Senior Business Analyst - AI for Utilities Strategy Lead

Sand Technologies; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Sand Technologies in the UK is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to lead strategic and consulting work streams within our UK utilities practice. This permanent role anchors on-site engagements with a major water utility, shaping requirements and the business case for an AI-enabled situational awareness tool.

You will own requirements discovery, facilitate workshops, manage stakeholder relationships and guide junior analysts, aligning delivery with regulatory targets and client outcomes.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of business analysis experience, including senior roles on multi-stakeholder engagements.
• Experience with software or data/AI delivery programmes and strong analytics mindset.
• Ability to frame business cases, benefits realisation and value tracking.

Responsibilities

• Own requirements discovery, process mapping and strategic narrative for the engagement.
• Translate client needs into prioritized delivery requirements and maintain business-case linkage.
• Design and facilitate workshops with operators, data owners and sponsors.

Skills

Requirements discovery

Process mapping

User stories & acceptance criteria

Backlog management

Stakeholder management

Facilitation & workshops

On-site delivery

Azure DevOps / Jira

Confluence / Miro

Analytics / AI delivery programs

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jira

Confluence

Miro

Job description

Sand Technologies in the UK is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to lead strategic and consulting work streams within our UK utilities practice. This permanent role anchors on-site engagements with a major water utility, shaping requirements and the business case for an AI-enabled situational awareness tool.

You will own requirements discovery, facilitate workshops, manage stakeholder relationships and guide junior analysts, aligning delivery with regulatory targets and client outcomes.