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Business Analyst for a range of projects in policing with a focus on Robotic Process Automation and Data-Driven Innovation

Product Manager for a new technology platform for Join Dementia Research

Lead Business Analyst on variety of business change and software development projects: - Responsible for creating and iterating product backlogs and supporting system development for flagship research volunteer service to meet the GDS Service Standard - Producing to-be service blueprints and business transformation plans to respond to changing health research demands following the COVID-19 pandemic - Managing product backlog and supporting benefits definition of NIHR… Show more Lead Business Analyst on variety of business change and software development projects: - Responsible for creating and iterating product backlogs and supporting system development for flagship research volunteer service to meet the GDS Service Standard - Producing to-be service blueprints and business transformation plans to respond to changing health research demands following the COVID-19 pandemic - Managing product backlog and supporting benefits definition of NIHR interoperability programme Show less

Business Analyst (Team Lead) for strategic new development and legacy system maintenance: - Responsible for eliciting and documenting requirements for multiple research systems - Supporting strategic planning for UK-wide process and system improvements

Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Lead Business Analyst on variety of business change and software development projects: - Responsible for producing requirements specifications for new and replacement systems to meet common data standards plus identity management integration - Representing business needs for development of national costing and finance systems

Warrington, United Kingdom

Sole/Lead Business Analyst on multiple complex change and transformation projects:- Objectively analysing systems and processes to deliver sustainable and effective improvements throughout the organisation (Wholesale, Water and Wastewater)- Ensuring business readiness with new operating model for open retail water market, identifying and specifying required system and process changes- Supporting implementation of regulatory change and ensuring compliance through impact assessments… Show more Sole/Lead Business Analyst on multiple complex change and transformation projects:- Objectively analysing systems and processes to deliver sustainable and effective improvements throughout the organisation (Wholesale, Water and Wastewater)- Ensuring business readiness with new operating model for open retail water market, identifying and specifying required system and process changes- Supporting implementation of regulatory change and ensuring compliance through impact assessments, scope management and requirements engineering- Identifying optimal areas for automation, clarifying business requirements and improving remaining manual processes to enable delivery of development projects- Responsible for analysing and redesigning processes to improve service delivery and operation during the implementation of new strategic technological solutions- Developing transformation plans to achieve business efficiencies, realise desired benefits and manage organisation change- Supporting business continuity planning across multiple business areas to maintain customer service levels during unplanned incidents and predicted organisation changes Show less

Manchester, United Kingdom

Lead Business Analyst supporting all business change projects within a large-scale programme to transform services that support policing within the Greater Manchester area:- Capturing and managing requirements across a change portfolio, analysing elicited requirements and demand data from multiple business areas and partner organisations- Responsible for liaison with BA and ICT colleagues from Manchester City Council to select analysis models for most effective specification of… Show more Lead Business Analyst supporting all business change projects within a large-scale programme to transform services that support policing within the Greater Manchester area:- Capturing and managing requirements across a change portfolio, analysing elicited requirements and demand data from multiple business areas and partner organisations- Responsible for liaison with BA and ICT colleagues from Manchester City Council to select analysis models for most effective specification of requirements- Contributing as-is and to-be business information, including strategic and cost-benefit analysis, to deliver viable business cases and support roadmap planning Show less

Lead Business Analyst on key projects requiring team, stakeholder and supplier management:- Responsible for planning and production of requirements specifications for enterprise system procurement to replace multiple key business systems used to coordinate UK-wide academic and pharmaceutical clinical research activity- Responsible for ensuring integration with concurrent development of innovative support systems, aligning and managing change to requirements across the portfolio-… Show more Lead Business Analyst on key projects requiring team, stakeholder and supplier management:- Responsible for planning and production of requirements specifications for enterprise system procurement to replace multiple key business systems used to coordinate UK-wide academic and pharmaceutical clinical research activity- Responsible for ensuring integration with concurrent development of innovative support systems, aligning and managing change to requirements across the portfolio- Planning and running requirements elicitation workshops and interviews for diverse range of stakeholders followed by subsequent analysis, validation and prioritisation of high quality requirements- Leading solution design sessions with suppliers and subject matter experts to manage delivery based on traceable functional and non-functional requirements- Leading team of analysts in assessment of data from variety of data sets to support data cleansing and migration and to define data model for replacement system- Key liaison between business managers, data architects and developers in understanding pre and post migration issues and communicating business priorities Show less

Lancashire

ICT Lead in Lancashire for national Building Schools for the Future programme:- Developing detailed requirements specifications and best value ICT solution designs through dialogue with schools and ICT service provider- Managing supplier delivery of ICT infrastructure and services with regular reporting to senior stakeholders, Programme Board and central government- Managing changes to requirements through planning, implementation and operational phases with prioritisation and clear… Show more ICT Lead in Lancashire for national Building Schools for the Future programme:- Developing detailed requirements specifications and best value ICT solution designs through dialogue with schools and ICT service provider- Managing supplier delivery of ICT infrastructure and services with regular reporting to senior stakeholders, Programme Board and central government- Managing changes to requirements through planning, implementation and operational phases with prioritisation and clear cost-benefit analyses to ensure affordability against multi-million pound budgets and continuity of ICT services Show less

Manchester, United Kingdom

Main liaison point between ICT department and business leads, ensuring ICT systems and services met business needs:- Managing team from its creation through growth to eight staff, training team in analysis and communication skills, problem solving techniques and ITIL processes- Analysing of data sets across multiple business-critical systems to identify causes and business impact of system issues- Gaining rapid familiarity with a variety of databases and technologies to support… Show more Main liaison point between ICT department and business leads, ensuring ICT systems and services met business needs:- Managing team from its creation through growth to eight staff, training team in analysis and communication skills, problem solving techniques and ITIL processes- Analysing of data sets across multiple business-critical systems to identify causes and business impact of system issues- Gaining rapid familiarity with a variety of databases and technologies to support quick analysis and clear communication with developers and data architects Show less

Analysed all current software projects and established realistic project plans to meet customer expectations and delivery deadlinesLine management of development and service team through change in employment

Developed and optimised processes for clinical data migration and integration with NHS database systems, liaising with NHS ICT, business and clinical managersManaged software development projects, from product conception, prototyping and planning to release management, for multiple database applications across several major product versionsManaged outsourced development of database applications, producing data and functional models for use in specificationProduced comprehensive… Show more Developed and optimised processes for clinical data migration and integration with NHS database systems, liaising with NHS ICT, business and clinical managersManaged software development projects, from product conception, prototyping and planning to release management, for multiple database applications across several major product versionsManaged outsourced development of database applications, producing data and functional models for use in specificationProduced comprehensive project documentation to meet external audit requirementsCoached software development team through introduction of agile development processes and object oriented software languages, achieving ISO9001 accreditationLiaised closely with support team to resolve issues to customer satisfaction Show less

Developed software applications to support insurance business processes at Head Office and to comply with FSA regulationsBusiness application support for software used by all business functions

Bespoke database application development and installation of networks to SMEs

Mathematics

City And Guild Level 3, C Programming

A Level, Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Physics, Electronics

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