"Senior Business Analyst"

Employer: WEG Technology Recruitment - Information & Digital Group

Location: Coventry

Salary: £58,225 to £67,468

Hours: Full Time

Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract

Placed On: 20th January 2026

Closes: 27th February 2026

Job Ref: WEGTECH-SBA

• 42 Days Holidays (Inc Bank Hols)
• Excellent Personnel and Career Development Opportunities
• Plenty of Safe and Secure Parking On-Site
• Close to M1, M6, M40, M42, A45 & A46
• Good Public Transport Links – Rail & Bus
• Hybrid – average 2 days per week on campus

The Senior Business Analyst will use their extensive business analysis experience to contribute significantly to a change portfolio project focused on Identity and Access Management. This role involves collaboration with senior responsible officers across the University, technical teams, and core portfolio delivery management to ensure the successful delivery of projects that align with the strategic objectives of stakeholders.

Key responsibilities include leading Discovery Phase activities within strategic programmes and projects, articulating desired goals and benefits, defining current and target states, eliciting requirements, evaluating options and feasibility, and proposing recommendations. Additionally the Senior Business Analyst will establish effective working relationships at all levels, influencing customer strategy and corresponding service strategies.

Duties and responsibilities

• To work closely with senior management leading, developing, triggering, managing and implementing business analysis within defined areas of the organisation in relation to an Identity and Access Management project.
• Designing and embedding change in the University, ranging from departmental change through to institution-wide transformation. This will include changes to processes, systems, and structures.
• Liaising with Senior Officer teams and academics across the University to ensure the projects are scoped, designed, and delivered in a timely and effective manner.
• Working with a variety of stakeholders to ensure that the University is responsive to changing needs and captures opportunities in a rapidly changing environment.
• Ensuring that analysis is always underpinned by appropriate methodologies and tools.
• As this is a senior role it will also be responsible for championing business analysis within the University, coaching and mentoring staff working in project teams to ensure they are effective. Coaching and mentoring more junior members of the Portfolio Delivery team.
• Involvement in costing of proposed options for projects and programmes.
• Liaising with third party suppliers to ensure the realisation/delivery of project requirements

Person Specification

• An honours degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline
• Senior Business Analysis experience within a complex organisational setting (Essential)
• Considerable experience of leading and working within multi-disciplinary teams (Essential)
• Knowledge and experience of Identity and Access Management principles (Essential)
• A customer and business focused approach to delivering against key goals with a good track record in meeting challenging deadlines with accuracy and enthusiasm
• Good experience of working with Agile and Waterfall Methodologies
• The ability to build relationships and credibility with senior colleagues and offer strong Stakeholder Management and Liaison skills.
• Experience of writing and delivering business cases to Executive Boards and identifying benefits and risks which fit in with the strategic direction of an organisation

Desirable

• BCS Diploma in Business Analysis or equivalent
• Practitioner-level qualifications in project and programme management
• Experience of establishing significant change projects

This is a great opportunity to play a key role in the transformational change of a leading UK University.

Please note that position does require all applicants to have Right to Work in the UK status already in place and hold relevant industry experience to carry out the duties of a Senior Business Analyst effectively.

How To Apply

If you are interested, please send your CV to pete.hampshire@warwick.ac.uk via the above ‘Apply’ button.