Title: Lead RPA Business Analyst
Experience: 10-12
Location: Hyderabad
The Lead RPA Business Analyst is responsible for driving end-to-end RPA discovery, design, and delivery across multiple business units. This role leads BA activities, defines automation strategy, mentors junior BAs, and ensures automation initiatives deliver measurable business value aligned with enterprise standards and governance.
Key Responsibilities
Automation Strategy & Leadership
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Lead enterprise-wide RPA discovery and demand intake
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Define automation roadmap aligned with business priorities
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Establish best practices, standards, and templates for RPA BA activities
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Act as a key contributor to RPA CoE governance
Process Discovery & Assessment
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Identify, assess, and prioritize automation opportunities
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Conduct complex process assessments and feasibility studies
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Evaluate processes for RPA, API, workflow, or AI suitability
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Perform cost-benefit and ROI analysis
Requirements & Documentation
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Own and review PDD, BRD, FRD, Solution Design inputs
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Ensure accuracy and completeness of business rules and exceptions
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Manage scope, assumptions, risks, and dependencies
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Ensure documentation aligns with enterprise standards
Stakeholder & Program Management
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Engage senior stakeholders, business heads, and SMEs
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Facilitate workshops, walkthroughs, and executive reviews
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Manage expectations, risks, and change requests
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Act as escalation point for requirement and scope issues
Delivery & Quality Assurance
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Partner with RPA architects and developers during design
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Support sprint planning, backlog grooming, and reviews
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Oversee UAT strategy, test case review, and sign-off
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Ensure solutions meet business requirements and quality benchmarks
Governance, Metrics & Value Realization
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Track automation benefits, KPIs, and savings realization
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Ensure compliance with security, audit, and risk standards
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Identify continuous improvement and hyperautomation opportunities
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Drive post-deployment optimization and reuse
People & Capability Development
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Mentor and review work of junior RPA Business Analysts
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Conduct knowledge sessions and BA capability building
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Support hiring and onboarding of BA resources
Required Skills & Qualifications
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7–12 years of Business Analysis experience
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4+ years in RPA / Intelligent Automation initiatives
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Experience leading multiple RPA programs or CoE initiatives
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Strong hands-on knowledge of:
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UiPath / Automation Anywhere / Blue Prism / Power Automate
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Deep understanding of:
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Attended & unattended automation
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OCR, IDP, APIs, AI/ML integration
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Exception handling and reusability
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Exposure to hyperautomation and workflow tools
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Knowledge of Agile / SAFe / Waterfall delivery models
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Understanding of SDLC, security, and compliance requirements
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Basic knowledge of SQL, APIs, and system integrations
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Excellent stakeholder and executive communication.
