Senior Business Analyst

Version-1; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing

Career development

Flexible/remote

Private healthcare

Life assurance

Gym discounts

Paid leave

Job summary

Version 1, a trusted technology and transformation partner, is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to shape complex digital programmes. You’ll frame problems, synthesize data and stakeholder input into clear options and practical paths to value, working with Product, Delivery, Engineering and Design to align WHY/WHAT and enable execution.

You’ll lead analysis across transformation lifecycles, prioritise benefits, and support decision-making with concise narratives and workshops.

Qualifications

• Frame the problem with hypotheses and identify levers that matter.
• Experience with GOV.UK Service Standard or public sector rollout is desirable.
• Able to connect ambiguous problems to tangible business outcomes with clear deliverables.
• Translate analysis into actionable insights and prioritised benefits for clients.

Responsibilities

• Frame the problem & focus areas to define hypotheses and scope.
• Shape options into robust analyses with clear criteria and assumptions.
• Build trust with clients through high-quality work and active listening.
• Influence decisions with narrative, workshops, and concise proposals.
• Stay end-to-end to protect value and ensure outcomes are embedded.
• Measure success and support handover to BAU for sustained impact.

Skills

Consulting calibre BA

GOV/UK public sector experience

Strategic analytics

Translational thinking

Stakeholder management

Delivery in Agile

Job description

Version 1 has celebrated30 yearsinbusinessand continues to be trusted by global brands to delivertechnology and transformationsolutions that drive customer success. Ourdeepexpertiseenables our customers to navigate the rapidlyevolving technology landscape. We foster strong partnerships withglobal technology leadersincluding Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat,OutSystems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services.

We’rean award-winning employer reflecting how our employees are at the very heartof whatwe do:

• 10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK
• Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW
• Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW

We’rea corevalues drivencompany, we hire people who share our values, and we reward those who display and foster them,it’sdeeply embedded within our DNA. Invest in us andwe’llinvest in you!.

Job Description

Our clients ask us to make sense of complex, ambiguous problem spaces across digital transformation initiatives,spanning products, platforms, operating models, and data. As a Senior BA here, you’re a problem framer and synthesiser, notan order taker,who turns research, stakeholder input, and data into clear options, a recommendation, and a practical path to value. You partner closely with Product, Delivery, Engineering and Design to shape the “why/what”, enable the “how”,andde-riskdeliveryend to end.

As a Senior Business Analyst you will deliver for clients today and lean in to building the BA capability here, growing their careers alongside the function as TDG grows.

Qualifications

Who you are:

• A consultingcalibre BA:who thrives in ambiguity and brings structured, hypothesisdriven thinking to messy problems. You’re not aticketwriter; you create clarity, choices, and decisions.
• Industry relevance: Experienced working to the GOV.UK Service Standard or within the public sector.
• Strategic + analytical:you’re comfortable stepping into ambiguous problem spaces and connecting them to tangible, measurable business outcomes. You help clients break these down into clear, step‑by‑step deliverables, bringing analytical rigour so the work can be planned and delivered with confidence.
• Translational:you turn analysis into meaningful insights that underpin decision making. You work with Product and clients toprioritisebenefits and trade‑offs across optionsandoutlinepractical routes to value. Slides and docs are vehicles for judgement, not the job.
• Stakeholderpartner:you buildcredibility and trustquickly, operatingasatrusted advisor and collaborator. Youtailorengagement to context and seniority, and you use concise, outcome-led interactions to help stakeholders align and make decisions at pace.
• Deliverypragmatic:you’ve worked effectively in Agile environments,but you canflex your approach to context. You stay focused on client needs and protect outcomes throughout the delivery lifecycle, regardless of framework.
• Digital transformation experience: you’ve led analysis and direction‑setting on complex digital programmes, working across the transformation lifecycle-from early problem framing and research, through analysis and stakeholder alignment, into shaping solution direction and supporting delivery end‑to‑end.
• Mindset:you’re outcomes-focused, commercially aware, and comfortable working in the open - sharing your thinking early and being transparent aboutpotential pitfalls.You bring no ego: you listen carefully, seek feedback early, and adapt your approach based on what you hear.

How you operate:

• Frame the problem & focus areas: Rapidly clarify the problem situation, define hypotheses, and identify the few levers that matter. Stay outcomes‑oriented-keep the bigger picture visible and regularly check scope and decisions against it as delivery progresses.
• Shape options into solution & decision: Build robust options analyses tied to strategy,using clear criteria and stated assumptions. Comparebenefits, costs, risks, dependencies, and constraints, and produce decision-ready recommendations.
• Build trust with clients: Create a dynamic that quickly builds strong client relationships by delivering high quality work, actively listening to concerns, and picking up on and responding to feedback.
• Influence decisions through narrative and facilitation: Set the right forums, run crisp workshops, and use compelling narrative to secure decisions - pitch proposals, don’t just present information.
• Stayend-to-end& protect value: Maintain continuity from discovery through delivery: refine scope, ensure deliverables serve outcomes (not the other way around), actively manage risks/assumptions, keep documentation lean and useful, and adapt approach to keep the intended outcomes and benefits intact.
• Measure what matters: Help teamsclarifyexpected benefits, agree what “success” looks like, andsupport the handover to BAU to ensure the change is embedded and outcomes can be demonstrated.

Additional Information

At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability.

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits
• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme
• Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance
• Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Version 1 Pension with a 5% employee-matched contribution, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme
• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more.
• 24 days holiday allowance plus Public Holidays, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies
• Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat
• Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & quarterly Star Awards.
• Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.

And many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more.

Version 1 is an equal opportunities employer

We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels valued and able to thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and lived experiences, and we value the different perspectives people bring including those shaped by disability and neurodiversity.

We want every candidate to have a positive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process, please contact[emailprotected] at Version 1. We will consider all requests carefully, respectfully and confidentially.

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