Senior Business Analyst

Capgemini; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology transformation company is seeking a Business Analyst to lead client workshops and develop business opportunities. The role requires experience in user-centered product development and the ability to manage stakeholders effectively. Candidates should have a background in public sector projects and must be eligible for Security Check (SC) clearance. The position offers hybrid working and a variety of training and development opportunities.

Benefits

Access to 250,000 courses

Development opportunities

Hybrid working environment

Qualifications

• Experience in user-centred product or service development projects.
• Comfortable working with technical subject matter experts.
• Identifying business opportunities with clients.

Responsibilities

• Lead client workshops and manage stakeholder priorities.
• Use data to inform decisions and challenge constructively.
• Take responsibility for Business Analysis on complex projects.

Skills

User-centred product development

Technical environment experience

Business opportunity development

Mentoring BAs

Public Sector project experience

Sustainability mindset

Education

BCS Business Analysis certification

Job description

About The Job You're Considering

You will be part of a growing, client-centric practice shaping the future of public service delivery, in a role offering a clear path to leadership.

Hybrid working

The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; it will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at home 100% of the time.

Pre‑employment checks

If you are successfully offered this position, you will go through a series of pre‑employment checks, including identity, nationality (single or dual) or immigration status, employment history going back 3 continuous years, and unspent criminal record check (known as Disclosure and Barring Service).

Your role

• Lead both face to face and virtual client workshops, managing stakeholders with differing priorities to reach agreed requirements
• Take an evidence‑based approach, i.e. using data to inform, and where necessary constructively challenge decisions, ensuring that the right outcome is reached.
• Work with ambiguity, bringing clarity and cutting through complexity.
• Work closely with Solution Architects, Product Managers, User Experience Designers, whilst also understanding how to work effectively with other disciplines to deliver an end‑to‑end solution which meets clients’ requirements.
• Understand industry trends, look for new opportunities for work within your projects, contribute to bid proposals and drive innovation which will increase client value e.g., use of Generative AI to enhance business processes.
• Take responsibility for leading Business Analysis on complex projects, often in high pressure situations, role modelling professional behaviours to colleagues.
• Have people management responsibilities, driving improvements across the BA profession, actively supporting the development and career progression of other BAs.

Your Skills And Experience

• Working on user‑centred product or service development projects.
• Working in a technical environment. Comfortable working closely with solution architects and other technical subject matter experts supporting technical requirements.
• Identifying and developing business opportunities with clients.
• Supporting and developing other BAs through activities such as people management and mentoring.
• Working on projects in the Public Sector or other legislative driven sectors such Utilities, Energy or Pharmaceutical.
• Incorporating a sustainability mindset into solutions.

And The Ability To

• Influence strategy and leadership direction within complex engagements.
• Become a domain expert in the field in which you are working.
• Understand the architecture and the technologies being used to deliver a solution.
• Work with low level detail, as well as holistically, driving the strategy and seeing the bigger picture.
• Build collaborative stakeholder relationships with a range of colleagues and clients up to the most senior level.
• Become a trusted advisor to our clients, providing coaching where necessary.

BCS Business Analysis certification would be desirable.

Your security clearance

To be successfully appointed to this role, it is a requirement be eligible for Security Check (SC) clearance. To obtain SC clearance, the successful applicant must have resided continuously within the United Kingdom for the last 5 years, along with other criteria and requirements.

What does ‘Get the Future You Want’ mean for you

You will be empowered to explore, innovate, and progress. You will benefit from Capgemini’s ‘learning for life’ mindset, meaning you will have countless training and development opportunities from thinktanks to hackathons, and access to 250,000 courses with numerous external certifications from AWS, Microsoft, Harvard ManageMentor, Cybersecurity qualifications and much more.

Why you should consider Capgemini

Growing clients’ businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask. When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a thriving company and become part of a diverse collective of free‑thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts. We find new ways technology can help us reimagine what’s possible. It’s why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world’s leading businesses, and it’s how you’ll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future. By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge, and always pushing yourself to do better, you’ll build the skills you want. You’ll use your skills to help our clients leverage technology to innovate and grow their business.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organisations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end‑to‑end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fuelled by its market‑leading capabilities in AI, generative AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion.