Business Analyst, Lead at Booz Allen in Springfield, MO

Business Analyst, Lead Location: Springfield, VA Business Analyst, Lead The Opportunity: The Business Analyst is an expert responsible for leading high-impact initiatives, providing strategic guidance, and driving process modernization across the enterprise. You’ll blend your deep subject matter expertise, program management, and leadership to solve complex organizational challenges. You will operate with significant autonomy, advising senior leadership, mentoring team members, and ensuring the alignment of programs with strategic objectives. In this role, you will be enhancing GEOINT capabilities, improving business functions, and ensuring the successful execution of critical missions through expert analysis, process re-engineering, and stakeholder collaboration. What You’ll Do: Collaborate across mission assurance teams to ensure final deliverables align with leadership expectations and meet high-quality standards. Conduct comprehensive reviews of all high‑level team products prior to submission to branch leadership. Craft and deliver executive-level briefings, talking points, and strategic project plans, ensuring content accuracy, strategic alignment, and audience relevance, with a focus on achieving clear and persuasive communication at all levels. Conduct in-depth analysis and assessment of mission assurance and continuity metrics and data, providing actionable insights to senior leadership to guide strategic decisions effectively. Implement continuous improvement processes within mission assurance and continuity programs by collecting participant feedback, analyzing program performance, and recommending enhancements to processes, training, and policies. Develop, coordinate, and execute a strategic communications plan for the mission assurance branch that will familiarize both internal and external customers with the capabilities and services that mission assurance provides. Join us. 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You Have: 10+ years of experience in program management Experience leading and directing a broad team to high performance outcomes Experience managing large-scale, cross-functional projects and initiatives, including in risk management, timeline management, resource allocation, and stakeholder engagement, achieving project goals within set timeframes and budget constraints Experience in standard business application software for presentations, word processing, and SharePoint-based websites Experience creating and participating in leadership development programs aimed at enhancing strategic thinking, decision-making, and team management Experience analyzing outcomes of implemented strategies and policies, reporting on their effectiveness, and providing ongoing recommendations for improvement to ensure that objectives are met efficiently Ability to translate complex data into strategic recommendations for executive decision-makers Ability to present complex strategies and operational metrics to a range of audiences, including senior leadership, stakeholders, and external partners, ensuring clarity and actionable outcomes Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam Bachelor’s degree Nice If You Have: Possession of excellent verbal and written communication skills FEMA level 1 Certification Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information;TS/SCI clearance is required. Compensation At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page. Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $77,600.00 to $176,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date. Identity Statement As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. Candidate AI Usage Policy AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided. Work Model Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration, whether it occurs in person or virtually. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings. Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility. Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen facility frequently, in alignment with leadership expectations and the needs of the role. You may also be required to work from or visit a customer facility. Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role. Commitment to Non-Discrimination All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.