Principal Business Analyst

Contract Duration: Until 30th May 2025
Location: Farringdon, London (Hybrid working model, 2 days in the office)
Job Type: Contract

Reed Professional Services are seeking an experienced Principal Business Analyst to join our client in London, to work on their key technology functions. This role involves backfilling for a retiring Project Manager and requires a high calibre leader who can align technology investments with strategic goals.

Day-to-day of the role:

Collaborate with Transformation Architects to shape project designs, understand interdependencies, and align investments with strategic goals.
Work alongside Senior Project Management to lead overall project delivery.
Challenge, shape, and champion functional and enterprise strategies in collaboration with Transformation Architects.
Continually assess threats and opportunities to strategic objectives to transform and optimise domain operating models and technology estate efficiency.
Plan and guide technology-related business changes in alignment with strategic objectives.
Engage key business stakeholders to identify business and technology-enabled innovation opportunities to grow revenue, optimise costs, maintain legislative compliance, and mitigate risks.
Produce deliverables that demonstrate how to move the business domain toward realising its strategic goals and targeted business outcomes.
Provide fact-based assessments to help business and IT leaders make informed investment decisions.
Ensure the business and operating models fit together by showing the interdependencies between components.
Research emerging technology trends and disruptions and competitors’ practices relevant to assigned customers.
Consult with technical subject matter experts to develop business solutions, advising on options, risks, costs versus benefits, and impact on other business processes and system priorities.
Act as functional authority and business assurance lead for key projects.
Collaborate with agile teams to ensure prioritised continuous delivery of business value.
Contribute to the development and application of principles, standards, and minimal viable architectures informed by the business strategy and corporate governance.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

Significant experience as a Lead Business Analyst / Principal Business Analyst
Ability to produce industry-standard architecture artefacts and effectively present content.
Demonstrable experience in developing technology-enabled business strategies.
Influential verbal communicator and highly skilled in facilitating and leading multi-disciplined, high-performing teams.
In-depth knowledge of different types of business and operating models, facilitation of projects and products, and organisation change management.
Strong analytical and conceptual skills; ability to create original concepts and theories for a variety of projects.
Trusted and respected as a thought leader who can influence and persuade business and IT leaders.
Highly collaborative and supportive of business ideals and strategies.

Desirable:

Previous experience in a logistics company.
Previous experience in a consultancy.

Benefits:

Hybrid working model, allowing flexibility.
Opportunity to work on significant projects with a major postal service provider.

To apply for this Principal Business Analyst position, please submit your CV and a member of the RPS Talent Team will be in touch.