Lead Business Analyst - People Manager
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Position Overview & Specifications
- Perform an overall coordination and leadership role for the Sustainability Programme with accountability for all business analysis output on the programme
- Ensure consistent framework and templates are in place to capture, track and clearly articulate business requirements such that they can be progressed to delivery
- Manage the scope of work delivered by the respective BAs for each team, address conflicting requirements and ensure that there is no duplication of effort
- Put in place requirements traceability matrix across the programme ensuring there is clear line of sight of common / shared requirements
- Support the prioritization of requirements aligned to business benefit, regulatory requirements etc.
- Establish quality criteria for requirements definition and ensure assurance in place for these to be met
- Ensure clear process in place to manage requirement demand and work in collaboration with PM peers across the programme to ensure requirements are progressed through logical gateway approval framework
- Work with technical and business teams to define and deliver robust solution design ensuring approval by relevant M&G architecture bodies
- Ensure requirements are clearly linked in to test management process and alignment between testing and traceability matrix
- Help to oversee BA resource demand and general delivery performance, working with the head of Business Analysis to manage resource demand and allocation
- Work with business stakeholders to ensure robust process in place to elicit and elaborate on requirement demand – ensure process and framework is clearly documented and communicated
- Ensure all processes are clearly mapped and documented in line with M&G standards, working with M&G Global process mapping team as appropriate
- Work in collaboration with head of BA to ensure tools, frameworks and processes are documented and shared to build knowledge and capability across the team
- Drive effective utilization of SME time and input across the programme
- Work with programme team to ensure clear timeline for requirement delivery as part of the overall programme plan, with clear set of milestones articulated and under management
- Drive a data mapping strategy and process with defined approach to the data dictionary for this programme
- Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs.
- Proactively communicate and collaborate with external and internal parties to analyse information needs, functional requirements, existing capabilities and feasibility, with the objective of delivering a clear implementation framework.
- Be a self-starter who can work independently and with users to define concepts and under direction of the project /programme manager.
- Drive and challenge project team members on their assumptions of how they will successfully execute their plans.
- Work with the product business teams to lead operational readiness.
- Ensure that there is a plan and that business is ready to adopt the new solution.
- Ability to manage and coach business analyst resources. Please detail team size and responsibilities within your CV
- Ability to engage both business and technology stakeholders, to C-suite and executive level.
- Ability to drive the strategic business and technical requirements definition across large projects and programmes.
- Strong facilitation skills to elicit information from key stakeholders internally and externally.
- Ability to tailor and present complex data to different stakeholders.
- Confident and effective communicator (both written and verbal) across all levels of the organisation.
- Passionate about developing a work environment that embraces and values diversity.
- Well-developed understanding and practical application of business feasibility assessments.
- Deep understanding of business analysis tools, techniques and standards to drive the highest quality user documentation, impact assessments and cost benefits analysis.
- Advanced process mapping and design skills, including facilitation of process improvement.
- Ability to expertly apply multiple approaches and techniques, in order to lead data analysis.
- Creative thinking to contribute to the overall solution design.
- Proven and demonstrable analytical and problem-solving skills essential, with the ability to think laterally and generate creative solutions.
- Ability to identify benefits and support their realisation.
- Ability to align business solution outcomes to overall corporate strategy requirements.
- Excellent MS Office skills, particularly with MS Excel and Visio.
- Advanced knowledge of Agile and associated ceremonies.
- Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills with a keen attention to detail and ability to manage multiple deliverables, with complexity.
- Ability to support the test strategy to ensure alignment to project and programme outcomes.
- Support the system training and change management strategy.
- Strong risk mindset to support the project manager in risk identification and mitigation proposals.
- Experience in managing and developing others
- Highly experienced BA with a proven track record in successful delivery
- Proactive and delivery focused with excellent communication skills.
- Transformation and project delivery experience
- Understanding SUSTAINABILITY concepts and principles
Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process
Application & Resume Screening
Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.
Technical & Competency Interviews
Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.
Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation
Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.
Onboarding & Corporate Integration
Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.
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