Lead Business Analyst

Our values start with our people, join a team that values you!

Bring your talents to Ross, our leading off-price retail chain with over 2,200 stores, and a strong track record of success and growth. Our focus has always been bringing our customers a constant stream of high-quality brands and on-trend merchandise at extraordinary savings. All while providing a fun and exciting treasure hunt experience.

As part of our team, you will experience:

• Success. Our winning team pursues excellence while learning and evolving
• Career growth. We develop industry leading talent because Ross grows when our people grow
• Teamwork. We work together to solve the hard problems and find the right solution
• Our commitment to Diversity, Equality & Inclusion, and our community. We celebrate the backgrounds, identities, and ideas of those who work and shop with us because our differences make us stronger. We strive to be a positive force in our community.

Our Corporate headquarters are in Dublin, CA, we have 3 buying offices in key markets in New York City, Los Angeles, and Boston, and 8 distribution centers nationwide. With 2025 revenues of $22.8 billion, we are a Fortune 500 company who is committed to providing an inclusive work environment with continuous learning opportunities and development for our teams.

The Lead Business Analyst will be a key interface between the business groups, 3rd party vendors, and IT. They will be responsible for gathering user requirements, creating the functional requirements, assisting in the development process, ensuring the system meets the functional and user interface specifications delivered by vendors, and guiding the business teams through use of the application.

The Lead Business Analyst provides project delivery functions within Supply Chain IT for project initiatives and post-production support across multiple business groups. This role collaborates with business leaders, vendors, technical analysts, and enterprise architects to develop and maintain the solution that meets the project objectives and goals.

The base salary range for this role is $113,200 - $172,600. The base salary range is dependent on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, qualifications, relevant education, certifications, seniority, and location. The range listed is just one component of the total compensation package for employees. Other rewards vary by position and location.

• Performing project delivery functions and leading business analysis functions under the direction of the Project Manager
• Working with key partners guiding project delivery from requirements through implementation
• Taking a leadership role in exploring and analyzing new application functions and technologies
• Ensuring business partners view the project delivery group as proactive and responsive to business needs
• Providing new capabilities and driving value from existing capabilities
• Leading different aspects of systems development life cycle - ensuring that:
  • Requirements are defined accurately
  • Systems are designed/coded or purchased that meet the defined requirements, and that execute efficiently
  • Test plans are developed and test cycles are coordinated effectively for both onshore and offshore testing teams
  • Driving the post-deployment stability phase
  • Projects are completed successfully on time and on budget
• Supporting existing production systems:
  • Defining and prioritizing system problems and engaging key partners to implement timely verified solutions
  • Ensuring the related fixes and/or enhancements are tested successfully (by IT and by key business partners)
  • Ensuring all support activities are executed on time and on budget
  • Ensure successful transition to the Support teams

People

• Building Effective Teams
• Developing Talent
• Collaboration

Self

• Leading by Example
• Communicates Effectively
• Ensures Accountability and Execution
• Manages Conflict

Business

• Business Acumen
• Plans, Aligns and Prioritizes
• Organizational Agility

With particular emphasis on the following specific position-related competencies:

• Knowledge of the SDLC
• Tolerance for Ambiguity
• Adaptability/Flexibility
• Gap analysis and impact assessment
• Details and…