Job Description

Senior Business Analyst – 12 month FTC

Hybrid – Manchester or London

Closing Date – 22nd June 2026

Why this role?

This isn’t just another Business Analyst role. This is your opportunity to shape how business analysis is done within a nationally critical organisation at the centre of the UK’s smart energy transformation.

You’ll step into a highly visible role where you won’t just deliver requirements—you’ll set the standard. With the freedom to influence best practice, embed consistency, and introduce smarter ways of working (including AI-driven approaches), you’ll help redefine how a Business Analysis capability operates at scale.

If you’re the kind of Senior BA who thrives on ownership, enjoys solving complex problems, and wants to leave a lasting imprint on a function—not just a project—this role offers exactly that.

About Smart DCC

We’re powering Britain’s smarter, greener future. Today. Tomorrow. Together.

At Smart DCC, you’ll be part of an organisation delivering one of the UK’s most ambitious infrastructure programmes—enabling a more efficient, sustainable energy system through smart technology and innovation.

How you’ll make an impact

In this role, you’ll operate at the heart of complex programmes, working across stakeholders, systems, and services to ensure the right outcomes are delivered.

You will:

Lead end-to-end requirements ownership, ensuring clarity, traceability and alignment from strategy through to delivery

Engage and influence senior stakeholders across DCC, industry partners, and government to shape solutions and decisions

Set and elevate standards for business analysis, driving consistency, quality, and best practice across the function

Operate across multiple complex initiatives, or lead on a major programme, ensuring outcomes deliver real value

Explore and apply AI/data-led approaches to improve how requirements are gathered, structured, and delivered Beyond delivery, you’ll act as a leader within the BA community, supporting capability growth, mentoring others, and helping shape the future operating model.

What you’ll be doing day-to-day

This is a hands-on, high-impact role where you will:

Shape, challenge, and refine business requirements through workshops and stakeholder engagement

Translate complex needs into clear, structured, and actionable outputs

Own requirements through their full lifecycle—ensuring nothing is lost between idea and delivery

Plan and manage your own analysis approach across programmes

Work closely with technical, commercial, and delivery teams to ensure alignment

Present outputs confidently to senior stakeholders, including external partners and regulators

What you need to bring

We’re looking for a top-tier Senior Business Analyst who can operate with confidence, ownership, and influence.

You’ll have:

Outstanding stakeholder engagement skills—able to quickly build trust and drive outcomes in complex environments

Expertise in requirements engineering, including elicitation, structuring, traceability, and lifecycle ownership

A strong sense of ownership and accountability, delivering end-to-end outcomes—not just documentation

Confidence presenting and influencing, including with senior and external stakeholders

Experience working in complex, regulated or multi-stakeholder environments (sector flexible)

Nice to have:

Exposure to data, AI, or automation-led analysis approaches

Experience working with contracts, suppliers, or regulated frameworks

What you’ll get

At DCC, we recognise that meaningful work deserves meaningful reward:

Hybrid working (typically 8 days per month in office)

Competitive salary + performance-related bonus

Generous leave, pension, and private healthcare

Flexible benefits tailored to you

Access to learning, development programmes, and senior stakeholder exposure

Why join now?

This is a rare opportunity to join at a point of real evolution—where the function is still being shaped, and your expertise can genuinely redefine how it operates.

You won’t just be part of the journey—you’ll help design it.

Apply now

Ready to make an impact and shape the future of business analysis at scale?

Click Apply now to start your journey with Smart DCC