Principal Business Analyst

Synapri; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Synapri is seeking a Principal/Lead Business Analyst to drive delivery across large-scale digital transformation programmes in London. The role requires leadership of BA practice, mentoring analysts, and ensuring consistent standards across delivery teams.

You will lead requirements analysis, operating model design and stakeholder engagement, guiding discovery through live delivery while partnering with Product, Architecture and Engineering to realise benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience as Principal/Lead Business Analyst on large-scale digital transformation programmes.
• Mentoring and assuring the work of Business Analysts; establish standards across delivery teams.
• Eliciting, analysing, documenting and prioritising complex requirements.
• Design of operating models, processes, capabilities and user journeys.
• Experience supporting technology-enabled transformation and legacy modernisation.
• Facilitating workshops with senior stakeholders and building consensus.
• Experience across Discovery, Alpha, Beta and Live delivery stages.

Responsibilities

• Lead BA practice across delivery teams and assure quality of analysis work.
• Collaborate with Product, Delivery, Architecture, UCD and Engineering to drive outcomes.
• Facilitate workshops and stakeholder engagement to align on requirements and benefits.
• Ensure consistent standards, methods and governance for business analysis work.

Skills

BA Leadership

Practice Leadership

Requirements Analysis

Operating Model Design

Digital Transformation

Stakeholder Mgmt

Delivery Lifecycle

Job description

Location: London (hybrid working - 2-3 days onsite)

Duration: 12 months +

Vetting: SC security clearance will be required

Essential Skills

• Business Analysis Leadership: Proven experience operating as a Principal/Lead Business Analyst across large-scale, complex digital transformation programmes.
• BA Practice Leadership: Experience leading, mentoring and assuring the work of Business Analysts, establishing consistent standards, methods and quality across delivery teams.
• Requirements & Analysis: Expert capability in eliciting, analysing, documenting and prioritising complex business, user and functional/non-functional requirements.
• Operating Model & Process Design: Strong experience analysing as-is/to-be processes, operating models, capabilities, user journeys and organisational impacts.
• Digital Transformation: Demonstrable experience supporting major technology-enabled transformation, service redesign and legacy modernisation programmes.
• Senior Stakeholder Management: Ability to facilitate workshops, challenge assumptions and build consensus across senior business, digital, technology and operational stakeholders.
• Delivery Lifecycle: Strong experience working across Discovery, Alpha, Beta and Live, collaborating with Product, Delivery, Architecture, UCD and Engineering teams.

Desirable Skills

• Previous Central Government or wider UK Public Sector transformation experience.
• Strong understanding of GDS Service Standard, Service Manual and government digital delivery approaches.
• Experience working across cross-government, multi-agency or highly complex stakeholder environments.
• Experience supporting business cases, benefits realisation and transformation roadmaps.
• Knowledge of Agile, Lean and user-centred design methodologies.
• Experience defining and embedding business analysis standards, communities of practice and capability development.
• Relevant qualification such as BCS Business Analysis, IIBA, Agile BA or equivalent.
• Security Clearance: Willing and eligible to obtain SC clearance; active SC clearance advantageous.

Our client operates hybrid working 2-3 days in London, with occasional client site visits will be required into Glasgow.