What you’ll be doing
as a Lead Business Analyst
1. Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships, influencing and communicating effectively across all levels of the organisation.
2. Champion the Business Analysis function, promoting its value, vision, and strategic direction.
3. Manage the allocation and utilisation of Business Analysts across initiatives, ensuring optimal resourcing and alignment with skills and development goals.
4. Take ownership of early-stage requirements through structured processes such as Stage Gate requests.
5. Provide leadership and management to a team of Business Analysts, including coaching, mentoring, and performance feedback.
6. Adopt a strategic approach to business analysis, focusing on complex solutions and identifying new opportunities for value creation.
7. Support stakeholders in visualising outcomes, prioritising work, and delivering minimum viable products (MVP).
8. Support Digital transformation objectives, including improvements to processes, adoption of new ways of working, and capability development.
9. Lead continuous improvement initiatives within the Business Analysis practice, including adoption of Agile principles and cultural change.
Base location – Hybrid – Clearwater Court, Reading.
Working pattern – 36 hours Monday to Friday.
What you should bring to the role
10. Extensive experience working in a Digital Business Analysis environment.
11. Experience managing portfolios of initiatives and early-stage demand (e.g., “Front Door” requests).
12. Proven experience leading and managing teams, with the ability to coach and mentor others.
13. Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and build relationships.
14. Ability to communicate complex business and technical concepts clearly and effectively.
15. Strong customer-focused mindset with the ability to manage expectations and priorities.
16. Experience directing business analysis activities, including requirements elicitation and problem-solving.
17. Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.
Technical experience and skills
18. Strong knowledge and application of Business Analysis methodologies and practices.
19. Ability to work across a range of delivery methodologies, including Agile and Waterfall.
20. Experience supporting portfolio prioritisation, planning, and delivery tracking.
21. Ability to produce high-quality documentation and analysis outputs aligned to business objectives.
Desirable qualifications and experience
22. Proactive and adaptable approach, with the ability to work independently and manage varied workloads.
23. Deep expertise in Business Analysis practices and frameworks.
24. Understanding of the water industry, including regulatory and operational considerations.
25. Experience working across both large and small project teams.
Desirable technical skills and qualifications
26. BCS Diploma or equivalent qualification in Business Analysis.
27. Experience or certification in DevOps tools, processes, and methodologies.
28. Management or leadership qualification.
29. Degree-level qualification in Information Technology or a related field.
30. Experience working within a Digital Cyber Security Portfolio, including supporting security‑focused initiatives, understanding cyber risk, and collaborating with security architecture, operations, and governance teams.
What’s in it for you?
31. Competitive salary from £65,000 to £80,000 per annum.
32. Annual Leave 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service. (plus bank holidays)
33. Car Allowance.
34. Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets.
35. Generous Pension Scheme through AON.
36. Private Medical Health Care.
37. Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.