Senior Business Analyst; M365; Government Property Agency - G7

Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester, Nottingham, Swindon

The Government Property Agency is changing the way the Civil Service works and is at the forefront of the Government's transformation agenda; reshaping the relationship civil servants have with their place of work. The Agency is central to the delivery of key Government policies and tackling climate change by contributing to the Net Zero agenda. To do this we are delivering a major change programme across the UK and consolidating our portfolio in order to save £1.4 Bn over 10 years.

Beyond the bricks and mortar, the GPA is about providing great workplaces for our people. Through programmes like Hubs, Whitehall Campus and Smarter Working you will be in the vanguard of creating model working environments and promoting flexible working practices.

This is an ambitious and exciting task, for which we need innovative people, with strong commercial acumen, who are passionate about visualising and implementing customer needs. Launched as an Executive Agency of the Cabinet Office in 2018, we're a relatively new department and we are growing fast so we also need people who thrive in ambiguity, can adapt quickly to change and are comfortable stepping outside of their remit to drive outcomes.

Are you ready to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of how we collaborate with our suppliers, partners, clients and customers? We are looking for an experienced and forward thinking Senior Business Analyst to lead the implementation of Microsoft 365 and the migration from Google Workspace across our organisation.

This role will spearhead the implementation of cutting edge Generative AI and Agentic AI capabilities using Microsoft Copilot and Microsoft Copilot Studio to empower business users with intelligent automation and integrate with other enterprise platforms such as Salesforce, Service Now and Dynamics 365. This role will help with implementation of Microsoft Power Platform to design low-code/no-code solutions that streamline workflows and lead on the deployment of Microsoft Purview for data governance,
Microsoft Defender for cloud app and endpoint security and Microsoft Sentinel to build a world-class SIEM/SOC. This role will be responsible for gathering business requirements, analysing business processes and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure a smooth migration and successful deployment of all Microsoft 365 digital services. This role will involve strategic planning, and ensuring the alignment of the migration with business goals.

If you are passionate about digital transformation, optimising business processes, and delivering innovative solutions using AI that drive tangible business outcomes, we want to hear from you!

This is not just another migration project. This is your opportunity to:

• Lead a Mission-Critical Transformation - Play a key role in how our organisation adopts the tools that will define how we collaborate, innovate and operate for years to come.
• Drive Real Change - Work closely with key decision-makers to shape processes that will have a direct impact on business productivity, employee satisfaction, and our competitive edge in creating a truly digital employee experience.
• Empower the Workforce - Help us empower our teams by ensuring that they have access to the best tools and knowledge to succeed in the new digital workplace.

• Elicit business, stakeholder and solution (functional/non-functional) requirements and prepare business requirements documents.
• Translate business needs into functional specifications for developers and solution architects, ensuring the technical implementation is aligned with business goals

• Elicit business, stakeholder and solution (functional/non-functional) requirements and prepare business requirements documents.
• Translate business needs into functional specifications for developers and solution architects, ensuring the technical implementation is aligned with business goals

• Design and drive the overall strategy data and systems for migrating from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365.
• Develop a comprehensive data inventory for migrating data (emails, documents and applications) from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365 ensuring minimal disruption to business operations

• Perform detailed assessments of the potential…