Methods are looking to hire a lead BA with rich public/gov sector experience on permanent basis.

The role will be home based and will include work on client sites. It is expected that the Lead Business Analyst will quickly acquire a detailed understanding of Methods Portfolio offering to work effectively for our clients. The Lead Business Analyst will also support the development of Method Business Analysis practice.

The Lead Business Analyst will typically play a strategic role in a DDaT multidisciplinary team in a complex change. This will be within agile and waterfall project, programme, and portfolio environments. They will lead others and work to assess situations and understand problems, eliciting, analysing, validating, and gaining consensus of business requirements and user stories across complex stakeholder landscapes. The role will involve strategically influencing and developing both Methods and our clients Business Analysis practices by leading activity across internal and client communities of practice.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in complex transformations, applying skills in, and leading business analysis across a number of different styles of transformation. They will have experience and knowledge underpinned by the tailored use of several frameworks and methodologies to perform as an effective analyst and leader. They will understand the UK public services landscape, and extensive knowledge in one or more sectors or specialisms. In addition to business analysis skills, they will have experience in modelling new services and operational models to architect change aligned to strategy. They will also have demonstrable experience in using emerging technology and innovation to improve the delivery of services.

Desirable Skills & Experience:

• Business Architecture experience/knowledge (TOGAF, BIZBOK)
• Practical experience and knowledge of Lean practices.
• Good understanding of public services and technology marketplace with knowledge of products, platforms and emerging technologies.
• Specialist knowledge in a business domain or other digital specialism
• Specialist knowledge in security, data, and privacy
• Knowledge and understanding of GDS Service Standards.
• Knowledge and understanding of Software development life cycles
• Experience in managing story development in tools such as JIRA, Azure DevOps or similar.
• Experience in collaborative and remote tooling (Teams, Slack, MIRO, Mural).
• Experience in Enterprise Architecture tooling.
• Ability to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills.
• Experience of working in scrum environments with team definitions of ready and done.

Additional:

This role will require you to have or be willing to go through Security Clearance. As part of the onboarding process candidates will be asked to complete a Baseline Personnel Security Standard; details of the evidence required to apply may be found on the government website Gov.UK. If you are unable to meet this and any associated criteria, then your employment may be delayed, or rejected. Details of this will be discussed with you at interview.