Lead Business Analyst

Xoserve; Metropolitan Borough of Solihull; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 79,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

£72k salary

Discretionary bonus

Pension up to 12%

Life insurance

36 days annual leave

Income protection

Private Medical Insurance

Health cashback

EV Salary Sacrifice

Employee Assistance

Professional development

Wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

Xoserve, the UK gas industry’s central data services provider, seeks a Lead Business Analyst to head the BA practice, guide operating model work, and line-manage a team of analysts. The role blends strategic analysis with hands-on delivery within a transformation agenda.

This hybrid position is based in Solihull, offers a route to influence across portfolios, and requires experience in regulated sectors and senior stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications

• Formal business analysis capability with strategy and TOM concepts (TOGAF/BIZBOK).
• Proven line management experience leading BA teams.
• Experience building a community of practice or centre of excellence.

Responsibilities

• Provide line management to the BA team, allocate workload and coach.
• Represent BA interests at senior forums for governance and decision making.
• Lead a BA community of practice and enforce standards across projects.

Skills

Strategy & TOM

Line management

Community of practice

Process modelling

BPMN/UML

Stakeholder influence

Regulated sectors

Agile & waterfall

Education

BCS Diploma in Business Analysis

IIBA certifications

Tools

BPMN

UML

Job description

Xoserve is the UK gas industry’s Central Data Services Provider, playing a critical role in supporting the safe, efficient and reliable operation of Britain’s gas market. It provides a single, trusted source of industry data and services for gas suppliers, shippers and transporters, ensuring information is accurate, secure, and consistently shared across the sector. By managing the central gas register and providing insight on gas flows across the network, Xoserve helps the industry balance supply and demand and supports effective market processes that benefit consumers. As the energy system transitions, Xoserve is committed to enabling affordable, accessible decarbonisation by supporting the integration of green gas and biomethane into the UK’s energy mix. Xoserve is an equal employment opportunity employer, and we are building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace for everyone.

Role Summary

Reporting to the OPTiX Project Director (Organisation, Process & Technology in Xoserve), the Lead Business Analyst provides Business Analysis leadership across Xoserve’s change portfolios. The role combines strategic business analysis and operating model input with line management of the Business Analyst teamand is accountable for building and leading the Business Analysis practice across the organisation.

This position is suited to an experienced, strategic Business Analyst with exposure to operating model design activities, who is ready to step into a leadership role to lead and develop a team of Business Analysts, and raise the standard and profile of business analysis across Xoserve’s transformation agenda.

Responsibilities

• Provide line management to the Business Analyst team, including workload allocation, performance management, coaching, and professional development.
• Deputise for the OPTiX Project Director to represent Business Architecture & Business Analysis interests at senior stakeholder and governance forums.
• Build and lead a Business Analyst community of practice, establishing shared standards, tools, templates, and promoting best practice ways of working across the BA discipline.
• Oversee the Business Analysis artefacts for consistency and quality across the team, ensuring requirements and analysis outputs across the team meet agreed standards and quality expectations.
• Provide end-to-end business analysis support to strategy and target operating model (TOM) work, bringing BA rigour to business architecture activities and helping shape Xoserve’s future-state operating model.
• Lead the most strategic and complex Business Analysis assignments across projects and programmes, setting the standard for the wider BA team.
• Elicit, document, prioritise, validate, and communicate business, functional, and non-functional requirements, user stories and related acceptance criteria across projects and programmes.
• Perform gap analyses and contribute to business case development and benefit/value articulation.
• Maintain end to end traceability from business objectives and problem statements through to requirements (including regulatory requirements), solution design, testing and delivered outcomes.
• Support stakeholders in shaping business needs and future-state designs, identifying risks, constraints & dependencies.
• Lead discovery activities including current-/target-state analysis and feasibility assessment.
• Facilitate workshops for requirements gathering, problem-solving, and solution design.
• Work collaboratively with Solution Architects to support technology options evaluation.
• Liaise across business teams, delivery teams, and external suppliers.

Specialist/Technical Expertise

• Business analysis experience gained within a business architecture practice, with working knowledge of strategy and target operating model (TOM) concepts and frameworks (e.g. TOGAF, BIZBOK).
• Proven line management experience, with the ability to lead, coach and develop a team of Business Analysts.
• Experience building and leading a community of practice or centre of excellence.
• Experience in process modelling, data modelling, and requirements engineering.
• Ability to interpret, challenge, and validate complex business needs.
• Proficiency in business analysis toolsets and modelling notations (e.g., BPMN, UML).
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with the ability to handle ambiguity.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including presenting complex information clearly and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Experience developing business cases and conducting options appraisals.
• Comfortable leading workshops and influencing stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience in agile and waterfall development methodologies and working in cross-functional delivery teams.
• Ability to work on a range of initiatives concurrently and comfortable managing competing priorities.
• Experience in highly regulated sectors.
• Previous experience in a Lead BA, BA Practice Lead, or similar Business Analysis leadership role.
• Professional Business Analysis qualifications (e.g. BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis; IIBA certifications).
• Experience supporting software procurement activities.
• Experience in utilities.

What we offer:

• A competitive annual salary up to £72,000 per annum, reflective of your skills and experience
• Discretionary individual performance bonus linked to your overall contribution
• Generous pension scheme to support your long-term financial wellbeing- up to 12% employer contribution
• Life insurance providing peace of mind for you and your family
• 36 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays) to rest and recharge
• Income protection to support you should illness or injury prevent you from working
• Enhanced annual leave options, including the ability to purchase additional holiday each year
• Enhanced family friendly policies
• Access to contributory Private Medical Insurance for you and your family (Bupa)
• Health cashback plan for you and up to four dependent children (Medicash)
• 24/7 virtual GP, plus remote Physiotherapy, Mental Health Support, and Medical Second Opinion (Help@Hand)
• Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme (Octopus EV)
• Free, confidential Employee Assistance Programme (LifeWorks)
• Commitment to ongoing learning and development opportunities
• Financial support for one annual professional membership subscription
• A wide range of wellbeing initiatives
• Discounts on high street retailers, supermarkets, cinema tickets, holidays, and more
• Paid volunteering hours to support our local communities
• Opportunity to take part in our twice yearly employee events, social activities, and ongoing engagement initiatives

This is a hybrid working role based in our Solihull office, with a minimum of two days per week working onsite.

Please note that we are unable to offer Skilled Worker Sponsorship. Candidates must ensure they have the appropriate right to work in the UK before applying.

The closing date for applications is 6 th October 2026. We encourage candidates to submit their applications as early as possible and not to wait until the published closing date. Xoserve’s recruitment periods can and may vary. We reserve the right to remove this advert or close it to further applications at any point during the recruitment process.