Senior Business Analyst / Business Architect

Senior Business Analyst / Business Architect (Planning & Funding Focus)

We are transitioning to a Product & Platform (P&P) operating model, moving towards outcome-based delivery that improves both efficiency and customer experience.

We're seeking a Senior Business Analyst / Business Architect to shape and embed key areas of this future framework, covering Integrated Business Planning, Cross-Domain Planning, Demand Management & Prioritisation, and Funding Models.

You will act as a strategic partner, working with senior stakeholders to:

• Integrated Business Planning - Define the vision, processes, and service catalogue, ensuring outcome and value alignment.

• Cross-Domain Planning - Design frameworks to manage dependencies across multiple domains.

• Demand Management & Prioritisation - Standardise demand intake, backlog triage, and prioritisation methods.

• Funding Model - Monitor and evolve a new funding approach, ensuring feedback loops and improvements.

This is a high-autonomy role, requiring influence at Exec/Director level and the ability to design operating models that stick.

• Proven success as a Business Analyst / Business Architect in complex organisations.

• Strong experience with Target Operating Model (TOM) creation and implementation on a large scale.

• Deep knowledge of Agile ways of working, not just tooling and process, but also cultural adoption and transition.

• Exceptional stakeholder management skills, comfortable at Exec/Director level.

• Ideally consultancy background (Big 4 or equivalent).

• Resilient, confident, and able to thrive in ambiguous, self-directed environments.