Senior AI Business Analyst

Willis Towers Watson; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance brokerage seeks a commercially astute Senior Business Analyst with strong experience in AI development. The role involves driving AI projects, collaborating with stakeholders, and translating business requirements into solutions. Candidates with experience in the insurance sector are preferred, but other sectors will be considered. This position offers a hybrid work model with opportunities for professional growth and various perks tailored for employees.

Benefits

Paid professional memberships

Employee assistance programme

Variety of additional benefits

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst, ideally in the insurance sector.
• Strong understanding of AI technologies and Technical Prompting.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Drive business analysis for high-impact AI projects.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements.
• Translate business needs into functional specifications.

Skills

Experienced in business analysis

Strong understanding of AI technologies

Excellent stakeholder management

Commercial acumen

Leadership experience

Education

Degree in Business, Computer Science, Data Science, or related field

Tools

AI tooling and platforms

Job description

Job Description

Fantastic opportunity for a commercially astute Senior Business Analyst with in-depth experience of AI (Gen AI and Prompting) development & systems to take on this new role. Ideally, you will have a strong background in the insurance industry but we will consider candidates from other sectors.

Based within our Corporate Risk & Broking (CRB) GB Operations team and with line management responsibility, you will be pivotal to delivering across many strategic AI-driven projects that will transform how we operate and serve clients globally. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to define requirements, shape solutions, and ensure successful delivery of AI initiatives within our AI engineering lab.

This role will be based in our London offices and will be offered on a hybrid basis.

The Role

• Help drive the business analysis for a high-impact AI projects across our global broking business.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across broking, operations, and technology to gather and validate requirements.
• Translate business needs into functional specifications for AI-driven solutions.
• Work with internal and external stakeholders to design and implement intelligent agents.
• Conduct gap analyses, process mapping, and impact assessments.
• Support change management and training initiatives to embed AI solutions across the business.
• Monitor project progress, risks, and benefits realisation.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and data governance standards.
• Manage internal controls, risk management, and change processes to ensure robust governance and successful delivery and adoption of AI solutions.
• Team line management responsibility.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst, ideally in the insurance sector (broking, claims, or operations) although other sectors will be considered.
• Strong understanding of AI technologies, Technical Prompting, and systematic use of AI to achieve impactful business outcomes.
• Demonstrable logical and systematic thinking skills, and willingness to apply that to AI driven processes, and solutions.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Strong commercial acumen and strategic thinking.
• Leadership experience desirable but not essential.

Desirable Qualifications

• Degree in Business, Computer Science, Data Science, or related field.
• Certifications in Business Analysis (e.g., BCS, IIBA) or AI/ML (e.g., Coursera, Microsoft, Google).
• Experience working with AI tooling, platforms and agential frameworks.

We support your growth and balance with hybrid working options, paid professional memberships, access to an employee assistance programme, and a fully paid volunteer day to make a difference in your community. On top of these, you can opt into a variety of additional perks including an electric vehicle car scheme, share scheme, cycle-to-work programme, dental and optical cover, critical illness protection, and much more. Start making the most of your career and wellbeing with a range of benefits tailored for you.

At WTW, we believe difference makes us stronger. We want our workforce to reflect the different and varied markets we operate in and to build a culture of inclusivity that makes colleagues feel welcome, valued, and empowered to bring their whole selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive work environment throughout our organisation. We embrace all types of diversity.

We're committed to equal employment opportunity and provide application, interview and workplace adjustments and accommodations to all applicants. If you foresee any barriers, from the application process through to joining WTW, please email [e-mail].