Business Analyst (Data Science & AI)

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Job Title: Business Analyst (Data Science and AI)

Location: Cambridge, UK (2 days a week, hybrid)

About the role

Join BSI's DSAI Team as a Business Analyst, where you'll be key to driving technical projects within Group Innovation. You’ll work closely with business experts and BSI functions to deliver our innovation portfolio by documenting business needs and ensuring clear understanding between technical teams and the wider business.

Responsibilities:

• Elicit, document, and manage business requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.

• Facilitate ‘as-is’ and ‘to-be’ process analysis and customer journey definition.

• Lead stakeholder discussions to resolve requirements and support business case production.

• Define and challenge project vision, objectives, scope, outcomes, and success criteria.

• Build relationships to align solutions with business strategy, target operating model, and enterprise architecture.

• Ensure benefits management, adherence to best practices, and use of appropriate analysis methods.

• Contribute to methodology improvement and provide input to risk management and project reporting.

• Collaborate with the Project Manager to ensure timely and on-budget project delivery.

To be successful in the role, you will have:

• 2+ years in business analysis.

• Understanding of business analysis, Data Science/AI, Change Management, and project delivery methods.

• Business acumen, requirements analysis, objective/goal setting, and communication skills.

• Ability to challenge, analyze, and problem-solve, with attention to detail.

• Process mapping, workshop facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.

• Ability to simplify complex ideas and manage benefits.

Ideally, you will also have:

• Experience with technical teams, enterprise IT systems, data, and organizational change.

• Business case development skills and relevant qualifications (Business Analysis, Change Management, People Management, BCS, CBAP, PRINCE2, MSP).

• Initiative, collaboration, creativity, customer focus, critical thinking, trust, openness, and integrity.

Grow your career and expand your skills and knowledge. At BSI, we offer opportunities to work across industries and across the globe. You’ll benefit from the different perspectives and experiences of your international colleagues, as well as ongoing training and development. We offer flexible working, as well as; 27 days’ annual leave, paid sick leave, bank holidays, health insurance, life insurance, pension plan with company contribution, car allowance (dependent on role), income protection, paid maternity leave, paid paternity leave, paid parental leave, adoption leave, compassionate leave, paid bereavement leave, learning and development opportunities, and a wide range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your lifestyle.

We’re building an organisation that meets the challenges of tomorrow. Want to grow with us?

We exist to have a positive impact. Our people influence international thinking and action on important issues. Our 86,000 customers are based in 193 countries across the globe.

Now we’re taking on society’s biggest challenges. We’re developing standards and guidelines that will help our customers get to net zero, and we’re defining the way new technologies such as AI impact all our lives.

We’re focused on our future – and we’re looking for people who want to grow with us as we take on the challenges of tomorrow. At BSI, you’ll find a workplace where everyone can flourish and thrive, where innovation is encouraged and where learning is part of your everyday. You’ll contribute to work that shapes industries and enhances lives – and you’ll take pride in what you do.

We’re looking for passionate people who want to make a difference in a purpose-led organisation. If that sounds like you, apply now. Together, we can help create a better society and a more sustainable world.

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