About the role

  • Coordinate and deliver business analysis activities across assigned programmes, ensuring work is completed to agreed standards, timelines, and quality expectations.
  • Apply and help refine business analysis methodologies, including design thinking, lean startup, systems thinking, and market insight analysis, to inform project direction and decision-making.
  • Support the continuous improvement of business analysis practices by contributing expertise, feedback, and documentation that enhance quality and consistency across projects.
  • Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams to facilitate effective information flow, ensure alignment of requirements, and enable seamless integration of analytical outputs.
  • Build and maintain productive relationships with stakeholders across government, industry, startups, and academia to strengthen collaboration and project delivery.
  • Deliver actionable insights in areas such as ecosystem mapping, customer segmentation, value proposition design, commercial and pricing modelling, and go-to-market planning to support business growth and innovation outcomes.
  • Track and report performance metrics for assigned projects, covering delivery progress, data quality, and participant satisfaction, and contribute to impact and learning reports.
  • Identify risks and dependencies within assigned work, supporting mitigation efforts and ensuring compliance with governance, ethical, and regulatory standards.
  • Support wider organisational initiatives, including cross-team collaboration, staff development activities, and corporate projects, as part of Digital Catapult’s commitment to shared learning and excellence.

Requirements

  • Proven experience in delivering business analysis within complex, multi-disciplinary programmes or projects.
  • Strong analytical capability, with demonstrated experience in market insight analysis, commercial modelling, ecosystem dynamics/intelligence, commercial design, and pricing validation to inform strategy and delivery and mitigate risk.
  • Practical understanding of business analysis/intelligence methodologies and tools (such as SQL, Excel, Power BI), with the ability to apply structured approaches and contribute to the optimisation of team delivery.
  • Excellent stakeholder engagement, facilitation, reporting, and collaboration skills, with the ability to gather requirements and communicate complex findings clearly and constructively.
  • Ideally educated to degree level in a relevant field or qualified by experience. An advanced degree, an MBA, or a recognised innovation management qualification would be advantageous.
  • Proactive, adaptable, and resilient with strong interpersonal skills and commitment to continuous improvement.

Benefits

  • We are in the UK’s Top 100 Best Workplaces and placed in the UK’s Best Workplaces in Tech and Large Organisations.
  • Digital Catapult is a Disability Confident Committed Level 1 Employer.
  • Excellent holiday package: 25 days annual leave, Bank Holidays and 3 days between Christmas and New Year:
  • Double-matched pension up to 10% of your salary;
  • Discretionary company bonus
  • 4% of your salary to use towards selecting benefits that work for you, including health cash plan, Private Medical Insurance; buying holiday, topping up your pension;
  • E-Vehicle Scheme; Cycle2Work; Tech Scheme; Gym Discounts; Give As you Earn; PerkPal;
  • Life insurance 4x salary;
  • Free to access EAP & Financial Wellbeing advice;
  • Enhanced maternity and paternity leave;
  • Hybrid working - with great offices to work from 2 days per week with some roles needing to be onsite more regularly to ensure the successful delivery of our work;
  • Investment in your ongoing learning and development with us;
  • Company social events throughout the year and free office snacks!
  • We have a vibrant and engaging culture where all voices are heard and a variety of employee led affinity groups who champion initiatives and provide opportunities for feedback to be shared.
  • We use moments in the year to educate everyone at Digital Catapult on different aspects of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and to raise awareness.
  • We also enjoy socialising and having fun together through a variety of company-wide events held throughout the year including our football team, running and climbing groups and volunteering activities.

Job title

Business Analyst

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

Location requirements

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