Principal Business Analyst

Babcock International; United States; Hybrid; USD 113,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance (25 days +

Contributory Pension scheme

Digital GP & Aviva DigiCare+

Payment of Professional Fees

Reservists in armed forces leave

Job summary

Babcock International in the UK seeks a Principal Business Analyst to shape transformation across a complex naval portfolio, operating at an enterprise level to support strategic investment decisions and long-term value.

You will connect strategy with delivery across multiple programmes, facilitate governance with senior stakeholders, and translate intricate information into clear recommendations for leadership.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in business analysis, strategic transformation, portfolio management or enterprise-wide change environments.
• Experience working across large, complex transformation portfolios or programmes.
• Ability to influence and engage senior stakeholders within complex or highly regulated environments.
• Degree-level qualification or equivalent professional experience.
• Security clearance eligibility (SC) desirable.

Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains an integrated view of transformation initiatives, dependencies and strategic outcomes.
• Analyses business cases, proposals and change initiatives to support prioritisation and investment decisions.
• Identifies and manages dependencies, risks and impacts across multiple programmes, projects and business functions.
• Facilitates workshops, governance activities and stakeholder discussions to support informed decision-making.
• Provides strategic recommendations and insight to senior leaders to maximise value and benefits realisation.

Skills

Business analysis

Portfolio management

Stakeholder engagement

Strategic transformation

Change management

Education

Degree-level qualification or equivalent professional experience

Business Analysis qualification - Desirable

Benefits Management/Lean/Continuous Improvement qualification - Desirable

Job description

As a Principal Business Analyst, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping and optimising transformation across a complex portfolio of strategic programmes within the Naval Nuclear business. This is more than a traditional business analysis position. You'll operate at an enterprise level, providing critical insight that helps senior leaders make investment decisions, prioritise transformation initiatives and deliver long-term business value. Working across a diverse portfolio of projects and change programmes, you'll help connect strategy with delivery, ensuring that transformation activities align with organisational objectives and deliver meaningful outcomes. This is an excellent opportunity to expand your influence, work alongside senior stakeholders and contribute to programmes that support national defence and security, while advancing your own career in a dynamic and highly respected organisation.

• Developing and maintaining an integrated view of transformation initiatives, dependencies and strategic outcomes.
• Analysing business cases, proposals and change initiatives to support prioritisation and investment decisions.
• Identifying and managing dependencies, risks and impacts across multiple programmes, projects and business functions.
• Facilitating workshops, governance activities and stakeholder discussions to support informed decision-making.
• Providing strategic recommendations and insight to senior leaders, helping maximise value and benefits realisation.
• Significant experience in business analysis, strategic transformation, portfolio management or enterprise-wide change environments.
• Demonstrable experience working across large, complex transformation portfolios or programmes.
• Experience analysing and managing interdependencies between multiple projects, business functions and workstreams.
• Experience influencing and engaging senior stakeholders within complex or highly regulated environments.
• Experience translating complex information into clear, actionable recommendations that support business objectives.
• Degree-level qualification or equivalent professional experience.
• Professional Business Analysis qualification - Desirable
• Benefits Management, Lean or Continuous Improvement qualification - Desirable
• Security Clearance The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Do you want to help us in our mission, creating a safe and secure world together, whilst working on projects that are truly unique? The Royal Navy rely on our engineering, project management and digital teams to keep their submarines at sea and submariners safe. They Protect our Nation and we help to Protect them. At Babcock we have a true culture of opportunity - with business contracts that last decades and structured career development pathways that can take you in all kinds of directions; you will grow, develop, and achieve more than you ever thought possible. There has never been a better time for you to join Babcock Submarine Support and play your part in protecting the protectors.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Our Benefits We offer you fantastic total rewards, and the ability to have real flexibility - including working from home up to 3 days a week, and a '9 day fortnight' working pattern. It's what sits at the heart of our fantastic and friendly environment, where you'll feel truly welcome.

• Generous holiday allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays
• Contributory Pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave

Babcock International For over a century Babcock International has helped to defend nations, protect communities, and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.