Lead Business Analyst

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Sydney, New South Wales, AUS
In-Office
Mid level
Cloud • Information Technology • Software • Analytics
Global tech consultancy blending design, engineering and AI to help businesses thrive through innovation.
The Role
The Lead Business Analyst acts as a bridge between clients and developers, facilitating communication, ensuring business requirements are met, and collaborating on impactful software solutions. Responsibilities include roadmapping, workshop facilitation, stakeholder engagement, and mentoring in Agile practices.
Summary Generated by Built In

What happens when you have fascinating clients with challenging problems on the one hand and passionate software developers looking to build future-focused solutions on the other? This in-between is where Business Analysts reside, acting as a bridge between the client and team. You will establish the outcomes software must achieve, assess how it will be used, and then generate bold ideas with our developers to create custom applications. You will work with clients across a variety of sectors and ensure the business-critical software solutions we develop deliver real business value every time.

Job responsibilities
  • Understand a client's business problems in order to build, maintain, and evolve product roadmaps to generate impactful solutions
  • Assure effective collaboration between Thoughtworks' and the client's teams, encouraging open communication and advocating for shared outcomes
  • You will assess the as-is situation and collaborate with clients to create artifacts (personas, epics, stories, etc.) to maximize value
  • You will facilitate analysis workshops through “innovation games” with senior client stakeholders to outline business vision, objective, product roadmap and a project release plan.
  • You will help companies from a variety of industries achieve true, differentiating outcomes and engage with and influence senior business stakeholders on the client side.
  • You will liaise between the client and your team, consisting of SMEs, C-suite executives, developers, quality analysts, tech architects, user experience designers, project managers, etc to manage the product backlog and keep an eye on software delivery
  • You will work in agile teams that facilitate organizational transformations for medium- and large-scale businesses
  • You will be involved in the Analyst community to share knowledge, mentor and evangelize Agile, Lean, and Continuous Development analysis best practices
Job qualifications
Technical skills
  • You have a track record of delivering impactful software, ideally on a collaborative software delivery team
  • You have attention to detail, a practical approach to the day-to-day work of story-writing and delivery and can draw a line directly from an overarching client strategy to your team's outcomes
  • You enjoy unearthing the root cause(s) of a client's pain points, validating a business opportunity or problem and partnering to deliver a solution
  • You are well versed with Agile, Lean and Continuous Delivery methodologies and love to mentor others
  • You understand how businesses operate and have experience modeling business processes using a variety of tools and techniques to facilitate requirement elicitation sessions
  • You design and facilitate workshops with business stakeholders to outline the business vision, objective, product roadmap and a project release plan
  • You are well-versed with tech trends and can relate them to real-world business challenges at a program or project level
Professional skills
  • You enjoy coaching, have led a team and are an advocate for sharing knowledge with others
  • You have a knack for prioritization, obtaining buy-in from stakeholders and resolving conflicts as they arise
  • You're resilient and flexible in ambiguous situations and enjoy solving problems from technical and business perspectives
Other things to know
Learning & Development

There is no one-size-fits-all career path at Thoughtworks: however you want to develop your career is entirely up to you. But we also balance autonomy with the strength of our cultivation culture. This means your career is supported by interactive tools, numerous development programs and teammates who want to help you grow. We see value in helping each other be our best and that extends to empowering our employees in their career journeys.

About Thoughtworks

Thoughtworks is a global technology consultancy that integrates strategy, design and engineering to drive digital innovation. For over 30 years, our clients have trusted our autonomous teams to build solutions that look past the obvious. Here, computer science grads come together with seasoned technologists, self-taught developers, midlife career changers and more to learn from and challenge each other. Career journeys flourish with the strength of our cultivation culture, which has won numerous awards around the world. 
Join Thoughtworks and thrive. Together, our extra curiosity, innovation, passion and dedication overcomes ordinary.

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Skills Required

  • Track record of delivering impactful software
  • Experience with Agile, Lean and Continuous Delivery methodologies
  • Experience modeling business processes
  • Ability to design and facilitate workshops with stakeholders
  • Coaching and team leadership experience

Thoughtworks Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Thoughtworks and has not been reviewed or approved by Thoughtworks.

  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Paid time off includes vacation accrual from day one with rollover, personal/sick days, development and service days, and a long‑tenure paid sabbatical. Policies also emphasize comprehensive leave for rest, illness, and rejuvenation.
  • Healthcare Strength Health coverage spans medical, dental, and vision and often extends to families, complemented by mental‑health support through Lyra and Headspace. In some regions, private providers and wellness rewards further bolster healthcare access.
  • Parental & Family Support Parental leave is positioned as generous across regions, with fully paid options in some markets and a comprehensive fertility policy. Adoption and broader family supports are also highlighted.

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The Company
HQ: Chicago, IL
7,674 Employees
Year Founded: 1993

What We Do

We are a global technology consultancy that delivers extraordinary impact by blending design, engineering and AI expertise. For 30 years, our commitment to design-led thinking, engineering excellence and innovation means we prioritize people, build teams with strong technical foundations and embed AI into every step of the process – not just as a tool but as a mindset. It’s this approach that sets us apart, sparks bold ideas and empowers us to drive real, lasting innovation. We’re not preparing for the future – we’re defining it.

Why Work With Us

As technologists, we have a unique role to play in how technology should benefit all of society, pursuing a more equitable future. Part of that role is to continuously educate ourselves on the issues that matter to the causes we believe in. We recognize our privilege and strive to see the world from the perspective of the most vulnerable.

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