About the role

  • IT Business Analyst ensuring timely delivery of high-complexity programmes and projects for BAE Systems. Liaising between stakeholders and IT to optimise business change initiatives.

Responsibilities

  • Carry out business‑analysis activities for high‑complexity, high‑priority programmes and projects, ensuring that portfolios roadmap is delivered on time and within scope.
  • Produce, track and report on agreed business‑analysis artefacts, keeping progress aligned with project plans and stakeholder expectations.
  • Work closely with business stakeholders to capture, analyse and prioritise requirements that enable effective optimisation of business change initiatives.
  • Uphold and promote professional standards, accountability, equality, diversity and clarity of purpose; review analysis processes for compliance with corporate governance and IT strategy.
  • Communicate the IT business‑analysis and demand‑management strategy, supporting its continuous refinement and integration across the functional area.
  • Advise on the business benefits of alternative solutions and on the alignment between IT proposals and business objectives.
  • Maintain deep technical knowledge of key applications, networks and specialist domains, providing expert advice and specialist consultancy where required.

Requirements

  • Minimum five years’ experience in IT/business or industry, with at least three years on diverse programmes and projects.
  • Proven ability to develop and deliver against financial and resource constraints.
  • Solid experience delivering change across local, national and international programmes of IT change.
  • Strong business acumen: industry‑specific knowledge of the enterprise, its units and current trends.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills; able to translate complex objectives into clear, persuasive business terms.
  • Demonstrated experience managing upwards and influencing decision‑makers through political awareness and the informal power structure.
  • Relevant IT or business degree, or an equivalent vocational qualification (e.g. HNC, Prince2 Foundation, BCS BA Diploma).
  • Experience in consultancy or people‑management roles is an advantage.

Benefits

  • As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing & lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive

Job title

IT Business Analyst

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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