Lead Business Analyst

Expert analysis. Cross-functional collaboration. Resolving complex challenges. 

Lead Business Analyst

£55,000 - £63,000 (+ Benefits)

Department: Chief Operating Office

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time 35 hours per week

Location: Stratford, London. Office-based with high flexibility (1-2 days per week in the office)

Visa sponsorship: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship. 

Closing date: 13 December 2024 23:55

This vacancy may close earlier if a high volume of applications is received or once a suitable candidate is found, therefore we strongly recommend that you apply early to avoid disappointment. If you require more time to apply as part of a reasonable adjustment, please contact recruitment@cancer.org.uk as soon as possible.

Recruitment process: Two competency-based interviews

Interview date: From the 02 January 2025

How do I apply? We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won’t be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to fully complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly, and objectively.

At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.

We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That’s why we’re looking for someone talented, someone who wants to develop their skills, someone like you.

Cancer Research UK has an extensive technical estate that underpins the charity’s ability to deliver our vision and strategy. The Business Analysis team play an essential role in our mission by bridging the gap between our technology department and the wider organisation. The team ensure we maximise the value of all our technical resources while delivering operational transformation & management and an employee experience that enables us to be an inclusive, well-governed, agile, and sustainable organisation so that we can achieve our mission of beating cancer. This involves championing innovation, providing analytical insight, and driving change across a range of products and services used by 4,000+ staff, 600+ shops, and thousands of supporters who raised £463m towards our life-saving research in 2023/24.

As a Lead Business Analyst, you will lead and coordinate the BA team and the wider technology directorate to deliver a range of large/complex technology and change projects whilst rotating across a range of products; ultimately improving our services and products for the charity’s supporters and staff. This will involve partnering with stakeholders at all levels and the portfolio leadership team to ensure alignment with the technical needs of the charity and its strategic direction.

This is an opportunity for you to lead the development of our Business Analysis team by finessing existing practices and engaging with emerging techniques to improve our ways of working and ensure we deliver in an agile and value-focused way. As a leading expert in the Business Analysis capability, you will drive a culture of knowledge-sharing and continuous improvement by mentoring and line-managing Business Analysts and Senior Business Analysts.

If you are a Lead or Senior Business Analyst who has managed direct reports and simulatanously led and coordinated multiple BA projects across a wide range of business domains and technologies, we’d love for you to join our mission.

What will I be doing?

Line management and capability management:

• Line managing, leading, and developing an inclusive and high functioning team. As a line manager, you will be responsible for creating a positive culture which recognises success, rewards results, and develops and drives high performance to retain talent.

• Collaborating with the capability Head to develop and agree on standard working practices and processes while ensuring end-to-end alignment and utilising Agile and Lean ways of working.

• Proactively facilitating knowledge sharing within the team while leading on the optimisation of the capability, contributing to toolki