Lead HR Business Analyst (Global Transformation)

Lead HR Business Analyst – Global HR Transformation (Contract)

Location: Reading or Dublin (Hybrid)

Duration: Initial 6 Months (extensions likely due to scale of the programme)

Contract Type: Day Rate (Inside IR35 if UK‐based)

We are seeking a Lead HR Business Analyst to join a large‐scale, multi‐year HR transformation programme being delivered in partnership. This senior role leads a team of Business Analysts, owns delivery of complex HR work packages, and sets the standards for requirements, documentation, and process mapping across the programme.

You’ll need deep HR transformation experience, strong leadership capability, and the confidence to operate in a fast‐paced, multi‐market environment with senior stakeholders.

What You’ll Do

• Own delivery of assigned HR work packages (JML, absence, benefits, integrations, security)
• Lead and mentor a team of five Business Analysts, ensuring quality, consistency, and clear direction
• Establish and maintain as‐is and to‐be process mapping templates and standards
• Produce high‐quality requirements, process maps, and documentation aligned to programme governance
• Work directly on complex HR domains requiring deep functional expertise
• Partner with HR, Technology, the SI, and market teams to capture, challenge, and refine requirements
• Balance global HR standardisation with local market needs
• Support global design, testing, change impact assessment, and readiness activities
• Ensure traceability and assurance across all BA artefacts
• Contribute to programme planning, resourcing, risk management, and cross‐workstream coordination

What You’ll Bring

• 8–10+ years’ experience as a Business Analyst with extensive HR transformation exposure
• Strong understanding of core HR processes: Talent, Learning, Performance, Core HR, Recruitment
• Proven experience leading and developing BA teams in complex programme environments
• Expertise in requirements capture, process mapping, and establishing BA standards
• Experience delivering global HR technology rollouts across multiple markets
• Ability to balance global design with local market needs
• Confident operating in ambiguity with strong facilitation and stakeholder‐management skills

Why This Role Matters

You’ll shape the analytical backbone of a major HR transformation, driving consistency, quality, and clarity across all HR process and technology design workstreams.