What are the responsibilities and job description for the Agile Business Analyst position at PA Consulting?
Company Description
We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future in a technology-driven world.
As strategies, technologies and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity.
Our diverse teams of experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough use of technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.
An innovation and transformation consultancy, we are over 3,200 specialists in consumer, defense and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government, health and life sciences, manufacturing, and transport. Our people are strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers and technologists. We operate globally from offices across the UK, US, Europe, and the Nordics.
PA. Bringing Ingenuity to Life.
Job Description
Your day to day
Would you like to be part of an inspiring global team that leads the way in Agile Business Analysis consulting? At PA Consulting, we help the largest and most complex organizations on one end of the spectrum to start-ups wanting to scale at pace at the other. We are the leading consultancy and thought leaders in organizational agility, supporting our clients across the UK and internationally with the delivery of digital products at the heart of their strategies. . As such, we have unrivalled experience, collateral and insight. We have accelerated drug development, helped transform the world to green energy, catapulted a fintech of 400 people into the S&P500 and reimagined visas and immigration within the UK. We have taken business agility to shipping companies and improved manufacturing quality whilst reducing time to market. That’s just a few of over 200 incredibly inspiring assignments that we have delivered!
At PA, you will collaborate with other like-minded colleagues in multi-functional teams, working on some of our most exciting projects. You will have the opportunity to:
- Develop your career as a consultant by working with exceptional consulting colleagues on a range of assignments
- Develop your Agile and Business Analysis skillsets through our extensive training offering which includes BCS diplomas, SAFe/Scrum certifications, and the opportunity to join our mentoring program
- Work with one of our internal BA workstreams to develop the Agile BA offering at PA
- Be part of initiatives that you genuinely care about, for example Mental Health and Wellbeing, Women in Technology, LGBTQ and BAME
- Work across a range of clients across the public and private sector.
Qualifications
What you bring
You have:
- A minimum of 2 years’ recent experience working as a Business Analyst in an Agile environment
- Exceptional interpersonal skills to build strong relationships with top-level stakeholders
- Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills
- Flexibility to travel nationally and opportunities to work internationally with our clients should you desire
- A desire to develop PA’s internal Agile BA community as well as working with our clients
You may also have:
- Consulting experience (but this is not essential)
- An understanding of different delivery models with a knowledge of Agile methods
- Experience of coordinating activities across multiple teams across the delivery lifecycle e.g. Project Management, Architecture, Operations etc.
- An understanding of key transformational concepts such as backlog creation, refinement and prioritization with well-defined acceptance criteria
Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.