Lead Business Analyst

We are seeking a Lead Business Analyst to drive end-to-end requirements and stakeholder alignment for a software product team while enabling smooth delivery tracking and UAT. You will translate business needs into clear, testable outcomes across the full lifecycle and help teams deliver high-quality releases.
Responsibilities
Lead requirements gathering, analysis, and documentation across initiatives
Define success criteria and acceptance criteria to ensure measurable outcomes
Translate business needs into clear functional requirements for technical teams
Coordinate stakeholders across business, product, and engineering to align priorities
Facilitate stakeholder meetings to clarify needs, collect feedback, and manage expectations
Track delivery progress, KPIs, and project metrics and provide business-focused status updates
Identify and track risks, issues, dependencies, and action items and drive resolution
Coordinate UAT planning, scenarios, scheduling, and execution with stakeholders
Document UAT outcomes and obtain business sign-off prior to go-live
Support post-deployment validation to confirm expected outcomes
Maintain requirements traceability from discovery through deployment and validation
Create and maintain process and change documentation for new features and enhancements
Use LLM-based tools to analyze documentation, extract insights, and accelerate requirements and documentation work
Requirements
5+ years of business analysis experience on software development projects
Proven leadership experience coordinating cross-functional stakeholder groups
Strong project delivery support skills including tracking risks, dependencies, and action items
Advanced requirements lifecycle management skills including success criteria and acceptance criteria definition
Strong data analysis skills to derive insights from technical and business inputs
Excellent documentation skills for requirements, workflows, process flows, and user guides
Upper-Intermediate English proficiency (B2)
Strong communication skills to facilitate alignment between business and technical teams
High attention to detail to ensure documentation accuracy and quality
Nice to have
Business Analysis certification (CBAP, PMI-PBA)
Project Management certification (PMP, CSM)
Experience with system integration or modernization projects
Experience working on complex enterprise software products
Experience in regulated or compliance-driven environments
We offer
International projects with top brands
Work with global teams of highly skilled, diverse peers
Healthcare benefits
Employee financial programs
Paid time off and sick leave
Upskilling, reskilling and certification courses
Unlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning library and 22,000+ courses
Global career opportunities
Volunteer and community involvement opportunities
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EPAM is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Work arrangement
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