Lead Business Analyst

Job summary

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Business Analysis (BA) is an important part of the delivery of digital systems within the Health Research Authority (HRA). We are looking for an experienced lead business analyst who has expertise in shaping the full business analysis lifecycle in Agile SAFe and traditional delivery models.

As a Lead Business Analyst, you will play an important part in delivering programme business outcomes by setting up ways of working and providing the link between service users, stakeholders and programme delivery team. You will lead the wider Business Analysis Team to ensure business requirements are optimised and accurately converted to technical requirements, produce end-to-end, customer facing business process models (including As Is, To Be and transitional states) and optimise them to support our digital transformation initiatives.

Main duties of the job

be a leader in the business analysis community (across HRA and externally)

actively share knowledge and be seen as a go-to person in the BA discipline

own the main stakeholder relationships related to your discipline

analyse, understand, and define a business problem or opportunity

undertake research and analysis to understand how a business area works, considering the people, organisation, processes, information, data and technology

identify areas for improvement, explore feasible options, analyse the effects of change and define success measures

identify and elaborate user and business needs to enable effective design, development and testing of services and business change

assist the product management team to make decisions related to prioritisation and minimum viable product by using analysis led insights

ensure new products and services meet business and user needs, and are aligned with programme goals

understand any business and policy constraints that need to be considered, and assess the implications

have functional management or people management accountabilities, or a combination of both

mentor others

About us

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for you, not just us and the work we do.

We're committed to creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know from experience that different ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds create a stronger, more creative workplace that help us to deliver the best services.

We welcome applications which represent the rich diversity of our community. This includes:o ageo disabilityo ethnicityo gender identity and expressiono religion or beliefo sexo sexual orientationo other diverse characteristics

We have policies in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process.

When applying to work here, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement - if it works for you, we'll do our best to make it work for us.