Lead Business Analyst - Crude & Products

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

Job summary

Shell is seeking a Lead Business Analyst in London to act as a key driver of technology solutions, documenting business needs and facilitating processes for improvement. This role requires substantial experience and leadership, focusing on gas trading and Agile methodologies, within a company committed to energy transition and inclusiveness.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Paid parental leave

Access to training and development programs

Collaborative work culture

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in Business Analysis.
• Extensive Agile project experience.
• Knowledge of Gas Trading and Commodity Trading.

Responsibilities

• Capture business problems and requirements precisely.
• Create and present business cases to justify solutions.
• Lead a team of Business Analysts.

Skills

Leadership

Agile

Stakeholder Management

Business Analysis

Education

CBAP (Certified Business Analysis Professional)

PMI-PBA certification

Tools

VSTS

Job description

, United Kingdom

Job Family Group:
Information Technology (IT)

Worker Type:
Regular

Posting Start Date:
June 26, 2025

Business unit:
Projects and Technology

Experience Level:
Experienced Professionals

Job Description:

What's the role

As Lead Business Analyst, you will give you the opportunity to grow to become an active thought partner and solution visionary who shapes the technology demand and direction in the business community.

What you'll be doing

You will be responsible for identifying and documenting the business needs of their clients and stakeholders and helping to determine feasible solutions to meet business needs or resolve business problems.

This position has the following accountabilities:

• Precisely capturing business problems, value drivers, and functional/non-functional requirements, including health, safety, security, usability, data, and supportability considerations
• Translate business requirements into functionality and assess the risks, feasibility, opportunities, and business impacts of various solution options
• Assess and model processes, data flows, and technology to understand the current value and issues, and identify opportunities for improvement
• Create clear documentation to communicate requirements and related information; keep updated to align with the solution over the project lifecycle
• Ensure traceability of requirements from business needs and requirements, through testing and scope changes, to final solution
• Interact with software suppliers, designers and developers to understand software limitations, deliver elements of system and database design, and ensure that business requirements and use cases are handled
• Create acceptance criteria and validate that solutions meet business needs through defining and coordinating testing
• Create and present compelling business cases to justify solution value and establish approval, funding and prioritization
• Initiate, plan, execute, monitor, and control Business Analysis activities on projects within agreed parameters of cost, time and quality
• Support Business Analysts across the programme to help ensure a consistently high level of quality
• Understand and stay abreast of relevant architecture and technologies related to a business area. Research potential solutions and innovative ideas. Guide and managing interactions with technology vendors
• Lead stakeholder management activities including facilitation of large design sessions
• Build and maintain strong and effective working relationships with key business and IT stakeholders
• Support longer-term business strategic goals through proposing improvements in value, cost, process, data, technology, functionality, and initiating high-level business requirements and feasibility studies to discover options and directions
• Champion the development of long-term Business Analysis capability within Shell through bringing external perspectives, coaching others about BA techniques, identifying and promoting best practices, and contributing to community building
• This role would also lead a team of BAs in the program and will have line management responsibilities

What you bring

• Must have substantial years of experience, preferably with leadership background
• Must be able to come to the Shell London office at a minimum of twice a week
• Exposure to performing a Business Analysis role on a Trading platform
• Proven years of experience in Gas Trading
• Must be able to confidently explain different types of Commodity Trading
• Preferred with in-depth knowledge of Gas Trading
• Must have solid experience performing a Business Analysis role on a Trading platform and be able to talk confidently regards types of trades and their composition
• Extensive Agile project experience, including educating stakeholders
• Proficient in Agile frameworks and tooling (e.g., VSTS)
• Strong understanding of systems engineering and data/process analysis
• Knowledge of current and future technology developments
• Experience in cost/benefit analysis and business case development
• Strong interpersonal, influencing, and communication skills
• CBAP (Certified Business Analysis Professional) or PMI-PBA certification preferred

What we offer

You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You'll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You'll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.

• Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together.
• Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.
• Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.
• Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.
• Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.
• Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working.
• Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase.
• Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents.
• Join an organisation working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply.
• Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and
• international teams.
• Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes.

We'd like you to know that Shell has a bold goal: to become one of the world's most diverse and inclusive companies. You can get to know more about how we're working towards that goal, click here

Shell in The United Kingdom

Shell UK remains one of the North Sea's biggest producers, supplying around 10% of the UK's total oil and gas needs. But perhaps the most recognisable face of Shell in the UK is our network of over 1,000 Shell-branded service stations.

In the years ahead, as the UK looks to strengthen energy security and deliver its 2050 net-zero goal, Shell UK aims to play a crucial role. We aim to be a major investor in the UK energy system by helping our customers decarbonise with a focus on transport and industry.

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