IT Delivery Partner (Business Analyst/Project Manager)

IT Delivery Partner (Business Analyst/Project Manager) – Data & Insight Programme

Historic Royal Palaces is the independent charity that looks after the Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, Kensington Palace, the Banqueting House, Kew Palace and Hillsborough Castle & Gardens.

Departments: Information Systems
Home Palace: Hampton Court Palace (with hybrid working)
Status: Fixed Term Contract
Salary: £55,693
Salary Rate: Per Annum
Days/Hours of work: Full time, 36 hours per week, Monday - Friday

About the role and about you

We are the independent charity that loves and looks after six of the most wonderful palaces in the world. The palaces are the setting for the stories that shape us all, and we’re bringing them to people in ways that mean more to them. We want everyone to find themselves in the spaces and stories we share.  

Historic Royal Palaces (HRP) is embarking on an ambitious transformation to harness the power of data and analytics to enhance decision-making, strategic planning, and operational effectiveness. As part of this vision, we are recruiting for four key roles that will play a crucial part in shaping the future of data at HRP: Senior Data Manager, Data Engineer, Business Intelligence Analyst, and IT Business Analyst/Project Manager (IT Delivery Partner)

Together, these roles will help HRP transition towards a more data-driven culture, ensuring that data is accurate, accessible, and aligned with our strategic goals. If you are passionate about data, collaboration, and driving meaningful impact through insights, we invite you to explore these exciting opportunities. 

As part of the IT Business Solutions Team, partnering with the central planning team, the IT Delivery Partner will build relationships with stakeholders and cross functional teams to deliver an enterprise data platform for HRP. 

About the role 

Working closely with the Data & Insight central team to lead on delivery of projects to include: 

• Collaborating to agree project approaches, business requirements and build product backlogs.
• Facilitating scrum events.
• Communicating progress with stakeholders, colleagues, and the wider organization.
• Collaborating with stakeholders to gather and document business requirements.
• Working with the Capability Delivery Team, Subject Matter Experts and developers to translate business requirements into technical specifications.
• Conducting gap analysis and recommending solutions for data platform capabilities. Developing and maintaining comprehensive documentation, including business requirements and process flows
• Facilitating workshops to elicit requirements and validate solutions.
• Assisting with the implementation of best practices and data governance standards.
• Adhering to cost, time, quality and agreed outcomes. 
• Your understanding and application of security, compliance and data governance considerations, as well as managing project risk, will ensure successful delivery of the data platform and the associated business change so we can be confident in using, supporting and exploiting the capability it brings.

Benefits include: 

• Hybrid working
• Enhanced holiday entitlement
• Generous Employers Pension Contributions (up to 11%)
• Annual Pay reviews & Bonuses
• Critical Illness Cover & Life Assurance
• Family friendly policies and benefits 
• Staff discounts and membership to all palaces 

To be successful 

You should have experience in the following: 

• Leading on the delivery of business solutions using the appropriate project framework or methodology, and the investigation, definition and resolution of complex data, digital and technology issues.
• Collaborating, communicating, and presenting complex data, digital and technology information effectively with both IT and business colleagues, as well as customers and suppliers, will be key in successful project delivery. 
• Considerable experience in a similar role (Technical Project Manager and/or Business Analyst) and proven experience with cloud-based data platforms and in data-related projects.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and project management tools.
• Strong understanding of data management principles and data governance.
• Strong understanding of data analysis tools and techniques.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. 

Closing date: 23:55pm 2nd March 2025
Interviews being held TBC

We have adopted a hybrid model of part working from home and part working from site, we are open to discussing what best works for individuals and their work life balance whilst also delivering the business requirements. 

Historic Royal Palaces is an equal opportunities employer and truly values a diverse workforce.  Applications are welcome from candidates regardless of their background. 

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