectations across the BA team.
• Review requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, process documentation, and other BA work products for completeness, consistency, clarity, and readiness for downstream development and testing.
• Help coordinate BA workload and activities across workstreams, identifying cross-team dependencies, requirements gaps, and areas requiring additional analysis.
• Work closely with technical and non-technical stakeholders to understand complex business processes and system requirements in a digital modernization environment.
• Lead requirements elicitation and analysis, translating business needs into clear user stories, acceptance criteria, functional requirements, and supporting artifacts.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Requirements elicitation

Agile delivery

Stakeholder collaboration

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

ICF International is seeking a Lead Business Analyst to drive delivery in a large modernization program. You will lead and mentor BA teams, refine requirements, and ensure testable artifacts align with client needs.

The role requires hands-on BA work, collaboration with architects and developers, and governance across intake, demonstrations, and acceptance. EST hours and East Coast alignment are essential.