Lead, IT Business Analyst

Lead, IT Business Analyst

The Lead IT Business Analyst is part of the Enterprise Services and Strategy - Value Optimization organization. This role will serve as a strategic partner between IT, Finance, and key business stakeholders to drive complex, high‑visibility initiatives that improve financial performance, enable cost optimization and support enterprise transformation. This position will lead multiple cross‑functional work streams to ensure initiatives are effectively planned, governed, tracked, and delivered in alignment with business objectives, timelines, budgets, and expected outcomes.

The ideal candidate brings a strong combination of project execution, financial analysis, stakeholder management, and executive communication skills.

• Lead and support complex, high‑visibility IT initiatives and projects focused on financial management optimization, cost savings, and enterprise transformation.
• Execute core project management activities across cross‑functional initiatives, including scope definition, schedule development, risk identification, dependency management, stakeholder communication, and oversight of execution.
• Partner with IT, Finance, and business stakeholders to identify, evaluate and advance opportunities IT financial savings and operational efficiency.
• Develop and support business cases, financial models, forecasts, and cost‑benefit analyses for strategic programs, technology investments and transformational initiatives.
• Create, maintain, and manage integrated project plans that align deliverables, timelines, dependencies, and resource needs across multiple work streams.
• Monitor project performance and proactively address, upscale, and help resolve issues that impact scope, schedule, budget, or intended business outcomes.
• Identify and analyze project and portfolio interdependencies, including resource constraints, overlapping efforts, and changing cost models, to support informed planning and decision‑making.
• Review and validate business case assumptions, deliverables, and value realization before, during, and after implementation to ensure expected outcomes are achieved and sustained.
• Maintain project documentation, status reporting, governance materials, and executive‑ready communications to support effective decision‑making and transparency.
• Prepare and deliver clear, concise, and compelling recommendations, project updates, financial insights, and strategic considerations to senior leaders and executive stakeholders.
• Facilitate coordination across IT and business teams to ensure alignment on priorities, timelines, deliverables, and expected financial and operational results.
• Support portfolio‑level planning by tracking progress across initiatives and highlighting risks, dependencies, and opportunities that may affect enterprise objectives.
• Occasional travel to support summits, planning meetings, conferences or other IT workshops is required.

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Finance, or related field, with a minimum of 9 years of experience in contract auditing, project management, or a related role. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.

• Strong project management skills with the ability to plan, coordinate, and drive initiatives to successful completion Ability to work collaboratively across departments and with external vendors
• Detail‑oriented with strong organizational and analytical skills
• Proficient in contract management software and Microsoft Office Suite
• Experience in a technology or defense industry
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in program or project management with Cost Account Manager (CAM) responsibilities
• Certification in project management (e.g., PMP, PMI‑ACP, PgMP, PfMP)
• Ability to work across regions, sectors and segments to influence change across the organization
• Demonstrated success leading large IT technology initiatives with enterprise level impact
• Capability to understand and analyze complex business processes/problems and develop clear solution proposals
• Ability to engage internal Business Partners and team members at all levels of the organization, and can clearly present ideas and concepts to executive leaders
• Self‑aware individual who has the ability to collaborate and resolve cross‑team conflicts