Senior Business Analyst

Senior Business Analyst / Lead Business Analyst Digital Transformation Public Sector & Enterprise Change

Hybrid Working - Multiple offices across the UK

We are supporting a major consulting and transformation environment delivering large-scale digital and operational change programmes across public sector and highly regulated enterprise environments.

This is not a traditional requirements gathering BA role.

We are looking for experienced Senior / Lead Business Analysts who are comfortable operating within complex, high-profile transformation programmes, working across business, technology, operations and senior stakeholder groups to shape and deliver meaningful change.

The successful candidates will typically come from large-scale environments such as government, financial services, utilities, telecoms, transport, healthcare, defence or other regulated sectors.

What you ll be doing

• Leading Business Analysis activity across complex transformation programmes

• Facilitating workshops with senior stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams

• Working closely with Product, Architecture, Engineering, Service Design and Delivery functions

• Defining and managing functional and non-functional requirements

• Driving process redesign, service improvement and operational change

• Supporting discovery, target operating model definition and solution shaping

• Translating ambiguity into clear, structured delivery outcomes

• Supporting governance, prioritisation and delivery planning

• Mentoring and developing Business Analysts within wider delivery teams

• Contributing to improvements in BA standards, frameworks and ways of working

• Supporting AI-enabled and automation-led transformation initiatives where appropriate

We are particularly interested in people with experience across:

• Large-scale digital transformation

• Public sector or regulated environments

• Enterprise-level operational change

• Financial crime, compliance or regulatory programmes

• Complex stakeholder environments

• Agile, hybrid or multidisciplinary delivery models

• Customer, operational or data-led transformation

• BA leadership, practice leadership or mentoring responsibilities

What we re looking for

• Strong Senior or Lead Business Analysis experience within complex organisations

• Gravitas and confidence working with senior stakeholders

• Experience operating across both business and technology teams

• Ability to challenge constructively and influence decision-making

• Strong workshop facilitation and stakeholder alignment skills

• Experience working closely with architects, engineers and product teams

• Strong understanding of requirements management, business rules, process modelling and solution definition

• Ability to remain hands-on while operating strategically

• Experience leading or mentoring other Business Analysts is highly desirable

Backgrounds likely to align well

Examples may include experience within:

• DWP / Government Digital

• Barclays / Lloyds / Financial Services transformation

• Transport / Utilities / Infrastructure programmes

• Defence or secure environments

• Enterprise SaaS or operational transformation

• Major consulting or systems integration environments

Why this role?

• High-profile transformation programmes

• Strong pathway into leadership

• Opportunity to shape delivery and influence strategy

• Complex, meaningful work with real organisational impact

• Collaborative multidisciplinary environment

• Exposure to modern digital, automation and AI-enabled transformation

We are looking for individuals who combine strong Business Analysis fundamentals with the confidence and credibility to operate within enterprise-scale transformation environments.