Canberra, Australia | Posted on 23/09/2026

Essential criteria1.Demonstrated compliance/alignment with the Statement of Requirement2.Experience successfully delivering in a complex, technical, multi-vendor environment with experience of management and leading the delivery across all parties3.Relevant skills and knowledge including dependency management skills, documenting business requirements, stakeholder engagement, translating requirements into clear specifications for technical teams, processes analysis and recommendation documentation.4.Effective leadership and people management skills coupled with skills in communicating with end users.5.Strong interpersonal, issue resolution and change management skills.

Desirable criteria1.Experience in the procurement and delivery of large mission critical systems2.Experience working in multi cloud environments for example Azure, OCI, AWS etc.3.Detailed understanding, experience and leadership of projects following the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).4.Experience in an Australian Federal Government Agency

Job Description The Senior Business Analyst will be accountable under broad direction to perform complex work that provides detailed technical and professional business analysis, system analysis, and design changes that align with the vision and strategic direction of the Agency. They will be engaged at an Executive Level 1 (EL1) equivalent level. This is the level expected of senior technical specialists with the Australian Public Service.

The Senior Business Analyst will exercise a considerable degree of independence and perform a leadership role working closely with stakeholders across the Agency to gain an in-depth understanding of business processes, technical infrastructure, technical services,



strategic roadmap, and in the context in which the Agency operates.

The Senior Business Analyst Will have considerable internal and external stakeholder interaction and will act as the conduit between the business units, internal stakeholders that will include the IT business management, solutions development, and solutions implementation functional teams within the Agency and with relevant stakeholders from the Health sector.

Key duties and responsibilities The key duties and responsibilities of the Senior Business Analyst are as provided below, followed by the mandatory requirements for the position.

Leadership and Accountability

Provide expertise across a broad range of digital health standards activities potentially relating to the work of different program areas.

Take responsibility for the achievements of own and team outcomes, monitor progress, and follow through to deliver quality outcomes.

Recommend strategic directions for area of responsibility and consider wider agency implications when making decisions.

Consider and effectively manage competing priorities and strategic directions when achieving team planning and project outcomes in line with agency goals and objectives.

Provide a significant contribution to innovation and business improvement strategies.

Engage with risk,



including the conduct of risk assessment and risk management activities for area of responsibility.

Accountable for the achievement of own and team outcomes, monitoring progress and following through to ensure the delivery of quality outcomes including managing competing priorities to develop and complete the following business analytical activities:

Requirements gathering from a range of internal and external stakeholders, focusing on business needs and how multiple stakeholder needs can be addressed (e.g., consumers, healthcare providers, government).

Impact assessment of proposals on current activities.

Coordination of inputs on draft documents and analysis of feedback.

Prioritisation of initiatives within strategic documents.

Communication of complex policy ideas and articulating key points in diagrams/graphics, etc.

Working across the business to identify and understand how other projects impact the work of the team (overlap, contribution, shared direction).

Management Diversity and Span

Accountable to lead the analysis of business needs across a complex portfolio of current and existing standards related initiatives, taking responsibility for:

setting tasks and priorities,

managing workflow to understand dependencies,

seeking and facilitating contributions to business and project requirements through workshops and feedback systems to ensure a consultative and coordinated solution co-design.

Coordinate and undertake detailed or sensitive projects that impact on the strategic, political, or operational outcomes of the agency.

Plan and monitor work processes, direct and coordinate quality assurance practices and set performance indicators.
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📌 Senior Business Analyst (Canberra)
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