Business Analysis Chapter Lead
Lead the evolution of business analysis at Yorkshire Building Society. This is a strategic leadership role combining enterprise standards, business change excellence and professional community leadership, with strong visibility across senior stakeholders. You’ll lead a large BA community defining how change is discovered, designed and embedded.
About the role
The Chapter Lead Business Analysis is accountable for defining and embedding enterprise BA standards and frameworks, while leading and developing the Business Analysis community of practice.
Own and evolve enterprise business analysis frameworks, standards, artefacts and tooling, ensuring consistent, outcome-focused discovery, requirements, process design and readiness across change delivery.
Lead and develop the Business Analysis community (c.50 practitioners), establishing strong professional standards, capability frameworks, development pathways and communities of practice.
Drive delivery quality and decision-making by embedding lifecycle standards, traceability and readiness measures, working cross-functionally to ensure controls, adoption and business outcomes are consistently achieved.
About you
You are a senior Business Analysis leader with a strong track record of building high-performing BA communities alongside shaping enterprise business change standards and frameworks.
Extensive experience leading BA capability at scale, including ownership of standards, frameworks and professional community development across complex portfolios.
Strong technical expertise across discovery, requirements, process modelling, TOM design and business readiness.
Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and align business, delivery and risk perspectives within a regulated environment to deliver high-quality, controlled outcomes.
About us
At YBS we don’t have shareholders, we have members. We care about people and that includes you. So here, you’ll be respected for who you are, you’ll be able to bring your whole self to work, and you’ll have everything you need to build a long and rewarding career.
Flexibility. We offer a range of flexible working options without unsocial hours, which can help you find a healthy work-life balance. Whether it’s finishing early for an appointment or fitting your studies and hobbies in around your working hours, we can help make it work for you. We’re happy to talk flexible working and you can reach out to us anytime to discuss this during the recruitment process.
Development. We want you to feel challenged here. Whatever your ambitions, we’re committed to helping you develop your skills and move ahead in your career journey. From day one, we’ll set you up for success with a brilliant induction and full training plan, all designed to get you up to speed quickly.
Inclusivity. We’re passionate about creating an inclusive environment where everyone is welcome and able to be themselves. If you’ll go the extra mile to help our members, you’ll fit right in and feel you belong here.
About our Benefits
We offer lots of fantastic rewards that you can make the most of in and out of work, including:
Holiday. You’ll get 25 days plus Bank Holidays, as well as the option to buy up to a further 5 days.
Bonus. At YBS we work collaboratively and share in our success together, so when we reach our goals were all rewarded with an on target bonus of 7% of eligible pay (with the opportunity to earn up to a maximum 15%).
Pension. We know how important it is to save towards the future, that’s why we’ll contribute up 11% into your YBS pension.
Healthcare. Health and wellbeing are an important part of life at YBS, when you join us you’ll have access to a range of health benefits to suit your life including private medical insurance, dental and healthcare plans.
My Benefits. When you join YBS you’ll have access to our self-service benefits portal, where you can access a range of retail, hospitality and health discounts.
Ready to apply?
If you’re excited about this role and want to be part of the YBS team, click apply now to send us your application.
Want more information?
If you have any questions about this role, please contact Tazafia Mahmood on [email protected]
Please note: if successful in the role, you may be issued a refreshed contract. If you’d like to talk to us about this and any impact there may be on your current benefits get in touch.
