Job summary
Exciting 12-month contract for a Senior BA/Business Architect to shape planning, prioritisation, and funding processes in a Product & Platform model. High-level role with Exec influence.
Key skills required for this role
Integrated Business Planning - Demand Management - Target Operating Model (TOM) - Agile Implementations
Important
TOM design and large-scale implementation - Agile transition and adoption - Strategic business planning - Demand and prioritisation frameworks - Exec/Director stakeholder management
Job description
Senior Business Analyst / Business Architect (Planning & Funding Focus)
What is the role about?
We are transitioning to a Product & Platform (P&P) operating model, moving towards outcome-based delivery that improves both efficiency and customer experience.
We're seeking a Senior Business Analyst / Business Architect to shape and embed key areas of this future framework, covering Integrated Business Planning, Cross-Domain Planning, Demand Management & Prioritisation, and Funding Models.
What will I be doing?
You will act as a strategic partner, working with senior stakeholders to:
1. Integrated Business Planning - Define the vision, processes, and service catalogue, ensuring outcome and value alignment.
2. Cross-Domain Planning - Design frameworks to manage dependencies across multiple domains.
3. Demand Management & Prioritisation - Standardise demand intake, backlog triage, and prioritisation methods.
4. Funding Model - Monitor and evolve a new funding approach, ensuring feedback loops and improvements.
This is a high-autonomy role, requiring influence at Exec/Director level and the ability to design operating models that stick.
What do we need from you?
5. Proven success as a Business Analyst / Business Architect in complex organisations.
6. Strong experience with Target Operating Model (TOM) creation and implementation on a large scale.
7. Deep knowledge of Agile ways of working, not just tooling and process, but also cultural adoption and transition.
8. Exceptional stakeholder management skills, comfortable at Exec/Director level.
9. Ideally consultancy background (Big 4 or equivalent).
10. Resilient, confident, and able to thrive in ambiguous, self-directed environments.
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