Lead Business Analyst

Lead Business Analyst - Hybrid /Manchester – Permanent £56.5k/£61.5k+ benefits 

Are you an experienced Senior or Lead Business Analyst?

We're looking for a Lead Business Analyst to drive the delivery of business-critical technology solutions while coaching, knowledge sharing and mentoring other Business Analysts and juniors to champion best practice across the organisation.

You'll work closely with business stakeholders, product teams and technical specialists to turn a diverse project stream of complex business needs into clear, deliverable requirements that support the development of scalable, high-quality software solutions.

The role: 

Lead business analysis activities across a diverse range of multiple large and medium projects.
Gather, analyse and document complex business requirements.
Create user stories, process maps, specifications and solution documentation.
Facilitate workshops with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Support backlog management, estimation, UAT and solution delivery.
Coach, guide and mentor other BA’s
Help drive Continuous Improvement to assist this maturing Business Analysis environment
Be comfortable working on multi work streams at once – plate spinning! 
To apply you should have the following skills and experience: 

Have significant, core experience as a Business Analyst, and 2+ years experience of working as a senior or lead BA in a similar Enterprise environment.
Be happy working in both a highly process driven environment one moment and then in the ‘Wild West’ the next (area dependant)
Proven experience of coaching and mentoring other Business Analysts, helping develop capability across the team.
Ability to really drive continuous improvement in business analysis standards and ways of working – this is a maturing BA environment.
Strong knowledge of Agile and/or other SDLC methodologies.
Experience of owning: requirements gathering, process modelling and user story creation.
Excellent stakeholder management and workshop facilitation skills.
Experience supporting testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
Familiarity with tools such as Azure DevOps or Jira.
Strong analytical, documentation and problem-solving skills.
Interview Process: 2 stage interview - 1st Teams / 2nd F2F in Manchester.
Earliest Start: 1st September 2026

This is an excellent opportunity to join a collaborative technology team where you'll have genuine influence over how solutions are delivered while helping shape and develop the Business Analysis function. If you enjoy solving complex business problems, working with a wide range of stakeholders, different projects and leading from the front, please apply. 

Stuart Graham
Click Recruitment
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