Senior Business Analyst Team Lead

FULLY REMOTE ROLE PAYING UP TO £81,000 DOE MUST HAVE PENSIONS EXPERIENCE AND PEOPLE MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE I have partnered with a leading Professional Services business in finding them a Lead Business Analyst to head up the Business Analysis Team within their Pensions function. You will be fully responsible for leading the Business Analysis team which will include 8 direct reports who hold Senior BA titles and a further 50 team members working under the Senior BA’s, managing budgets and timelines, ensuring that the team is able to deliver on its commitment in the delivery of high-quality analysis and insights to support the organisation’s strategic objectives. What you’ll be doing: Leadership – Performance management and leadership of 70 Business Analysis project teams with 8 Senior BA direct reports, You will be solely responsible for overseeing the development of business analysts and their career development. Resources – Develop and implement best practices for business analysis across the programme. Planning the Business Analysis resource and effort across the programme / project. Balance priorities and demands with Senior stakeholders to coordinate Business Analysis activity across complex projects / programmes. Resourcing of the team to meet portfolio demands inc. recruitment etc Requirements Gathering – Leading large/complex programmes to ensure deliverables are met, which includes leading BAs on those specific ones workload/planning etc. Co-ordinate requirement activities, their validation and sign-off ensuring that the needs of the key stakeholders are articulated determining the need and value of performing the activity based on the context. Approval of relevant inputs to business cases and success criteria of projects. Process Modelling – Approval of business process modelling and solutions. Business Analysis – Providing leadership around business analysis best practice, ways of working and frameworks ensuring all Business Analysts working within the programme deliver the professional standards expected. Accountable for the adherence by the Business Analyst team to the programmes quality standards to achieve best practice. Facilitation – Liaise with key client stakeholders, service delivery managers, programme / project managers, business architects, users, change and technical teams to identify, design and support the implementation of efficient and effective solutions. Stakeholder Management and Engagement – Partner with key stakeholders to maintain a thorough understanding of their business areas and change programmes. Build relationship across functional departments and build networks of established connections. Manage and resolve any issues raised around the performance or capability of proposed solutions and their impact on service delivery. Person Requirements: Strong leadership skills with experience managing and developing individuals and teams. Ability to engage at CTO, CEO, CIO level Proven BA leadership skills within the pensions sector is a must Ability to break down complex and critical problems, using a variety of inputs from across their team and by developing necessary outputs (e.g., wireframes, blue-prints, standard operating procedures, customer journey maps, end to end process maps, etc.) The creation / evaluation of solution options and supporting the options analysis and business case. Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills, with experience managing teams. Excellent stakeholder management and collaboration skills Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a keen attention to detail. Proven ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment. Can lead presentations confidently and effectively communicating with tact and diplomacy on sensitive issues. Are comfortable leading business analyst teams across all areas of an operating model, delegating responsibility but retaining accountability. Understanding of the programme delivery life cycle and the IPT working model (pursuit, programme, and performance)