Overview
Principal Business Analyst role at Transform. We are looking for a Principal Business Analyst to join our growing Product and Delivery practice. As a Principal Business Analyst, you will set the standard for our BA community, providing leadership, guidance, and support to more junior colleagues. You’ll work across a wide range of projects in both the public and private sectors, helping organisations deliver better outcomes for their customers, clients, and stakeholders.
You’ll have proven experience leading teams (including other Business Analysts) and driving improvements in delivery. You’ll be confident “speaking digital” with both specialists and non-specialists, enjoy tackling complex analytical challenges, and be comfortable contributing to business development activities such as tenders and pitches.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead the investigation of problems and design of business solutions using a range of research and analysis techniques.
* Identify, manage, and mitigate risks and issues.
* Gather, consolidate, and interpret complex information, presenting it clearly to both business and technical colleagues.
* Lead the design of solutions using process, workflow, or digital techniques (including BDD).
* Refine and develop ideas into viable solutions, enabling colleagues across roles (e.g. product managers, researchers, service designers, developers, and delivery managers) to contribute effectively.
* Provide thought leadership within Transform’s BA community, fostering an open culture of knowledge-sharing and best practice.
* Bring your own ideas, perspectives, and recommendations, drawing on both professional and personal experience.
* Lead clients in applying best practice, demonstrate account leadership, and ensure quality throughout delivery engagements.
* Role-model the behaviors and attitudes expected across the practice.
* Provide line management for junior BAs, supporting their growth and development.
* Play a key role in BA recruitment, helping attract and assess top talent.
* Maintain a growth mindset, championing new practices and innovations to keep Transform ahead of the curve.
* Contribute to wider business growth through capability and community development, knowledge-sharing, well-being initiatives, proposal development, and brand visibility.
Key Skills/Experiences
* Proven track record leading teams to improve how organisations deliver for their stakeholders.
* Experience mentoring and developing BAs, ideally within a community of practice.
* Experience in team growth activities, including recruitment.
* Ability to oversee and improve BA deliverables and outputs.
* Deep understanding of Agile methods and experience working in collaborative, multidisciplinary teams.
* Skilled in coaching customers on high-quality business analysis processes and techniques.
* Strong ability to capture and clearly articulate organisational needs.
* Experience using creative, engaging methods to bring requirements and solutions to life for stakeholders.
* Comfortable working with diverse disciplines and perspectives, aligning them into a shared vision.
* Strong problem investigation skills with the ability to guide teams toward effective solutions.
* Proficient at producing evidence, documentation, and reporting to track progress and communicate findings to stakeholders.
* Holder of a BCS Diploma in Business Analysis (or similar qualification).
* Demonstratable growth mindset with evidence of continuous learning and improvement.
* Experience of contributing to wider business growth initiatives and success, both as part of a team and individually.
Nice to have
* Scrum Mastery or Delivery Management
* Product Management
* Testing / QA Management
* User Research or Service Design
* Consultancy
Our culture
* Being one team; looking out for each other as a team
* The world never stops changing and we’ll never stop learning
* Infinity & Beyond; we’re crazy ambitious, not afraid to fail along the way (it’s just falling with style)
* Integrity is everything; we’re honest with each other and with our clients
* Diversity is our superpower; everyone’s story is different, and we celebrate differences
* We’re all in; we take on tough, complex challenges with lots of moving parts and we’re committed to the work, our clients and each other
Benefits
* Holiday entitlement, 28 days with the option to buy/sell up to 5 days
* Day off (on or in the week of) your birthday
* Pension eligibility, up to 5% matched contributions
* Life assurance
* Enhanced maternity and enhanced paternity and shared parental leave
* Cycle to work & electric car schemes
* A range of other benefits from our flexible benefits package
AI in CV and Interviews
Whilst we are a technology company and promote using AI the right and ethical way, we value authenticity and transparency in our hiring process. To ensure fairness and accuracy in assessing your skills and experience, we kindly request that you refrain from using AI-assisted tools to generate answers during interviews or enhancing your CV.
We are looking for genuine insights into your abilities, experiences, and personality. Any misrepresentation through AI-generated content may impact our ability to make an informed decision. We look forward to getting to know the real you!
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