Lead Business Analyst

Cora Health Group Limited; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Cora Health Group Limited is seeking an experienced Lead Business Analyst to drive analysis across multiple transformation initiatives within the IM&T function. You will collaborate with clinical, operational and technical stakeholders to ensure clear business requirements and measurable benefits.

Reporting to the Head of Design and Delivery, you will guide and mentor analysts, shape solutions aligned with NHS objectives and support governance, readiness and benefits realisation throughout the

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading analysis on complex business change, digital transformation or tech projects.
• Strong requirements elicitation, process modelling and stakeholder management skills.
• Able to facilitate workshops, challenge constructively and influence senior stakeholders.
• Experience coaching or leading other Business Analysts while maintaining high delivery standards.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities with gap/root-cause analysis and options appraisal.

Responsibilities

• Lead analysis activities across projects and change initiatives.
• Facilitate discovery sessions and stakeholder engagement to capture requirements and improvements.
• Manage requirements, user stories, process maps and acceptance criteria across workstreams.
• Provide guidance and coaching to other Analysts and embed best practices across the PMO.

Skills

Requirements elicitation

Process modelling

Stakeholder management

Workshop facilitation

Leadership

Communication

Education

BCS or IIBA certification

Job description

Job summary

Leading business analysis activities across complex projects and transformation programmes, ensuring high-quality analysis throughout the project lifecycle.Facilitating discovery workshops and stakeholder engagement sessions to understand business challenges, define requirements and identify opportunities for improvement.Producing and managing business requirements, user stories, process maps, acceptance criteria and other analysis deliverables.Mapping current and future-state processes, undertaking gap analysis and identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, standardisation and automation.Providing quality assurance, guidance and coaching to Business Analysts, helping to develop capability and embed best practice across the organisation.Working with Project Managers and stakeholders to manage priorities, dependencies, risks and analysis activities across multiple workstreams.Presenting findings, recommendations and solution options to senior leaders and decision-makers, supporting evidence-based decision making.Supporting testing, business readiness, implementation and benefits realisation activities to ensure solutions deliver the intended outcomes.Contributing to the ongoing development of business analysis standards, frameworks, templates and continuous improvement initiatives within the PMO.

Main duties of the job

Significant experience working as a Business Analyst, including leading analysis activities on complex business change, digital transformation or technology projects.Strong experience in requirements elicitation, process modelling, stakeholder management and end-to-end requirements management.Proven ability to facilitate workshops, challenge constructively, build consensus and influence senior stakeholders.Experience coaching, mentoring or providing professional leadership to other Business Analysts while maintaining high standards of delivery.Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience conducting gap analysis, root cause analysis and options appraisals.Strong communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical and business information into clear, meaningful recommendations.A recognised Business Analysis qualification, such as BCS or IIBA certification, or equivalent practical experience.Experience within healthcare, NHS or health technology environments would be advantageous.

About us

Connect Health and Healthshare have come together as one organisation - Cora Health - combining our decades of experience in providing healthcare services on behalf of the NHS

Job description

Job responsibilities

Connect Health and Healthshare have come together as one organisation - Cora Health - combining our decades of experience in providing healthcare services on behalf of the NHSPurpose of the Job RoleWe're looking for an experienced Lead Business Analyst to join our Information Management & Technology (IM&T) team and play a key role in delivering Cora Health's digital transformation agenda. Reporting to the Head of Design and Delivery, you'll provide both hands-on business analysis expertise and professional leadership across a portfolio of projects and change initiatives. Working closely with clinical, operational and technical stakeholders, you'll ensure business requirements are clearly understood, solutions are aligned to organisational objectives, and change initiatives deliver measurable benefits. This is an exciting opportunity to influence strategic decision-making, drive continuous improvement and help shape the future of healthcare services through technology and innovation.

Job responsibilities

Connect Health and Healthshare have come together as one organisation - Cora Health - combining our decades of experience in providing healthcare services on behalf of the NHSPurpose of the Job RoleWe're looking for an experienced Lead Business Analyst to join our Information Management & Technology (IM&T) team and play a key role in delivering Cora Health's digital transformation agenda. Reporting to the Head of Design and Delivery, you'll provide both hands-on business analysis expertise and professional leadership across a portfolio of projects and change initiatives. Working closely with clinical, operational and technical stakeholders, you'll ensure business requirements are clearly understood, solutions are aligned to organisational objectives, and change initiatives deliver measurable benefits. This is an exciting opportunity to influence strategic decision-making, drive continuous improvement and help shape the future of healthcare services through technology and innovation.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Desirable

• A recognised Business Analysis qualification, such as BCS or IIBA certification

Person Specification

Qualifications

Desirable

• A recognised Business Analysis qualification, such as BCS or IIBA certification

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

Cora Health Group Limited

Address

Newcastle
Newcastle upon Tyne
Tyne and Wear
NE12 8EU
United Kingdom