Velan Consulting Pty Ltd - Direct Supplier to both Federal and Private Clients.
Senior AI Specialist Business Analyst | Hybrid 2 -3 days per week in Canberra) | Citizens with Baseline preferred | Long term Contract |
Working Arrangements:
Hybrid.
Flexible / Hybrid options are available, subject to agreement with the Hiring Manager.
Generally, an office presence is expected 2-3 days per week
The AI Business Enablement Specialist builds a deep understanding of business problems, the people, process and tools, how work is done, and the ability to inspire how work can be done within the Australian Federal Government content and develop AI prototypes to demonstrate the 'art of the possible', wherever relevant.
The AI Business Enablement Specialist
will also work with data/AI capabilities, translating them into explicit, testable user stories and acceptance criteria for multi‐disciplinary agile teams.
They shape AI‐enabled features and services that are ethical, transparent and compliant, and ensure the right human‐in‐the‐loop controls, explainability and auditability are in place across the AI lifecycle.
Essential skills and experience
Lead rapid prototyping sessions to inspire the business to rethink business processes, roles and responsibilities for staff and demonstrate technology capabilities using tools such as
Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft PowerPlatform and Azure Foundry.
Elicit, analyse and document business, data and AI requirements; decompose into epics, features and user stories with testable acceptance criteria.
Define non‐functional needs specific to AI (transparency, safety, robustness, latency, security, privacy).
Map processes/decision points to decide AI vs rules‐based and specify human authority levels and HITL checkpoints.
Co‐design evaluation frameworks for AI features (ground‐truth datasets, baselines; monitor performance,



drift and fairness over time).
Partner with data scientists/engineers & product owners to turn outcomes into model objectives, features and data constraints.
Develop acceptance criteria and test cases for AI/ML features (shadow testing, A/B trials, red‐teaming, rollback plans).
Document prompt/model assumptions, guardrails and safety constraints (retrieval scope, prompt patterns, redaction).
Contribute to privacy threshold assessments / PIAs, threat risk assessments and records management of AI artefacts.
Ensure alignment with internal AI Policy, AI Governance Framework, and Data Governance Framework/Data Policy; coordinate approvals with governance forums.
Support change management, comms & training for AI‐enabled processes and tools (e.g., Copilot scenarios).
Qualifications/Experience
The AI Business Enablement Specialist must have:
3+ years as a BA/Systems Analyst in digital/service delivery, including agile teams.
Hands‐on experience supporting AI‐enabled products within the Microsoft Stack (ML, NLP/LLMs, Copilot or intelligent automation, including PowerPlatform suite) from discovery to delivery.
Proven ability to write testable stories and acceptance criteria for AI features (incl. evaluation metrics & guardrails).
Working knowledge of responsible & secure AI (privacy‐by‐design, human oversight, explainability, bias mitigation).
Workshop facilitation and stakeholder engagement across technical and non‐technical audiences.
Proficiency with Azure DevOps and Miro (or equivalent).
Excellent written and verbal communication; able to influence decisions with evidence and prototypes.
Please email your cv in word format along with residency status, security clearance, location, availability details, role Preference, current & expected salary, reason for job change constraints if any - to : ***email_hidden***
Cheers,
Velan Consulting Recruitment Team
Phone: *********** ***

📌 Senior Business Analyst (Canberra)
🏢 Velan Consulting
📍 Canberra