Role: Business Analyst Associate Manager
Location: Glasgow or Edinburgh
Salary: Competitive salary and package dependent on experience
Career Level: 8 - Associate Manager
Security clearance: BPSS and SC clearance required, needing 5 years continuous UK address history at the point of application.
As an Associate Manager in Business Analysis, you will operate as a trusted delivery lead, owning analysis outcomes while guiding teams through complex change in fast‑moving, multi‑vendor environments.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead and assure high‑quality business analysis activities, ensuring delivery teams have clear, complete and prioritised information to progress at pace.
* Operate independently and proactively in complex programmes, effectively navigating ambiguity and competing priorities.
* Apply strong influencing and facilitation skills to bring diverse stakeholders together, drive alignment and achieve optimal outcomes.
* Lead and contribute to workshops and analysis sessions within multi‑disciplinary teams, managing challenging stakeholders with confidence and professionalism.
* Act as a bridge between business and technology, ensuring business needs are clearly understood and translated into viable technical solutions.
* Drive continuous improvement by leading lessons learned sessions and embedding best practice across BA ways of working.
Skills & Experience
* Strong experience across business and technology delivery lifecycles, with hands‑on use of tools and techniques spanning Design, Build, Test and Implementation phases.
* Proven track record delivering business analysis using multiple methodologies (e.g. Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid).
* Demonstrable experience in business change and transformation initiatives, including Business‑Driven Development approaches.
* End‑to‑end ownership of requirements management.
* Proficient in user profiling and journey mapping, creating detailed process maps using industry‑standard techniques, including As‑Is / To‑Be and gap analysis.
* Strong collaboration with Solution Architects, Designers and Developers to ensure requirements align to technical designs and delivery constraints.
* Ability to present multiple solution options to senior stakeholders, clearly articulating trade‑offs through well‑structured options papers.
* Advanced capability in complex business impact assessment across multiple streams, articulating impacts.
* Experience analysing data to support evidence‑based decision‑making.
* Ownership of the strategy, approach and execution of Business Verification, First Occurrence and Live Proving activities.
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