Lead Business Analyst

Role Summary

Enterprise-aware leader working in highly complex problem spaces across multiple products/services; community leader and primary owner of senior stakeholder relationship.

Lead Business Analyst

15 years

Northampton

Hybrid (3 Days onsite)

• Set direction for business analysis across programmes/enterprises; align solutions to strategy and vision.
• Define scope/methods for enterprise-level modelling to support strategic planning.
• Lead exploration and delivery of business process improvement at scale; oversee implementations.
• Apply enterprise business architecture to shape operating models and capabilities.
• Set direction for methods and tools; drive consistent adoption and collaboration.
• Direct requirement strategy for complex portfolios and enable long‑term decisions.
• Develop engagement strategies; act as escalation point to resolve complex conflicts.
• Set direction for platform/system capability analysis and communicate effectively across users, dev teams and suppliers.
• Recommend testing value and ensure traceability to functionality.
• Advise on user‑experience approach across programmes.

• Proven Leadership across strategy level analysis, enterprise modelling, requirements, strategy, stakeholder engagement, and methods & tools direction.
• Ability to bridge business and technical perspectives, including supplier engagement.

• Hands on Enterprise / Business Architecture planning experience.
• Track record scaling best practice across communities and mentoring senior staff.