The lead business analyst is part of a highly successful team working within the HRA digital directorate, responsible for developing, delivering, and supporting complex solutions within the HRA’s portfolio of national information systems for health research. This includes a major digital transformation programme to build a new Integrated Research Application and workflow system and to achieve the successful migration and eventual closure of current systems (IRAS and HARP).
The postholder will have a good understanding of the enterprise arena and work in highly complex problem space, typically spanning multiple products or services.

be a leader in the business analysis community (across HRA and externally)
actively share knowledge and be seen as a go-to person in the BA discipline
own the main stakeholder relationships related to your discipline
analyse, understand, and define a business problem or opportunity
undertake research and analysis to understand how a business area works, considering the people, organisation, processes, information, data and technology
identify areas for improvement, explore feasible options, analyse the effects of change and define success measures
identify and elaborate user and business needs to enable effective design, development and testing of services and business change
assist the product management team to make decisions related to prioritisation and minimum viable product by using analysis led insights
ensure new products and services meet business and user needs, and are aligned with programme goals
understand any business and policy constraints that need to be considered, and assess the implications
have functional management or people management accountabilities, or a combination of both
mentor others
The lead business analyst will need to contribute to daily stand-ups, show and tells and sprint planning sessions and other programme governance meetings as applicable.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for you, not just us and the work we do.
We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know from experience that different ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds create a stronger, more creative workplace that help us to deliver the best services.

We welcome applications which represent the rich diversity of our community. This includes:

• age
• disability
• ethnicity
• gender identity and expression
• religion or belief
• sex
• sexual orientation
• other diverse characteristics

We have policies in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process.
When applying to work here, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement – if it works for you, we’ll do our best to make it work for us.
Please note, if applying to our Nottingham or Bristol locations, we are only able to offer the role as home based.

The role sits within the HRA Digital Directorate which is responsible for developing, delivering, and supporting complex solutions within the HRA’s portfolio of national information systems for health research. This includes a major programme to build a new Integrated Research Application and Workflow system and to achieve the successful migration and eventual closure of current systems (IRAS and HARP). The HRA Digital team is a collaborative, supportive team consisting of HRA employees, secondees, contractors and vendors. The HRA digital directorate is responsible for (this is not exhaustive):

• Digital portfolio management
• Digital and technology direction
• Service delivery management
• Ongoing delivery of existing systems
• Exit management of Legacy systems
• Helpdesk function
• Programme Delivery, handover and maintenance for all new and existing digital initiatives