Lead Business Analyst
// Role Summary
Join Northrop Grumman UK as a Business Analyst, playing a pivotal role in agile software delivery teams to shape and deliver impactful solutions that address tomorrow's challenges.
// Key Responsibilities
- Shape and deliver impactful solutions within agile software delivery teams.
- Collaborate with Product Owners, delivery teams, and stakeholders to define requirements.
- Elicit, analyse, and document business and technical requirements.
- Facilitate workshops and stakeholder engagement to drive decisions.
- Requires UK citizenship and the ability to obtain Security Clearance (SC).
// Role Specification
About the Role
At Northrop Grumman UK, you will be part of a team driving innovation and solving tomorrow's challenges. As a Business Analyst, you will play a key role in shaping and delivering impactful solutions within agile software delivery teams. You will work closely with Product Owners, delivery teams, and stakeholders, transforming complex challenges into clear, actionable insights that drive meaningful change. Embedded within a collaborative team, you will guide decision-making, define requirements, and ensure solutions meet user needs and strategic objectives, contributing directly to the delivery of secure, innovative capabilities.
What You'll Be Doing
- Acting as the bridge between stakeholders and delivery teams to ensure solutions meet business and user needs.
- Eliciting, analysing, and documenting business and technical requirements in agile delivery environments.
- Supporting Product Owners to prioritise and maintain well-defined backlogs aligned to project goals.
- Facilitating workshops, discussions, and stakeholder engagement to clarify complex problems and drive decisions.
- Applying systems thinking to understand wider organisational impacts and improve processes, services, and technology.
- Evaluating delivered solutions to ensure they meet desired outcomes and recommending enhancements where required.
What You'll Bring
- Experience working within agile software delivery teams, including writing and managing user stories or tickets.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to work in complex, ambiguous environments.
- Ability to engage, influence, and communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders.
- Experience using tools such as Jira, Confluence, or GitLab.
- Knowledge or experience within Defence, Security, or highly regulated environments is beneficial.
- A proactive, organised approach with strong attention to detail.
We welcome applications from candidates who may not meet every requirement but can demonstrate the skills and mindset needed to succeed.
Security Clearance
Due to the nature of our work, you must be a UK national for this clearance type. You must be able to gain and maintain the appropriate UK Government security clearance (SC).
Benefits
- Flexible working options, including a compressed fortnight.
- Private healthcare.
- Cash health plan.
- Holiday buy and sell scheme.
- Career development and training programmes.
- Performance-related bonuses.
Why Join Us?
A mission to believe in: Every day, we contribute to building a more secure and connected world. Your work will have real-world impact in protecting people, infrastructure, and national security.
A place to belong and thrive: We value diverse perspectives and foster an inclusive environment where everyone can contribute, grow, and succeed.
Your career, your way: Whether you want to deepen your expertise or explore new career paths, we offer the support, tools, and opportunities to help you shape your future.