Ba Practice Lead

**Business Analysis Practice Lead**

**Organisation Overview**
- The Future Fund Management Agency’s strategic plan emphasises our purpose, to invest for the benefit of future generations of Australians. This is our single purpose; everything we do is aligned with that goal, and we avoid being distracted into any activity that might take us in a different direction.- Our three-year Business Plan defines four Focus Areas. Our Initiatives are based on achieving the desired outcome in each of these areas:
- **Refresh the Investment Model**. Profound changes are occurring in the investment world, led by changes in the monetary policy cycle, politics, societal attitudes and generational changes. We must respond to these changes to ensure strong investment performance.
- **Mature the Organisation**. We have grown from a small to a medium sized business. We now need to mature our business processes and structures to reflect this.
- **Preserve Our Legacy**. Our culture is a key reason for our historical success. We will institutionalise this by creating Future Fund Learning which will deliver cultural, leadership and technical training.
- **Expand Our Voice.** We have significant expertise across a range of areas. We intend to participate broadly in conversations about areas in which we have something to add.
- We are passionate about our values, which define how we go about doing what we do:
- **We focus on what matters**. Everything we do is focused on achieving our purpose, we don’t get side-tracked by distractions.
- We are responsible for **maintaining the Australian Government’s reputation** in Australian and International markets.
- We **work together** and **do the right thing** to achieve the best outcome every time and ultimately to achieve our purpose.

**Role Profile**
- To effectively support the Agency, the Technology business unit requires a Business Analysis Practice Lead for managing a team of Business Analysts who provide support to projects and scrum teams across the agency.- Reporting to the **Manager, Delivery, Testing and Business Analysis**, Investment Delivery and Platforms, the **Business Analysis Practice Lead **is responsible for uplifting the business analysis capability covering defining a framework, maturity model & measurements, mentoring, coaching, recruitment and overall KPI’s. The practice operates as a Centre of Excellence (CoE), providing resources, standards & best practices, methods and processes into various technology teams who are affecting change across all business lines in the agency.**Reports to**

Manager - Delivery, Business Analysis and Testing, Investment Delivery and Platforms

**Direct Reports**

This role will manage a team of 15+ Business Analysts.

**Key Tasks**

**Responsibilities**

**Strategy**
- Active contributor and implementor of the Delivery, Business Analysis and Testing (DBAT) Centre of Excellence strategy.
- Focus on BA service excellence, develop and refine business analysis methodologies, best practices and standards.
- Establish a strong framework that encompasses governance, standard/policy setting and compliance assessment/monitoring of adoption across all technology initiatives in the agency.
- Foster a working environment where decisions are data based and reporting is self-serviceable.
- Standardize processes for requirements elicitation, analysis, documentation, and validation.
- Ensure that business analysis practices align with industry standards (e.g., BABOK) and organizational needs.
- Defining and implementing an appropriate sourcing strategy within the BA COE to support run and change initiatives.

**Collaboration and Adoption**
- Collaborate with BA’s to understand their needs, priorities, challenges and provide solutions.
- Through communities of practice, foster a culture of collaboration between the BA capability and technology teams, continuously eliciting feedback about their challenges and level of satisfaction.
- Promote the catalogue of tools and frameworks offered to technology teams, market initiatives that are in progress.
- Work closely with teams evaluating and determining the practices and tooling that make them more productive, fostering a continuous improvement culture.
- Work closely with teams to implement leaner ways for product portfolio management and backlog management, grooming, prioritisation, monitoring and control and retrospectives.
- Provide coaching, education and support to stakeholders, being an advocate and promote strong delivery and business analysis practice.
- Establish metrics to assess standards adoption and business value.

**Leadership**
- Provide strong leadership and mentorship to a team of business analysts.
- Foster a collaborative and innovative environment that encourages knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.
- Network with professionals solving similar challenges within the agency and in the industry.
- Set clear expectations, define roles and responsibilities, and facili