Business Analyst/Product Owner

Guidehouse Digital is hiring a Business Analyst/Product Owner to support requirements analysis, process definition, and agile delivery alignment for a platform modernization program tied to the GrantSolutions contract.

Responsibilities

• Elicit, analyze, document, and validate business, functional, non-functional, data, reporting, workflow, and integration requirements for large-scale modernization delivered via iterative agile execution.
• Create current-state and future-state process flows, business rules, user stories, acceptance criteria, use cases, interface requirements, and operational impact analyses to support incremental modernization.
• Support modernization work across the application development lifecycle, including integration-layer delivery, legacy coexistence, testing, deployment, training, and rollout activities.
• Partner with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Technical Leads, enterprise architects, vendors, and Federal stakeholders to refine backlogs, clarify scope, manage requirements traceability, and support prioritization of incremental capabilities.
• Analyze integration needs such as APIs, data exchange patterns, interface dependencies, shared services, system handoffs, and interactions between legacy components and modernized capabilities.
• Document legacy coexistence considerations, including workflow continuity, system-of-record decisions, duplicate processing paths, data synchronization, testing scenarios, operational readiness, and transition impacts.
• Participate in requirements reviews, design discussions, sprint planning, backlog grooming, demonstrations, user acceptance testing, defect triage, change impact assessments, and release readiness activities.
• Maintain analysis artifacts, including requirements documentation, process flows, user stories, acceptance criteria, traceability matrices, decision logs, interface coordination materials, and stakeholder communications.
• Translate technical integration concepts and modernization constraints into clear business language for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Build and sustain relationships across Federal stakeholders, vendors, delivery teams, architects, and partners to support coordinated modernization outcomes.

Requirements

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Federal or DoD PUBLIC TRUST; obtain approved adjudication of the PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse.
• Preferred: candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY.
• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum 6 to 8 years experience in business analysis, systems analysis, requirements management, process analysis, technology delivery support, agile delivery support, or related IT modernization work.
• Experience supporting platform modernization, system integration, or phased technology delivery while legacy systems remain operational.
• Working understanding of SDLC, platform modernization concepts, and incremental transition from legacy architecture to modular, API-enabled, cloud-aligned capabilities.
• Demonstrated facilitation skills for stakeholder discussions, including probing questions, synthesis of input, and building shared understanding across business, technical, and operational groups.
• Knowledge of Agile and other delivery methodologies, including experience supporting iterative delivery across vendors, delivery teams, or governance forums.
• Strong business and systems analysis experience: requirements elicitation, process mapping, user story development, acceptance criteria definition, stakeholder coordination, documentation, traceability, and change impact analysis.
• Exposure to integration-layer delivery, including APIs, data exchange patterns, interface dependencies, shared services, or handoffs between legacy and modernized capabilities.
• Ability to analyze vendor-delivered capabilities within a common platform architecture, supporting alignment to shared standards, release readiness criteria, requirements traceability, and governance decisions.
• Ability to identify, track, and escalate legacy coexistence risks including workflow continuity, data synchronization, testing scope, release sequencing, and operational transition planning.
• Ability to translate technical integration concepts into requirements and analysis artifacts (process flows, user stories, acceptance criteria, risk summaries, decision logs, and stakeholder communications) for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to proactively identify and support resolution of requirements gaps, process conflicts, data issues, testing blockers, and stakeholder decisions in highly regulated, multi-stakeholder environments.
• Strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills with a team-first, solution-oriented approach.
• Continuous improvement mindset and ability to balance urgency with long-term sustainability and program health.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills to support alignment between delivery activities, technology roadmaps, platform architecture standards, and modernization priorities.
• Experience related to business process, workflow automation, interoperability, and shared service initiatives that improve reuse, reduce duplication, and expand capabilities incrementally.
• Self-motivated, adaptable, and able to operate effectively in fast-paced environments with minimal supervision.
• Proficiency with requirements management, process modeling, backlog management, collaboration, and documentation tools: Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, Visio, Lucidchart, SharePoint, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint.

Technologies

• Jira
• Azure DevOps
• Confluence
• Visio
• Lucidchart
• SharePoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• APIs

Benefits

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
• Parental Leave
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Group Term Life and Travel Assistance
• Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
• Health Savings Account, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Transit and Parking Commuter Benefits
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development, Certifications & Learning Opportunities
• Employee Referral Program
• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
• Care.com annual membership
• Employee Assistance Program
• Supplemental Benefits via Corestream (Critical Care, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Legal Assistance and ID theft protection, etc.)
• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus

Travel Required

• Up to 10%

What Would Be Nice To Have

• Experience supporting platform modernization initiatives within enterprise or government environments.
• Experience supporting federal or government IT programs involving legacy system modernization, shared services, interoperability, or phased capability delivery.
• Experience supporting multi-vendor delivery within a common platform architecture, including alignment to shared standards, interface dependencies, release readiness, or governance expectations.
• Familiarity with API-enabled integration layers, data exchange patterns, canonical data models, or interface control processes that support incremental modernization.
• Experience supporting user experience, workflow simplification, operational continuity, and adoption during modernization transitions.
• CBAP, CCBA, PMI-PBA, Certified ScrumMaster, SAFe, or similar business analysis, systems analysis, agile, or scaled delivery certification preferred.
• Knowledge of emerging AI and Generative AI capabilities and ability to identify opportunities to enhance business analysis processes, documentation standards, and reporting through responsible AI adoption.
• Understanding of change management principles and organizational readiness activities.

What We Offer

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package with competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package focused on a diverse and supportive workplace.