Strategic Business Transformation Lead

Sandton, South Africa Posted on 02/19/2026

A strategic and solutions-drivenSenior Business Consultant with extensive experience leading complex businessanalysis and transformation initiatives. Demonstrates strong capability instructuring ambiguous problems, translating business objectives into actionablesolutions, and delivering measurable value across enterprise environments.Confident in engaging senior stakeholders, facilitating high-impact workshops,and guiding cross-functional teams through end-to-end delivery lifecycles.

Brings strong analytical depth,commercial awareness, and leadership capability to oversee workstreams, mentoranalysts, and drive continuous improvement. Thrives in fast-paced consultingenvironments and consistently delivers structured, high-quality outputs alignedto strategic business objectives.

Our Expectations of the Role:

Weexpect the Senior Business Consultant to operate with strong ownership,strategic thinking, and delivery accountability across all assignedworkstreams. Performance in this role is measured not only by the quality ofoutputs, but by the impact, influence, and value delivered across complexinitiatives.

Specifically,we expect:

• Deliveryof high-quality, executive-ready analysis and consulting outputs
• Clearstructuring of complex problems into actionable deliverables
• Confidentand professional engagement with senior stakeholders
• Ownershipof end-to-end analysis workstreams
• Strongdecision-making support based on data and structured reasoning
• Mentorshipand quality oversight of junior analysts
• Proactiverisk identification and resolution
• Accountabilityfor delivery outcomes and stakeholder satisfaction
• Professionalrepresentation of Edge Analytics in all client engagements

• Leadend-to-end business analysis across complex projects and programmes, ensuring solutions align withbusiness strategy, customer needs, and organisational priorities.
• Drivethe elicitation, refinement, and documentation of high-quality business andfunctional requirements, user stories, business rules, and acceptance criteria.
• Conductcomprehensive current-state (AS-IS) and future-state (TO-BE) process modelling,gap analyses, impact assessments, and solution evaluations.
• Translatebusiness objectives into structured problem statements, solution options, andclear recommendations for senior leadership.
• Facilitateworkshops, discovery sessions, and cross-functional discussions withexecutives, business owners, architects, engineering teams, and externalpartners.
• Leadstakeholder management activities, including expectation-setting, negotiation,conflict resolution, and decision-making support.
• Overseeand provide quality assurance for analysis artefacts produced by junior andintermediate analysts, ensuring consistency and alignment with standards.
• Partnerwith technical teams to validate solution design, integration impacts, dataflows, and system dependencies.
• Guideuser acceptance testing (UAT) strategy, including test scenario definition,issue triage, defect analysis, and sign-off processes.
• Supportorganisational change management by contributing to communication plans,training materials, adoption strategies, and readiness assessments.
• Drivecontinuous improvement of business analysis practices, frameworks, tools, andmethodologies.
• Providementorship, leadership, and coaching to junior business analysts, supportingcapability building and professional growth.
• Overseedelivery progress for analysis workstreams and ensure risks, dependencies, andissues are proactively managed.
• Actas a key advisor to business executives, offering insights, data-drivenanalysis, and thought leadership on process optimisation and digital transformation.
  

• Bcom Honours degree in InformationSystems, Business, Informatics, Engineering, or related field; postgraduatequalification or MBA is an advantage.
• Certificationor exposure to recognised project delivery or business analysis methodologies(such as IIBA, PMBOK/PMP, PRINCE2, CBAP, or Agile/Scrum) is advantageous.
• 5+ years of experience in businessanalysis, consulting, or product/business transformation roles, includingexperience working on complex, multi-stakeholder projects.
• Provenexpertise in requirements engineering, business process modelling, solutionevaluation, and end-to-end business analysis delivery.
• Strongunderstanding of enterprise systems, data flows, integration points, and therelationship between business processes and technology.
• Stronganalytical, quantitative, and critical-thinking skills with the ability tostructure ambiguous problems and recommend data-driven solutions.
• Excellentverbal and written communication skills, with the ability to engage bothexecutive and technical audiences.
• Strongleadership capabilities, including mentoring analysts, managing workstreams,and guiding cross-functional teams.
• Experiencein Agile and/or hybrid delivery environments, including backlog planning,sprint refinement, and supporting product teams.
• Abilityto manage multiple priorities, work autonomously, and operate effectively infast-paced and dynamic environments.
• Highcompetence in documentation, presentation development, reporting, and producingexecutive-ready deliverables.
• Commitmentto continuous improvement, innovation, and driving operational and strategicvalue.

• Exposureto enterprise-level projects and strategic initiatives
• Meaningfulownership of delivery workstreams
• Opportunityto work directly with executive stakeholders
• Company-issuedlaptop and accessories