Lead Business Analyst

BOOTS; London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Boots is seeking a Lead Business Analyst to join their Tech Leadership team at Boots Digital Health. This pivotal role involves working across healthcare applications, leading a team of analysts, and engaging with stakeholders to ensure optimal delivery of technology solutions. The successful candidate will play a critical role in shaping the future of healthcare technology at Boots.

Benefits

Boots Retirement Savings Plan

Discretionary annual bonus

Generous employee discounts

Enhanced parental leave pay

Flexible benefits scheme

Access to 24/7 counselling and support

Qualifications

• Experience in Agile software delivery in a leadership capacity.
• Background as a Product Owner/Product Manager or Business Analyst is essential.
• Proficiency in managing, influencing, and collaborating with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead Tech Business Analysts to ensure delivery of projects.
• Manage demand for the tech team and facilitate backlog grooming.
• Engage with business functions to inform product roadmaps.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Negotiation

Job description

Job Title: Lead Business Analyst

Location: Nottingham

Contract: Perm

Recruiter: Noaman Hussain

Who we are

We believe healthcare should be convenient and accessible to all, which is why we have created Boots Digital Health - the business behind the Boots Online Doctor. Providing patients with online access to advice and treatment from medical experts, the Boots Online Doctor has fast become a market leader, but we've got ambitious plans and we're not slowing down anytime soon. Boots Digital Health is an exciting place to be, offering the growth culture of a startup with the scale and support of the 170 year old Boots brand. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, passionate about providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all. Join us and together we can change healthcare for the better through innovative technology and services to the UK and beyond. With you. We change for the better.

About the role

We are looking for a Lead Business Analyst, as a member of the Tech Leadership team at Boots Digital Health. This is an opportunity to work across a diverse landscape of healthcare applications and programmes, being at the centre of Boots Digital Health business, delivering the best solutions that put our customer needs first.

Reporting to the IT Director, you will manage demand coming into the tech team, supporting both continuous delivery and more traditional project delivery methodologies. You will work with development teams and product owners/managers to prioritise backlogs within our Agile Delivery Model, and ensure value is unlocked early and following our goals.

Key responsibilities

• Lead a team of Tech Business Analysts at Boots Digital Health to ensure delivery
• Manage relationships with partners (both business & technical) to shape, influence and inform strategic direction
• Manage demand coming into the Boots Digital Health Tech Team
• Facilitate preparation of high-level functional and non-functional requirements to support initial sizing of new projects and ongoing master backlog grooming.
• Support BAs and Product Owners in breaking down work packages into well-crafted Epics, Features and User Stories.
• Engage with business functions to understand their strategy and business plans to create product roadmaps.
• Support test teams and delivery teams with the evaluation of defects and prioritisation of these defects.
• Line management of business analyst working within the area.
• Work with the broader team to prepare and facilitate PI planning.
• You will be a leader in the IT leadership to identify and improve processes

What you'll need to have

• You will have experience working within an Agile software delivery environment in a leadership role.
• You will have experience working as a Product Owner/Product Manager or Business Analyst.
• You will understand Agile methodologies supported by the skills to guide and coach teams in prioritising and working towards a product backlog.
• You will understand principles, theories, practices, and techniques for managing activities involved in planning and delivering software development projects.
• You will manage, influence, negotiate and collaborate with a variety of stakeholders at all levels in the business.

Our benefits

• Boots Retirement Savings Plan
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Generous employee discounts
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child
• Flexible benefits scheme including option to buy additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more.
• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.

We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you - find out more at boots.jobs/rewards. Exclusions may apply, eligible roles only. Please note, any salary estimates given on third-party sites are not provided or endorsed by Boots and may not be accurate.

Why Boots

At Boots, we foster a working environment where consideration and inclusivity help everyone to be themselves and reach their full potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all. As the heart of everything we do at Boots, with you, we change for the better.

What's next

Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.

This role requires the successful candidate to complete a Pre-employment check after receiving an offer. Depending on your location you will be asked to submit either a DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service), PVG (Protection of Vulnerable groups) or an Access NI Check.

Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.

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