About Snowy:
Snowy Hydro is a dynamic, integrated energy business that has been providing on-demand, reliable energy to Australia for generations. Snowy Hydro owns and operates a powerful combination of generation assets, including the mighty Snowy Mountains Scheme, gas and diesel plants, and contracted wind and solar energy. We also provide electricity and gas to about 1.5 million retail customers through our retail brands Red Energy and Lumo Energy.
Snowy 2.0 is Australia’s largest committed renewable energy project. This nation-building project will provide on-demand energy and large-scale storage for many generations to come.
About the position:
Snowy Hydro is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Business Analyst Team Lead to join our Technology team. In this pivotal role, you will lead and mentor a team of Business Analysts, overseeing the entire business analysis lifecycle for complex technology projects. Your expertise will be crucial in translating strategic business objectives into clear, actionable requirements and ensuring the successful delivery of solutions that meet our business needs in the renewable energy sector.
Key Responsibilities:
- Team Management and Development: Coach, mentor, and lead the BA team, ensuring clear roles, responsibilities, and performance measures. Provide expertise in risk and information management, conduct performance reviews, and support professional growth.
- Strategic Business Analysis: Act as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and technology teams, defining and documenting detailed functional and non-functional requirements, user stories, use cases, process flows, and data models. Identify and call out process improvements across the portfolio.
- Project & Portfolio Oversight: Oversee business analysis efforts across multiple projects, ensuring alignment with organisational goals and technology roadmaps. Collaborate with Product Owners, Project Managers, Solution Architects, and Development teams for successful project delivery. Work with BAs to provide accurate allocation estimates.
- Process Improvement & Standards: Identify opportunities for process improvements within the business analysis function and broader technology delivery lifecycle. Establish and maintain high standards for documentation, requirements quality, and analytical rigor within the BA team.
- Problem Solving & Risk Management: Proactively identify and resolve complex business and technical issues, escalating when necessary.
- Work, Health and Safety: Demonstrate and drive the highest level of focus on safety, leading by example and promoting engagement in safety modules and training. Ensure procedural compliance across your team and external resources.
About the location:
While our preferred location for this role is Sydney, we are open to considering strong applicants based in Melbourne or Cooma. The successful candidate must be able to collaborate effectively with our Sydney-based team, which may include occasional travel or flexible working arrangements to ensure seamless communication and alignment across all Snowy office sites.
About you:
- Proficiency with requirements management tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence).
- Experience in resource management/allocation.
- Proven ability to work with a wide range of stakeholders with diverse backgrounds and skill sets.
- IIBA certification or relevant BA qualifications (e.g., CBAP, ECBA).
- Ability to work under pressure, meet critical deadlines, manage multiple tasks, and demonstrate resilience in a constantly changing environment.
- Familiarity with metering data, MSATS, MDPs (highly regarded).
- Experience in transformation or system integration projects (highly regarded).
- Knowledge of energy market operations such as DER, FCAS, NEM processes (highly regarded).
About our workforce:
Diversity and inclusion is important to us. Snowy Hydro has a culture of decency and inclusion, with a commitment to the health and wellbeing of our people and a supportive environment to ensure that everyone - regardless of background - feels included and can succeed. At Snowy Hydro, we recognise that we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each individual brings, and we believe in providing an environment that allows that uniqueness to thrive.
Snowy Hydro is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. We are committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provide accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for a role with Snowy Hydro and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an email with your request to the Snowy Hydro recruitment team at recruitment@snowyhydro.com.au
If this role sounds like you, apply now! Applications close Wednesday 6th August.