Senior Business Analyst - Data in Leeds

hackajob is collaborating with Jet2.com to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role. At Jet2.com and Jet2holidays we’re working together to deliver an amazing journey, literally! We drive a customer-first ethos, creating unforgettable package holidays and flights. We couldn’t do it without our wonderful people.

As our new Senior Business Analyst, you’ll have a major impact on helping us achieve our goal. Acting as a senior figure within the Data team, you will drive analysis for high-complexity initiatives. You will operate with autonomy, while collaborating closely with Architects, Engineering Managers, Agile Delivery Leads, and technical teams to ensure our data solutions – from complex transformation logic to final reporting – meet the strategic needs of the business. In this role, you will balance this strategic delivery with a responsibility to coach and mentor our more junior team members, helping to elevate the capability of the wider team.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Aligned to one of our Data Domains (e.g. Customer, Operations, Pricing and Revenue), you will thrive in a fast-paced Agile environment.
• You will lead the analysis for complex initiatives, working collaboratively with technical teams, alongside Agile Delivery Leads and Engineering Managers, to ensure value is delivered efficiently.
• Identify and document any areas of risk, dependencies, or compliance impacts, particularly where they affect multiple initiatives or Data Domains.
• Manage relationships with senior stakeholders, utilising deep questioning techniques to negotiate conflicting priorities and ensure deliverables allow for actionable decision-making.
• Working with the Data Governance team to update and maintain the data catalogue, ensuring definitions remain consistent across the business.
• Collaborate on the requirements lifecycle, driving elicitation, analysis, and documentation within your designated focus area (Pre-Delivery or Delivery).
• Create Business Process Models and Data Models (e.g. Entity Relationship Diagrams), collaborating with Data Information Architecture to visualise workflows and data structures.
• Take responsibility for the Line Management of Business Analysts within your domain, including 1-to-1s and conducting performance reviews.
• Mentor and coach junior colleagues, sharing knowledge and helping to develop the capability of the wider team.
• Help lead and shape the Jet2 Business Analysis Community of Practice, sharing knowledge and helping evolve our analysis standards across the business.
• Partner with the Lead Business Analyst to drive the tactical execution of complex analysis across the domain.
• Responsible for peer-reviewing requirements and process models produced by the wider team, ensuring strict adherence to departmental standards.

Focus Areas

• Depending on business assignment, the Senior Business Analyst will specialise in one of the following focus areas:
• Pre-Delivery Focus (Product & Portfolio Alignment)
• Delivery Focus (Agile Release Train (ART) & Engineering Execution)

Partner closely with Product Managers, Business Stakeholders, and Architects to break down complex portfolio epics and strategic initiatives into smaller, iterative value drops. Champion the translation of high-level business concepts into robust functional and non-functional requirements, ensuring clarity and business context before technical design begins. Own and refine requirements by capturing them as clear, testable user stories and defining acceptance criteria aligned with industry best practices.

What You’ll Have

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills, with the ability to simplify complexity and make the ambiguous clear.
• Significant experience as a Business Analyst, capable of working autonomously on complex data initiatives with challenging timelines.
• Expert stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and navigate conflicting requirements.
• Experience in mentoring, coaching, and developing colleagues.
• Previous experience in formal line management is desirable, though we can provide the opportunity to build these skills.
• A proven ability to handle initiatives involving multiple data sources and defining complex data transformation logic.
• Strong understanding of the Data Life Cycle and an appreciation of the intrinsic business value of data.
• Experience working alongside a development team within a fast-paced Agile environment, managing competing workloads, and prioritising appropriately.
• Familiarity with an array of backlog management tools.
• Hands-on experience creating Business Process Models (e.g. UML Activity Diagrams, BPMN) and Data Models (e.g. Entity Relationship Diagrams) to visualise complex flows and structures.

Benefits

• Hybrid working (we’re in the office 2 days per week).
• Colleague discounts on Jet2holidays and Jet2.com flights.
• Competitive salary and benefits package (including our discretionary profit share scheme).

Join us as we redefine travel experiences and create memories for millions of passengers. At Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, your potential has no limits. Apply today and let your career take flight!