Naimuri - Business Analyst / Business Change Manager (UKI)
// Role Summary
Join Naimuri as a Business Analyst/Business Change Manager to help make the UK safer by tackling complex data and technology challenges in partnership with government and law enforcement. This role integrates you into agile software development or data science teams, acting as a crucial link between technical experts and clients.
// Key Responsibilities
- Shape the UK's safety through innovative data and technology solutions.
- Work within agile software development and data science teams.
- Bridge the gap between technical teams and customers, managing requirements.
- Drive acceptance testing and end-to-end benefits management.
- Contribute to a company culture focused on wellbeing, empowerment, and continuous improvement.
- Flexible and hybrid working options available.
// Role Specification
About the Role
We are offering a unique opportunity to contribute to making the UK a safer place through innovation. You will collaborate with government and law enforcement organisations, addressing some of the most challenging data and technology problems.
This role involves integrating into our software development or data science teams. You will act as the primary liaison between these technical teams and our customers. Your responsibilities will include collecting and managing requirements, supporting the delivery process, leading acceptance testing, and overseeing the end-to-end benefits management process. You will ensure that changes are correctly implemented and that anticipated benefits are realised.
About Us
Naimuri is a rapidly growing tech company with a strong community focus, operating from Greater Manchester, London, and Malvern/Cheltenham. Our philosophy, derived from the Japanese meaning of our name ('not overburden'), emphasizes empowering our teams, fostering innovation, and creating a bias-free environment. Our work is underpinned by four core principles: Wellbeing, Empowerment, Perpetual Edge, and Delivery, all aimed at our mission of making the UK a safer place.
About You
You should be passionate about technology and its role in enhancing UK safety. While a degree in a related field is beneficial, we highly value demonstrable skills and experience acquired through self-driven learning and career progression.
Core Skills Expected:
- Eliciting and analysing functional and non-functional requirements.
- Accurate documentation of customer requirements and priorities.
- Organising and prioritising requirements using techniques like product roadmaps, epics, user stories, and backlogs.
- Generating and defining options.
- Engaging with stakeholders and specialists.
- Evaluating options for financial, technical, and business feasibility.
- Developing business change implementation plans for processes, procedures, systems, structures, and ways of working.
- Utilising structured processes and tools for leading change initiatives.
- Implementing business change management practices to support iterative/agile working.
- Tailoring communication to diverse stakeholders.
- Monitoring business change impacts and embedding sustainable changes.
- Identifying, classifying, and prioritising risks, including impact, probability, and mitigation actions.
- Ensuring customer readiness for new service operations upon deployment.
General Skills (Nice to Have):
- Aligning options with organisational vision, mission, objectives, strategy, and tactics.
- Planning, developing, and implementing organisational risk management approaches.
- Planning, designing, managing, and reporting on acceptance test outcomes.
- Implementing service acceptance practices for iterative/agile working.
- Implementing benefits management frameworks and approaches.
- Optimising business impact of individual and combined benefits.
- Confirming the achievement of expected benefits.
Above all, we seek individuals with the right attitude and tenacity for continuous self-improvement. You will be given the freedom and autonomy to excel, with ample support provided.
Location
This role can be based in our offices located in Salford Quays, Manchester, or alternatively in London or Malvern.
Pay and Benefits
Naimuri offers competitive industry pay, with salary dependent on experience and seniority assessed during the interview process relative to team needs.
We offer a full-time working week of 37.5 hours with flexibility over working times. Part-time working options can be discussed. Core hours are 10:00am - 3:00pm, with office hours between 7:30am and 6:00pm, Monday to Friday. Some 'in office' days may be required for collaboration, and occasional travel to customer sites within the UK or to our Manchester office may be necessary.
Benefits include:
- Flexible/Hybrid working options
- Performance bonus
- Company bonus
- Pension matched 1.5x up to 10.5%
- AXA group 1 medical cover
- Personal training budget
- Holiday buy-back scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Car benefit scheme
Recruitment Process
We are committed to ensuring you feel comfortable and confident throughout our interview process. Our recruitment team will provide detailed information about the process upon application. We are happy to support any accessibility or neurodiversity requirements.