Principal Business Analyst
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- England,London,City of London
- full-time
- £500 - £550 per day, inc benefits
Job Description:
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.
*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.
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