Lead Business Analyst

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Due to continued growth, we are hiring a Lead Business Analyst to lead, develop and grow the Business Analysis function for our client in the public sector. This is a hands-on leadership role with significant scope to shape how the BA team operates, establishing standards, processes and best-practice ways of working while supporting the delivery of high-quality business analysis across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the review and analysis of business processes, services and information needs to identify improvement opportunities.
• Produce feasibility studies, business models and detailed specifications, overseeing solution delivery and change impact.
• Define how technology supports business objectives, validating strategy against real business needs.
• Liaise with management on process and organisational change.
• Act as BA team lead for a relatively new team, with real scope to shape how it works and grows.
• Support recruitment and team growth, and maps team SOPs and processes to establish consistent ways of working.
• Support new joiners' onboarding and acts as a point of guidance and mentoring for the wider BA team.
• Establish and embed best-practice Business Analysis standards, processes and ways of working across the team.
• Coordinate business stakeholders and specialists across joint projects, ensuring effective communication and alignment.
• Identify opportunities to improve the effectiveness and maturity of the BA function.

Requirements

• 7+ years' experience in Business Analysis or a related field, including experience leading or mentoring others.
• Applies best-practice principles and embeds them as team standards.
• Experience coordinating business stakeholders and specialists across joint projects.
• Strong communicator, comfortable working with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Excellent documentation skills, with the ability to turn this into clear SOPs and processes for others.
• Works well under pressure, manages time effectively, and is adaptable and self-motivated.
• Detail-oriented and organised, with a genuine interest in team-building and coaching.
• Able to establish consistent ways of working and bring structure to a developing BA function.
• Comfortable taking ownership and providing direction within a growing team.

Opportunity type: Initial 6-month contract, Hybrid in Dublin

Start date: ASAP