Job Title: Principal Business Analyst
Salary: £73,000 - £109,000 DOE
Location: Cheltenham
Clearance: Must hold and maintain the highest level of UK Government Security Clearance
What’s your possible?
At Northrop Grumman UK, you are part of a team driving innovation where it matters most, solving tomorrow’s challenges and shaping the technology solutions of the future. We call it Defining Possible.
This mindset goes beyond our customer solutions. It underpins how we develop our people, support our communities and create opportunities for talented individuals to make a meaningful impact through their work.
This is more than just a job. It's a mission.
We are looking for an experienced Business Analyst to join our growing teams delivering critical programmes across the Defence and National Security sectors.
As a Business Analyst at Northrop Grumman UK, you will play a pivotal role in helping our customers solve complex challenges by bringing clarity to ambiguity, understanding the broader organisational landscape and ensuring change delivers meaningful outcomes.
Working closely with Product Owners, delivery teams, customers and senior stakeholders, you will help shape solutions from concept through to delivery. You'll apply systems thinking, business analysis expertise and stakeholder engagement skills to identify genuine business needs, define requirements and ensure solutions align with strategic objectives.
This is an opportunity to influence mission-critical programmes, contribute to major transformation initiatives and work alongside talented professionals delivering technology-enabled change that makes a real difference.
What You'll Do
As a Business Analyst, you will:
- Work with stakeholders to understand business challenges, user needs and strategic drivers, translating these into clear and actionable requirements.
- Facilitate workshops, planning events and collaborative sessions to build consensus, uncover opportunities and drive successful outcomes.
- Support agile delivery teams by elaborating work, maintaining product backlogs and working closely with Product Owners to prioritise delivery.
- Analyse business processes, operating models, organisational structures and technology landscapes to identify improvements and recommend solutions.
- Produce business cases, requirements documentation and evidence-based recommendations that support informed decision-making.
- Ensure delivered solutions meet user needs, deliver expected business benefits and remain aligned to organisational objectives throughout the change lifecycle.
What We're Looking For
We're interested in hearing from candidates who can demonstrate:
- Proven Business Analysis experience within complex delivery environments, ideally supporting software, engineering, defence or national security programmes.
- Experience working within agile delivery teams, including requirements elicitation, backlog refinement and user story development.
- Strong stakeholder management and facilitation skills, with the ability to influence and communicate effectively at all levels.
- Experience applying systems thinking to understand organisational challenges and develop practical, outcome-focused recommendations.
- Knowledge of business analysis techniques, requirements management and organisational change principles.
- Experience using collaboration and delivery tools such as Jira, GitLab and Confluence.
Desirable experience includes:
- Experience within Defence or National Security environments.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation, governance frameworks or regulatory requirements.
- Business Change experience, including benefits realisation, business readiness and adoption activities.
- Experience mentoring junior Business Analysts and contributing to capability development.
We know that skills and experience come in many forms. Even if you don't meet every requirement listed, we'd still love to hear from you if you're excited about the opportunity and believe you can make a positive contribution.
Benefits
Northrop Grumman UK offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, career and lifestyle, including:
- Flexible working options, including hybrid arrangements
- Compressed fortnight working pattern with every other Friday off
- Private medical insurance, dental cover, life assurance and pension
- Flexible benefits package including critical illness cover and health cash plan
- Holiday buy and sell scheme
- Annual performance incentive programme
- Professional development, training and career progression opportunities
- Support for professional memberships and certifications
Why Join Us?
A Mission to Believe In
Every day, our teams contribute to building a more secure and connected world. Whether supporting national security, delivering advanced technology solutions or helping customers solve their most complex challenges, your work will have purpose and impact. You'll also have opportunities to engage with our employee networks, STEM outreach initiatives and community programmes.
A Place to Belong and Thrive
At Northrop Grumman UK, every voice matters. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where people feel respected, supported and empowered to succeed. Diversity of thought, background and experience helps us deliver better outcomes for our customers and creates a stronger workplace for everyone.
Your Career, Your Way
Discover your possible through meaningful work, varied career paths and ongoing development opportunities. Whether you're looking to deepen your expertise, expand your leadership capability or explore new technologies and domains, we'll support your ambitions every step of the way.
Ready to Apply?
Yes – Submit your application online.
Possibly – Reach out to our team for more information at [email protected]
No – Explore our other opportunities. We're continuing to grow across the UK and would love to help you discover your next career move with Northrop Grumman UK.
Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce, and encourages individuals from all backgrounds and all abilities to apply and consider becoming a part of our diverse and inclusive workforce.
Skills Required
- UK citizenship
- Must hold and maintain the highest level of UK Government Security Clearance
- Proven business analysis experience in complex delivery environments
- Experience supporting software, engineering, defence or national security programmes
- Experience working within agile delivery teams
- Experience with requirements elicitation, backlog refinement and user story development
- Strong stakeholder management and facilitation skills
- Experience applying systems thinking to organisational challenges
- Knowledge of business analysis techniques, requirements management and organisational change principles
- Experience using Jira, GitLab and Confluence
- Experience within defence or national security environments
- Knowledge of relevant legislation, governance frameworks or regulatory requirements
- Business change experience, including benefits realisation, business readiness and adoption activities
- Experience mentoring junior Business Analysts and contributing to capability development
Northrop Grumman Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Northrop Grumman and has not been reviewed or approved by Northrop Grumman.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage offers multiple medical plan options by region alongside dental, vision, mental‑health resources, and wellness programs. Recent materials also highlight added family‑building support, including a dedicated fertility benefit.
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Retirement Support — The 401(k) savings plan is positioned as competitive with a company match, auto‑escalation features, and access to an employee stock fund/ESPP. Official filings and benefits guides emphasize retirement as a core element of the Total Rewards package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Many sites offer a 9/80 schedule, generous PTO, paid holidays, and flexible/telework options where program needs allow. Paid parental and caregiver leave are prominently featured, with recent enhancements for the delivering parent.
Northrop Grumman Insights
What We Do
We are a close-knit community of big thinkers collaborating to keep the world safe. Our passion, creativity and expertise bring next-level technology solutions to life in autonomous systems, cyber, C4ISR, strike, space, and logistics and modernization for our customers around the globe. On the Northrop Grumman team, you’ll join our pursuit of excellence immersed in a dynamic culture of innovation and respect. Your unique perspective will help achieve our shared vision for the future of global security. Every step of the way, you'll be supported by world-class training, employee resource groups and a comprehensive benefits package that enables greater health and happiness for you and your family. Worldwide and across disciplines, we’re challenging what’s possible for technology to protect people and places from undersea to outer space and into cyberspace. And we see the impact of our performance every day. We are Northrop Grumman, and we work on what matters—now, you too can make a difference. Explore opportunities in engineering, IT, manufacturing, business management, cybersecurity and more with us. Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
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