Lead Business Analyst

About the role

CoorB is looking for a Lead Business Analyst in Jeddah to lead and oversee business analysis activities across multiple projects, ensuring quality delivery through team members. The role defines, standardizes and enforces business analysis methodologies, templates and governance, and manages and mentors Business Analysts while providing direction to Senior Business Analysts.

Key responsibilities

• Manage, mentor and develop Business Analysts, including performance management, capability development and resource allocation across projects.
• Provide direction to Senior Business Analysts and act as escalation point for complex challenges, cross-project conflicts and stakeholder misalignment.
• Define and manage prioritization of business analysis efforts across projects, balancing strategic oversight with selective hands-on work.
• Engage with senior stakeholders, clients and partners to understand business needs and represent the Business Analysis function in client engagements.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, QA and DevOps teams to align business objectives with system implementations.
• Keep visibility on requirements-related risks and dependencies, working with Project/Delivery Managers.
• Support pre-sales, proposals and client discussions with domain expertise and solution support when needed.
• Drive continuous improvement of business analysis practices.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in MIS, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or a related field.
• 7-10 years of experience as a Business Analyst, with at least 2-3 years in a leadership or senior role.
• Strong experience in fintech, banking or digital transformation projects.
• Proven experience leading requirements gathering and managing complex stakeholder environments.

Required skills

• Hands-on experience with Agile methodologies and tools such as Jira.
• Business process modeling, data analysis and solution design.
• Strong understanding of SDLC and software delivery processes.
• Leadership, mentoring, negotiation, communication and multi-project management skills.