Senior Business Analyst - Group Transformation

Senior Business Analyst – Group Transformation

• Job Title: Senior Business Analyst – Group Transformation
• Location: BL9 8RR
• Working rota: Monday – Friday
• Working hours: 40 hours
• Working model: 4 days in the office / 1 day working from home

Role overview:

As a Senior Business Analyst within the Group Transformation team, you will be working on complex and high priority initiatives across the JD Group to support change delivery and unlock the JD strategy. BAs within Group Transformation will work on cross-functional Programmes or be embedded within an Agile Product squad.

You will work closely with business stakeholders, Project Managers, Developers, Architects, Suppliers, Testers, and Product team members. You will be a key member of the BA community where you will promote best practice and help the team to evolve and grow.

Quality and agility will be at the heart of everything you do, driving improvements that help us deliver quicker to market whilst giving our customers the best possible experience. We are looking for someone passionate about business analysis, delivering great results and their own personal development. In return, you will receive support, training and development to further your career.

Responsibilities:

• Work with the business lead and finance department to create business cases, focusing on effort vs value to inform and influence executive decisions effectively.
• Able to lead and design workshops to achieve specific outcomes.
• Build and maintain relationships with stakeholders at all levels of the business, engaging senior stakeholders with appropriate frequency and detail.
• Lead the elicitation and documentation of requirements in complex scenarios, adapting BA techniques as needed.
• Confidently manage prioritisation in complex scenarios, ensuring alignment with business goals.
• Work with the Product Manager on both Quarterly and Horizon Planning, shaping the direction for your Squad.
• Play a leading role in a Product Squad and begin to input at Tribe level, supporting the definition of Initiatives and Ideas that tie back to Strategic Themes.
• Own and drive forward the requirements during Agile delivery, creating, estimating and prioritising user stories, maintaining the backlog with a focus on delivering Value to the business.
• Skilfully develop and adapt comprehensive As-Is and To-Be models, effectively identifying improvement areas and supporting strategic process changes.
• Positively implement robust requirements management and traceability practices.
• Support the coaching and mentoring of the BA team, continually looking for ways to improve working practices and the overall BA service.
• Provide high quality peer reviews and feedback on BA deliverables, fostering a culture of quality by consistently identifying areas for improvement.
• Take responsibility for your personal development, including working with your manager to set objectives and milestones and identify your training needs.
• Engage in promoting new ways of working and supporting technologies that will assist the team to become more efficient and deliver a higher quality of business analysis.

Role objectives and KPI’s:

• Be an ambassador for Group Transformation, promoting our vision, ways of working, behaviours and adherence to governance and process.
• Proactively contribute towards making the Group Transformation function a great place to work, improving our togetherness, engagement and morale.
• Be a supportive, inspiring team member, reliable and adaptable, sharing knowledge and skills to help colleagues succeed.
• Deliver high quality value-add BA activities into programmes of work or standalone activities.
• Direct, coach and develop BAs involved in your projects and programmes.
• Lead by example and create opportunities to support the solving of business problems.
• Build, develop and maintain strong collaborative relationships across Group Transformation and the business.
• Ensure stakeholders are effectively managed, maintaining high standards of communication.

Skills and Experience:

• Extensive business analysis experience gained in ecommerce, retail or supply chain environments.
• Outstanding facilitation and influencing skills.
• Confidence to question stakeholders and identify underlying requirements.
• Proficient in establishing relationships and managing stakeholders from various backgrounds.
• Good leadership skills, able to motivate, provide feedback and coach.
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment and proactively manages time.
• Experience in capturing, validating and analysing functional and technical requirements.
• Experience in Waterfall and Agile Scrum/Product Tribe environments.
• Diligent, focused and dependable, building strong relationships based on integrity.
• Track record of coaching and mentoring Business Analysts and BA teams in best practices.

Desirable Skills/Experience:

• Certification in Agile (e.g., Certified Agile BA/Product Owner/Scrum Master).
• Professional certification such as the BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis.
• Experience working with retail/ecommerce/supply chain teams such as merchandising, marketing, finance, UX, design, operations, and customer care.

The Company:

The JD Group is a leading omnichannel retailer of Sports Fashion, Street & Premium Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with over 90,000 colleagues across 4,500 stores in over 36 countries.

We are an equal opportunities employer who values differences and promotes an inclusive workplace culture.

To be part of this successful and continuously growing company, you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people-first, digital leader and customer-focused organisation.

Benefits:

• Incremental Holiday Allowance
• Staff Discount on qualifying purchases
• Exclusive Colleague Bike Discount scheme
• Discounted Gym membership
• Personal development opportunities
• Access to Apprenticeships and accredited qualifications

Interested?

If you are interested in this position, please press the Apply Now button .

Due to high volumes of applications, if you don’t hear back within two weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.

Applications meeting the skills criteria will be contacted for a 1st stage meeting with the talent team. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview with the hiring manager.

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