Senior Business Analyst: Lead Complex Digital Initiatives

University of Waikato; Hamilton; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Waikato in Hamilton seeks a Senior Business Analyst to lead discovery, shape requirements and validate initiatives across a broad ICT portfolio, ensuring problems are clearly defined and outcomes measurable.

You will partner with Project Managers, Architects and academic leaders, define and validate functional and non‑functional needs, contribute to business cases, facilitate workshops, support testing and implementation readiness, and mentor peers to strengthen BA practices across

Qualifications

• 5+ years of business analysis experience in large or complex organisations.
• Ability to lead analysis on enterprise-impact initiatives.
• Strong skills in business process modelling, elicitation and validation.
• Experience working across structured and Agile delivery environments.
• Ability to translate technical concepts into business language.
• Experience supporting testing, solution validation and implementation activities.

Responsibilities

• Lead structured discovery and business needs analysis for complex initiatives.
• Define and validate functional and non-functional requirements.
• Develop and contribute to Business Cases and option analysis.
• Facilitate workshops and stakeholder engagement across academic and professional services areas.
• Support solution validation, User Acceptance Testing and implementation readiness.
• Identify opportunities for business process improvement and redesign.

Skills

Business Analysis

Requirements Elicitation

Process Modelling

Agile Delivery

Stakeholder Eng

Tech Translation

Job description

University of Waikato in Hamilton seeks a Senior Business Analyst to lead discovery, shape requirements and validate initiatives across a broad ICT portfolio, ensuring problems are clearly defined and outcomes measurable.

You will partner with Project Managers, Architects and academic leaders, define and validate functional and non‑functional needs, contribute to business cases, facilitate workshops, support testing and implementation readiness, and mentor peers to strengthen BA practices across