Lead Business Analyst

2 months ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Howden Group Holdings Full time
About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Business Analyst to join our Rethink Business Analysis Team at Howden Group Holdings. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for managing, leading, and developing a small team of Business Analysts, overseeing BA delivery across multiple workstreams, and ensuring that requirements are understood, easily translated into outcomes, and met by our technology delivery.

Key Responsibilities
  • Work closely with senior stakeholders, including the Head of Change, Head of Architecture/Engineering, and Head of Product, to understand the strategy and priorities, and plan analysis in line with delivery milestones.
  • Oversee and coordinate the efforts of multiple Business Analysts on Change initiatives/Product enhancements, while leading and/or contributing towards analysis.
  • Understand the big picture, know when a requirement in one area impacts another, and manage this accordingly.
  • Lead the BA effort on a project, determining how the requirements will be managed, reviewing analysis deliverables for quality assurance.
  • Establish a Business Analysis framework to ensure best practice within the team.
  • Ensure projects are resourced sufficiently, dividing work amongst the BA team, in line with priorities.
  • Be responsible for the high-level/strategic business analysis activities, including collaborating with stakeholders and defining the business needs, and managing the Business Analyst team for lower-level activities.
  • Coach, support, and mentor team members, escalating/resolving blockers where necessary.
  • Understand Agile and Waterfall methodologies and be equally comfortable writing business requirements and User stories.
  • Support Scrum Masters and the Change Team with day-to-day product or backlog queries, prioritization of tickets, and readiness for sprint planning, ensuring dependencies are tracked and sprint/release scope is well understood.
  • Ensure features and stories are well-defined, consistently written to a high standard, and communicated clearly to development and QA teams.
  • Establish a standard for producing and publishing product and project requirements documentation, ensuring it is well-organized and accessible to key stakeholders.
  • Support the BA team by escalating blockers, flagging concerns to leadership when required.
  • Ensure good cross-functional collaboration, including stakeholders in data, analytics, architecture, reporting, integration, partnerships, and underwriting.
About Howden Group Holdings

Howden Group Holdings is a leading independent insurance broker with a unique culture that values collaboration, innovation, and employee ownership. Our flat structure and entrepreneurial spirit attract the best talent and empower them to be the best version of themselves. We are committed to diversity and inclusion, treating colleagues, candidates, clients, and business partners with equality, fairness, and respect.

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