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Business Analyst Lead

Aegon UK Plc, Edinburgh

Business Analyst Lead

£58480-£87720

Aegon UK Plc, Edinburgh

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 5 days ago, 10 Oct | Get your application in now to be included in the first week's applications.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

Job ref: ad37621f2c0142d8876cfd820804490c

Location ref: Edinburgh

Full Job Description

  • Lead, coach and develop a team of Business Analysts, fostering a culture of collaboration, performance and continuous learning.
  • Provide leadership and oversight across complex change initiatives, ensuring high-quality analysis and successful delivery outcomes.
  • Establish and embed business analysis standards, frameworks and best practices.
  • Partner with senior leaders to shape strategic initiatives, influence decision-making and ensure initiatives deliver measurable business value.
  • Manage analysis resource planning, quality assurance and capability development within the practice.
  • Identify opportunities for continuous improvement across processes, systems and ways of working to maximise business value.

    Extensive Business Analysis experience, including leading complex business and technology change initiatives.
  • Proven experience delivering projects using Agile, Waterfall and Hybrid delivery methodologies, with the ability to adapt your approach to suit business and programme needs.
  • Experience supporting the evolution of Product and Value Stream ways of working, helping teams align delivery activity to strategic objectives, customer outcomes and business value.
  • Strong people leadership experience, with a track record of coaching, developing and managing high-performing teams.
  • Experience defining, implementing and embedding Business Analysis frameworks, standards and governance across a change portfolio.
  • Proficiency in business process design and documentation, using industry-standard techniques such as BPMN, Use Cases and user journey mapping.
  • Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to engage effectively at senior leadership level and build trusted relationships.
  • Experience or awareness of emerging AI and automation capabilities, with an interest in how they can enhance analysis activities, decision-making and delivery efficiency.

    People are living longer and we're excited by the opportunities this brings to help people live their best lives. We're here for everyone who wants to make the most of their time on the planet and leave it a little better than they found it - however grand or humble their ambitions.
    • We help people live their best lives. We help them with the big stuff, for the moments that matter: Pensions, Savings, Investments. At Aegon, we strive in creating a diverse organisation that plays a meaningful role in driving greater equity, inclusion and belonging. As a Business Analyst Lead, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering strategic transformation programmes while leading and developing a talented team of Business Analysts. This is an exciting leadership opportunity that combines hands-on business analysis expertise with people leadership and practice development. You'll work closely with senior stakeholders across the organisation, influencing decision-making, driving best practice and ensuring the highest standards of analysis are embedded across our transformation portfolio. Operating with a high degree of autonomy, you'll help navigate complex business challenges, shape strategic outcomes and ensure solutions align with both commercial objectives and regulatory requirements.

    Salary: A competitive salary from £58,480 - £87,720 depending on the experience you can bring,
  • We're serious about your future and our enhanced pension scheme is now in place. We ask you to contribute 3% of your salary to your pension and we'll put in 9%. If you decide to contribute more, we'll match it up to a combined total of 20% of your salary (that's 7% from you and 13% from us).
  • A discretionary bonus, depending on personal and company performance
  • Annual car allowance
  • 38 days leave per year (including bank holidays, pro-rated for part-time)
    • We also offer private medical cover, life assurance, critical illness cover, enhanced parental leave and a variety of lifestyle benefits to help our employees live their best lives, including retail discount vouchers, cycle2work scheme, subsidised restaurant and online GP appointments. To find out more about what to expect at Aegon, visit our careers site. If you're passionate about leading people, shaping best practice and delivering meaningful change, we'd love to hear from you. Join us and play a key role in driving transformation across Aegon UK. The legal bits We'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If we offer you a job and you accept, there are some checks we need to complete before you can start with us. This will include a credit and criminal record check, as well as providing satisfactory references. Equal Opportunity Employer

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https://www.s1jobs.com/job/business-analyst-lead-127557594
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