Material+ - Lead Business Analyst - AI/ML in Gurgaon, भारत

About the Role:Srijan, a Material company, is a global digital engineering firm that solves complex technology challenges through deep technical expertise and strategic partnerships. We are looking for a Lead Business Analyst with hands-on experience in software applications, Data Science, AI/ML, and Agentic AI projects. The role involves understanding end-to-end business processes, identifying customer needs, evaluating solution options, and translating business requirements into clear, actionable specifications for technical implementation.Responsibilities:- Understand end-to-end business lifecycles and identify both stated and unstated customer needs to deliver business value.- Analyze, validate, refine, and optimize solution options, selecting approaches that best align with customer needs, business benefits, and product objectives.- Develop well-reasoned recommendations for decision-makers, supported by clear justification and effective stakeholder influencing.- Understand business domains and industry best practices to identify and propose new features, enhancements, and requirements.- Translate business needs into clear, structured, and actionable documentation for technical implementation.- Challenge assumptions, investigate unfamiliar problems, and apply practical, flexible thinking to identify effective solutions.- Communicate clearly and concisely, ensuring documentation is professional, reader-focused, grammatically accurate, and highlights missing or incomplete information.- Collaborate with stakeholders, actively listen to diverse perspectives, and incorporate relevant expertise into decision-making.- Support Agile delivery using Scrum practices and tools such as Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Word, Excel, and https://jobeax.com/link/JEYrQgU0xS3TrhqG :- 7 - 12 years of hands-on experience as a Business Analyst working with software applications.- Experience in Data Science, AI/ML, Agentic AI projects, and large-scale enterprise product development.- Strong understanding of Agile methodologies, particularly Scrum.- Proficiency in Jira, Confluence, wikis, Microsoft Word, Excel, and Visio.- Ability to evaluate solution alternatives, assess business impact, and recommend options aligned with customer and product objectives.- Strong analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, and stakeholder management skills.- Excellent requirements gathering, documentation, communication, and influencing skills.- Ability to understand business domains, identify improvement opportunities, and convert business needs into implementable requirements. (ref:hirist.tech)