Lead Technical Business Analyst (Portals & CMS)

Job Title: Lead Technical Business Analyst (Portals & CMS)

Location: Maryland (MD)
Experience Level: 12+ Years of professional IT experience

Note: Only on W2

Position Overview

We are seeking a highly seasoned Lead Technical Business Analyst with a minimum of 12 years of commercial IT experience to drive the strategy, design, and execution of our enterprise-level public portals, corporate intranets, and digital experiences. This role sits entirely within our commercial business division. A major focus of this position will be leveraging Sanity CMS to architect modern, flexible content models and decoupled web frameworks. You will act as the key technical bridge between commercial product managers, UI/UX designers, enterprise architects, and engineering teams to transform creative digital concepts into scalable technical realities.

Required Qualifications & Technical Skills

●       Experience: 12+ years as a Technical Business Analyst, Systems Analyst, or Scrum Master/Product Owner in commercial, corporate, or enterprise-scale environments.

●       Headless CMS Expertise: At least 3+ years of specific experience working with Sanity CMS (or closely related modern headless platforms like Contentful, Strapi, or Contentstack). Proven understanding of structured content, GROQ/GraphQL querying, and Sanity Studio configuration.

●       Jira & Agile Expertise: Advanced proficiency in Jira administration and structuring (building filters, creating custom dashboards, configuring workflows, and utilizing Jira Advanced Roadmaps). Expert-level capability in breaking down monolith technical requirements into clean, manageable vertical user slices.

●       Technical Skills: Strong understanding of modern web architectures, including Jamstack, serverless, cloud platforms (AWS), and modern front-end frameworks (e.g., Next.js, React). Proficient in web fundamentals: RESTful and GraphQL APIs, JSON, HTML/CSS, and identity solutions (OAuth, OpenID Connect, SAML, SSO). Solid data literacy, including using SQL or modern graph query languages for data mapping and analysis.

●       Soft Skills: Exceptional stakeholder communication skills with a proven track record of managing competing priorities among commercial business leaders, content editors, and engineering teams.

Preferred Qualifications (Nice to Have)

●       Professional Business Analysis certification (CBAP, PMI-PBA).

●       Agile leadership certifications (CSM, CSPO, SAFe POPM, or PMI-ACP).

●       Experience with commercial analytics and personalization tools (e.g., Google Analytics, Adobe Target, Optimizely).

●       Familiarity with CI/CD tools (e.g., Vercel, Netlify, GitHub Actions) and automated content deployment pipelines.