Business Analyst (Process Lead)

Location(s): UK, Europe & Africa : UK : Frimley || UK, Europe & Africa : UK : London 

Job Title: Business Analyst (Business Change) FTC 18 months

Location: London or Frimley, hybrid – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: Competitive 

Grade: GG12

Who we are

Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow – shaping a safer future, for all of us.

From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space – there’s no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you.

What you’ll be doing

– You will play a key role in delivering company-wide transformation initiatives over a fixed-term period, supporting the adoption of new IT capabilities, operating models, and organisational designs across Digital Intelligence IM&T and the wider business.

– Working across two major programmes—one in active transition and another in design—you will manage end-to-end business change activities, including impact assessments, stakeholder engagement, and adoption planning across multiple concurrent workstreams.

– You will build and lead stakeholder networks, facilitate workshops and governance forums, manage resistance, and promote advocacy for change, ensuring strong business readiness and successful implementation.

– The role also involves maintaining programme artefacts, managing delivery through tools such as Jira and Kanban, supporting communications and training plans, and contributing to business process documentation and continuous improvement initiatives.

Your skills and experiences   

• You bring strong experience in business change and business analysis within complex, large-scale IT transformation environments, with the ability to operate across multiple programmes and stakeholders.
• You are skilled in stakeholder engagement and influence at senior levels, requirements gathering, and delivering structured analysis using both agile and plan-driven methodologies.
• With strong commercial awareness and analytical capability, you can support business case development, planning, and performance management while aligning services to strategic and financial objectives.
•  You demonstrate excellent communication, political awareness, and leadership skills, alongside experience working on multi-year transformation programmes.
• A solid understanding of IT systems, processes, and emerging technologies supports your ability to drive improvements, optimise outcomes, and ensure high-quality, governance-compliant delivery.

Benefits

– competitive pension scheme

– employee share plans

– an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing & lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts

– you may also be eligible for an annual incentive

You’ll be part of a matrixed, transformation-focused environment, working within a sector team but heavily connected across programmes, leadership, and stakeholders.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

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