Senior Business Analyst

About The Role

Are you looking for a challenging role where you can add strategic value?

We are seeking an exceptional Senior Business Analyst to join the Enterprise Change function at NHS Professionals (NHSP). This is a senior, high‑impact leadership role designed for someone who can shape meaningful change across NHSP's most strategic programmes.

Operating at the intersection of people, process, and technology, you will lead complex analytical work that underpins major transformation initiatives across operational and digital domains. You will bring clarity to ambiguity, ensure problems are correctly understood, and translate business needs into solutions that deliver measurable organisational value.

Beyond your analytical expertise, you will lead, develop, and mentor a team of Business Analysts, setting standards of excellence, strengthening NHSP's analytical capability, and fostering a culture that embraces challenge, innovation, and continuous improvement.

This role is ideal for someone who is not just a BA, but a strategic thinker, trusted advisor, and influential leader capable of driving change at scale across a dynamic organisation.

• End‑to‑end analysis of major transformation initiatives across technology, operations, workforce, and service delivery.
• Facilitated workshops and discovery activities to uncover, validate, and constructively challenge business problems and opportunities.
• High‑quality analytical artefacts including process maps, TOMs, requirements packs, gap analyses, options appraisals, and impact assessments.
• Translation of complex business needs into clear functional and non‑functional requirements.
• Traceability of requirements through to delivery, ensuring solutions meet strategic and operational needs.
• Support for testing, business readiness, and transition into BAU.
• Contribution to benefits tracking, measurement, and realisation.
• Consistent application of Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid methodologies depending on programme needs.
• Collaboration with Project Managers, Programme Managers, Product Owners, SMEs, suppliers, and other multidisciplinary delivery teams.
• Strong governance, documentation, and quality assurance across all deliverables.

At NHSP, your work will directly support improvements to how the NHS delivers care. You'll contribute to meaningful transformation at scale, influence strategic decisions, and develop the analytical capability of a growing team.

If you're driven by purpose, motivated by complex challenges, and passionate about leading analytical excellence—this is the role for you.

To be successful in the role we are looking for the following;

This is a position for a senior analytical leader who can influence thinking, challenge assumptions, and bring clarity to complex problems.

Able to unpick complex issues, define the real problem, and craft structured, evidence‑based recommendations.

Comfortable leading workshops, shaping conversations, and engaging senior stakeholders with confidence and credibility.

Someone who acts as a thought partner—able to challenge respectfully, provide insight, and guide stakeholders towards better outcomes.

Passionate about coaching others, growing capability, and setting high analytical standards.

Curious, modern in approach, and proactive in identifying opportunities for automation, digital improvement, or service design.

Able to handle competing priorities, manage ambiguity, and maintain high quality under pressure.

• Proven experience delivering complex transformation as a Senior Business Analyst.
• Leadership experience managing or mentoring Business Analysts.
• Strong skills in requirements gathering, process mapping, solution design, and business modelling.
• Confident workshop facilitator with a constructive and challenging approach.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement across all levels.
• Expertise in Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery methods.
• Experience in testing…