Senior Business Analyst / Lead Business Analyst
Digital Transformation | Public Sector & Enterprise Change
Hybrid Working - Multiple offices across the UK
We are supporting a major consulting and transformation environment delivering large-scale digital and operational change programmes across public sector and highly regulated enterprise environments.
This is not a traditional “requirements gathering” BA role.
We are looking for experienced Senior / Lead Business Analysts who are comfortable operating within complex, high-profile transformation programmes, working across business, technology, operations and senior stakeholder groups to shape and deliver meaningful change.
The successful candidates will typically come from large-scale environments such as government, financial services, utilities, telecoms, transport, healthcare, defence or other regulated sectors.
What you’ll be doing
Leading Business Analysis activity across complex transformation programmes
Facilitating workshops with senior stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams
Working closely with Product, Architecture, Engineering, Service Design and Delivery functions
Defining and managing functional and non-functional requirements
Driving process redesign, service improvement and operational change
Supporting discovery, target operating model definition and solution shaping
Translating ambiguity into clear, structured delivery outcomes
Supporting governance, prioritisation and delivery planning
Mentoring and developing Business Analysts within wider delivery teams
Contributing to improvements in BA standards, frameworks and ways of working
Supporting AI-enabled and automation-led transformation initiatives where appropriate
We are particularly interested in people with experience across:
Large-scale digital transformation
Public sector or regulated environments
Enterprise-level operational change
Financial crime, compliance or regulatory programmes
Complex stakeholder environments
Agile, hybrid or multidisciplinary delivery models
Customer, operational or data-led transformation
BA leadership, practice leadership or mentoring responsibilities
What we’re looking for
Strong Senior or Lead Business Analysis experience within complex organisations
Gravitas and confidence working with senior stakeholders
Experience operating across both business and technology teams
Ability to challenge constructively and influence decision-making
Strong workshop facilitation and stakeholder alignment skills
Experience working closely with architects, engineers and product teams
Strong understanding of requirements management, business rules, process modelling and solution definition
Ability to remain hands-on while operating strategically
Experience leading or mentoring other Business Analysts is highly desirable
Backgrounds likely to align well
Examples may include experience within:
DWP / Government Digital
Barclays / Lloyds / Financial Services transformation
Transport / Utilities / Infrastructure programmes
Defence or secure environments
Enterprise SaaS or operational transformation
Major consulting or systems integration environments
Why this role?
High-profile transformation programmes
Strong pathway into leadership
Opportunity to shape delivery and influence strategy
Complex, meaningful work with real organisational impact
Collaborative multidisciplinary environment
Exposure to modern digital, automation and AI-enabled transformation
We are looking for individuals who combine strong Business Analysis fundamentals with the confidence and credibility to operate within enterprise-scale transformation environments