Strategic Business Analysis Lead

1 week ago


West Midlands Combined Authority, United Kingdom Kerv Digital Full time

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly skilled Strategic Business Analysis Lead to join our team at Kerv Digital. As a key member of our business analysis practice, you will be responsible for guiding the development of our business analysis function, balancing leadership, strategic vision, and operational execution.

Key Responsibilities:

  1. Leadership & Mentoring: Lead and mentor a sub-set of Business Analysts, providing guidance and supporting their career development.
  2. Strategic Vision & Thought Leadership: Shape the business analysis function and contribute to the strategic direction of the organization, aligning it with broader business objectives.
  3. Stakeholder Management: Build and maintain strategic relationships with high-level stakeholders, both internally and externally.
  4. Oversight & Governance: Ensure governance of business analysis activities across multiple projects, maintaining quality control and adherence to best practices.
  5. Workshop Facilitation: Lead and facilitate discovery workshops with clients, ensuring the accommodation of divergent views and differing priorities.
  6. Presales & Business Development: Lead business analysis input in pre-sales bids, shaping strategies that enhance client engagement and solution alignment.
  7. Subject Matter Expertise: Be a champion of customer requirements and business needs, ensuring they are reflected in project outcomes.
  8. Requirements Management: Ensure requirements are logically converted into user stories and properly prioritized within the backlog.
  9. Resource Management: Manage the BA resources efficiently, ensuring alignment with project and business constraints.
  10. Documentation Oversight: Oversee the creation of clear, effective documentation, ensuring consistency and alignment with business goals.
  11. Timeline & Deliverable Oversight: Ensure BA specific project timelines and deliverables are met, monitoring progress and guiding the team as needed.

About Kerv Digital:

We are a dynamic £112m revenue technology consultancy leader with a dedicated team of over 700 professionals, partnering with 800+ sector leaders. We're a proud member of the Kerv Group, and we're committed to providing the best possible work experience for our employees.

What We Offer:

  • Awesome Environment: We foster an easy-going environment, are experts at what we do, and care deeply about what we work on.
  • Interesting Work: We work with top-tier private entities, not-for-profits, and public bodies to bring genuinely new and meaningful products and services to market.


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