Senior Business Analyst (AI Focus)

NetImpact Strategies is seeking a Senior Business Analyst (AI Focus) to support Federal clients, combining leadership with technical expertise to bridge business needs and technical solutions.

Location: United States

Responsibilities

• Provide thought leadership for product development, solution implementation, and continuous improvement.
• Serve as the primary client-facing lead, managing communication, expectations, and stakeholder engagement.
• Lead project planning, coordination, and execution across Agile or hybrid delivery methodologies.
• Manage project scope, schedules, risks, dependencies, and quality to ensure successful delivery.
• Facilitate requirements-gathering sessions and develop clear functional and non-functional requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Act as the functional expert for a proprietary toolset, advising on capabilities, constraints, and solution feasibility.
• Collaborate with technical teams, architects, and QA to ensure alignment between business needs, system design, and implementation.
• Provide functional guidance during solution design, recommending approaches that balance usability, performance, and system constraints.
• Review and guide development of functional deliverables including process flows, configuration documentation, and design artifacts.
• Support development of test scenarios, provide guidance throughout testing cycles, and assist with UAT execution.
• Support training, deployment planning, and transition-to-operations activities.
• Ensure all deliverables and project artifacts comply with Federal standards and quality assurance requirements.
• Apply strong problem-solving, technical understanding, curiosity, and delivery focus to proactively address issues and identify opportunities for improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Business Administration, Information Systems, or related field
• 8+ years of experience in IT project delivery roles, including at least 3 years in project management or business analysis within Federal environments
• Experience interacting with AI (Artificial Intelligence) to support delivery of software modernization projects
• Proven ability to interface with customers and executive stakeholders
• Strong domain expertise in one or more functional areas
• Expert level BA skills
• Hands-on ability to gather and document requirements
• Ability to manage a small team if needed
• Ability to manage AI agents
• Experience with requirements elicitation, process mapping, and functional documentation
• Strong understanding of software delivery methodologies
• Proficiency with project management and collaboration tools
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor communication to both technical and non-technical audiences
• US Citizenship required; must be eligible for a Secret clearance

Benefits

• Your health comes first – we offer comprehensive medical, dental, & vision insurance that starts the first of the month after you join the team
• Invest in your future – 401(k) Plan – Immediately vested employer contributions; no matching required
• Work hard, play hard – we offer a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) policy, one (1) additional day of paid wellness leave per calendar year, and observe ten (10) federal holidays
• Pawsitively pawesome – Pet Insurance (because our little critters are part of our families, too!)
• Invest in your education – Tuition reimbursement, internal training programs, & company-sponsored industry certifications!
• Be part of a dynamic and collaborative work environment recently ranked by The Washington Post as a Top Work Place in 2019, 2021,2022, 2023, & 2024!
• Have fun and celebrate and give back – Team building activities, community volunteering, quarterly HQ days, wellness events, happy hours, family fun events, and more!