Senior Business Analyst

Senior Business Analyst / Lead Business AnalystDigital 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.

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