Business Analyst

As a Senior Business Analyst you will lead a team of Business Analysts across the product delivery lifecycle to bring together stakeholder needs and technical capabilities in order to define solutions that deliver value, often working across large complex products or a number of products. Your work will directly contribute to the design and delivery of digital services that support millions of users across the UK. You will be experienced as a BA in a wide variety of business analysis tools and techniques in an Agile environment and can advise your team on the appropriate use of each method depending on the stakeholders/scenario. You will be given the opportunity to continue to grow your management capabilities through managing a team of BAs, including line management responsibilities, as well as managing relationships with senior stakeholders as you progress to becoming a leading figure within the DWP Business Analysis community. You will be expected to represent the profession externally, both within the DWP and the wider government and also to the BA community. We have a range of vacancies in teams across DWP Digital. As a Senior BA working within Digital, these are some of the things you will be doing:

• Operate as a BA either on large, complex products or services, or across a number of products or services simultaneously.
• Manage and communicate effectively across senior technical and business stakeholders, ensuring the understanding of requirements and acceptance criteria is aligned.
• Lead and oversee the refinement and elaboration of backlog items across teams to ensure delivery readiness and enable solution design, development and testing. Provide guidance and quality assurance on acceptance criteria and test scenarios, mentoring BAs to uphold best practice.
• Identify potential business process improvements, considering wider impacts, risks, issues and benefits, and identify the changes needed to implement those improvements. Provide advice and guidance on process improvement approaches and analysis techniques.
• Lead workshops, interviews and other investigation techniques to effectively understand business problems, business needs and user needs within large, complex products or services.
Please note: Some roles may require regular travel to other Digital Hub locations listed in the Location section of the application form. Further discussions regarding this requirement will take place with successful candidates following interview.