Business Architect - Digital Transformation - SC Required

Location: Reading (mostly onsite)

Duration: 6 month contract

Rate: £107ph UMB (Inside IR35)

Active SC Required!

Role details:
Our client, a prominent company in the Defence & Security sector, is currently seeking a skilled Business Architect to join their team on a contract basis. This role is critical for a major digital transformation programme within a new start-up organisation.

Key Responsibilities:

Leadership & Direction
Define and implement the approach for requirements gathering, analysis, and documentation across multiple workstreams.
Set up a new Business Analysis Team, including recruitment, setting the standards and working practices, overseeing quality.
Lead and mentor a team of Business Analysts with varying levels of experience, fostering growth and capability development.
Alongside the Product Owner, set the vision for the digital solution.
Assure the output of the BA team or around BAs and assurance of the solution produced by our Managed Service Provider.

Stakeholder Management
Engage and manage senior stakeholders, including CxOs and Heads of Functions, to ensure alignment and buy-in for requirements and product vision, and to agree priorities.
Experience of delivering solutions in ERP Systems (SAP 4/HANA), HR applications and Microsoft tools, including Power Platform.
Facilitate workshops and discussions to resolve conflicts and achieve consensus on requirements.
Oversee the quality of work from suppliers and ensure that their solutions align with the business requirements.

Delivery & Innovation
Find creative and pragmatic solutions to deliver requirements when functional teams have limited capacity.
Collaborate with suppliers to develop proposals for solutions based on the defined requirements and vision.
Work with architects to align requirements to Product choices.
Familiarity with digital solutions in the market for business functions including Finance, HR, Programme Management, Legal, IP, and Commercial Supply Chain.

Agile Practices
Drive requirements definition activities within Agile projects, ensuring clarity and prioritisation of User Stories, Use Cases, and acceptance criteria.
Champion best practices in requirements management processes and tools across the wider Programme.

Organisational Development
Contribute to the evolution of the organisation's processes and BA maturity.
Establish standards and frameworks for requirements management and analysis.

Job Requirements:

Proven experience leading teams of Business Analysts across digital solutions in HR, Finance, and Programme Management functions on digital transformation projects.
Experience in setting up a new BA function for digital programmes.
Strong track record in requirements definition and management within Agile delivery environments.
Expertise in User Stories, Use Cases, and requirements documentation techniques.
Exceptional stakeholder management skills, including experience working with CxOs and senior leadership.
Ability to work in a start-up or evolving organisation, shaping processes and building capability.
Experience collaborating with suppliers to define and deliver requirements.
Familiarity with tools such as Azure DevOps or similar for Agile requirements management tools.

Personal Attributes:

Strategic thinker with strong leadership and influencing skills.
Resilient and adaptable in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
Excellent communication and facilitation skills.
Excellent leadership and directing skills.
Able to work with minimal direction to establish and lead a Business Analysis Function in a new organisation.
If you are an experienced Business Architect looking for a contract role in an exciting and evolving environment, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join our client's dynamic team in Reading