Senior Business Analyst

Medirest Signature; Preston; Hybrid; GBP 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to lead Business Analysis capabilities within their Enterprise IT Product portfolio. This role offers a hybrid work environment and requires strong leadership skills in managing analysts on large-scale projects. As part of a global transformation initiative, you'll collaborate with multiple stakeholders and drive significant business change. The position is well-compensated, starting around £53,000, and provides diverse benefits supporting employee wellbeing.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Health and wellbeing benefits

Shopping discounts

Qualifications

• Experience of managing and leading Business Analysts.
• Proven success in large, complex project environments.
• End-to-end project lifecycle experience in large organizations.

Responsibilities

• Lead Business Analysis delivery within the Enterprise IT Product portfolio.
• Contribute to capability development across EIT programmes.
• Engage with senior stakeholders for project consultancy.

Skills

Leadership

Business Analysis

Stakeholder Engagement

Project Management

Education

BCS BA Diploma

Lean Six Sigma

Job description

Job Title: Senior Business Analyst

Location: Preston or Frimley. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Circa £53,000 dependent on experience

What you'll be doing:

• Lead and develop the Business Analysis delivery and capability within the Enterprise IT (EIT) Product portfolio
• Responsible for contributing to Business Analysis capability development and improvement across EIT programmes and portfolios, including transformation initiatives, providing assurance activities and support across the team
• Align to portfolio level objectives, including requirements management, process development and non-complex business change across a portfolio of work or a team of business analysts
• Lead on resource and capacity management for Product portfolio and understanding recruitment needs across the capability
• Engagement with Senior Stakeholders across multiple domains and high impact programmes
• Provide early stage and full lifecycle consultancy to senior business and project stakeholders in order to help shape projects (waterfall and Agile), establish feasibility, develop business change impact assessments and see them through delivery
• The role has line manager responsibility for business analysts including development planning, performance management and HR queries

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Previous line management, mentoring and coaching of Business Analysts
• Good experience of leading successful business analyst activities on large, complex projects and programmes of work
• Have demonstrable experience of working within a structured and well-governed Project environment
• End to end experience of the project lifecycle, within a large complex organisation
• Proven experience interacting directly with senior stakeholders

Desirable:

• Technical training with BCS BA Diploma, Lean six sigma, agile BA, or similar is essential

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Business Analysis team:

You will be joining an experienced team of Business Change and Business Analyst professionals, delivering end to end change management support and capability across enterprise technology projects. This is an opportunity to work within a key enterprise-wide technology transformation project. The role will work with multiple stakeholders globally and you will help drive and implement new ways of working across a large complex business.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you'll be able to make a real difference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 15th July 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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