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Andy Cartwright

Bristol,UK

Summary

Accomplished professional with extensive expertise in product management and strategy, business analysis, and stakeholder engagement. Demonstrates strong leadership and coaching abilities, adept at guiding teams through Agile and Waterfall methodologies, including the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). Proficient in solution delivery, remote team collaboration, and strategic planning, with a focus on customer empathy and user experience design. Skilled in data analysis, risk assessment, and qualitative research to drive informed decision-making. Committed to enhancing customer engagement through effective communication and strategic visioning.


Available to start work immediately.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work history

Senior Business Analyst (Product Manager)

British Airways
London, UK
10.2022 - 09.2025

Senior Business Analyst in a Product Manager role (using SAFe), on CRM Salesforce Service Cloud. - July 2024 - September 2025

  • Delivered significant changes to improve the efficiency of case management such as improved case queue management (using Omnichannel) and AI receipt reader.
  • Improved data quality by integrating with address and bank validation tools.
  • Worked closely with architects to integrate with 3rd party applications using AWS and Cyber best practices.
  • Facilitating workshops with stakeholders and analysed data to build a roadmap.
  • Analysed, Documented and prioritised features in Jira and Confluence in preparation for PI planning.
  • Reviewing potential ideas and working with team members including UX designers and architects to understand their impact and value.
  • Built relationships with senior stakeholders and managed expectations.
  • Coached PO's and Business Analysts to improve the delivery of features.


Senior Business Analyst in a Product Manager role (using SAFe) on BA.com supporting the delivery of major enhancements that increased sales. - October 2022 - June 2024

  • Managed the delivery of features for sales on BA.com.
  • Worked with UX designers to run A/B experiments to explore options that increase sales.
  • Improved accessibility score on BA.com so customers with screen readers, or individuals with visual impairment can still book flights easily.
  • Closely collaborated with finance and loyalty to roll out changes that improved the reliability of payments and enable customers to use the updated loyalty scheme to book their flights.
  • Worked with architects to de-couple legacy systems based in data centres to modern cloud based standards.
  • Managing Business Analysts and Product Owners. Supporting their personal development by defining training plans, coaching and exploring individual career plans based on their skills and aspirations.
  • Agile Coaching


Senior Business Analyst (Product Manager)

Defence Equipment & Support
Bristol
12.2020 - 09.2022

Senior Business Analyst in a Product Manager role for the logistics reporting suite.

  • Defined product strategy for logistics reporting suite through collaboration with customers and stakeholders.
  • Managed team developing PowerBI dashboards to showcase logistics KPIs and detailed diagnostics.
  • Dashboards enabled over £1.5 million of savings.
  • Transitioned project management approach from waterfall to Agile, providing training and support.
  • Configured JIRA for logistics delivery teams to enhance project tracking and communication.
  • Refined business processes to maximise dashboard value across various units.
  • Oversaw budget management and commercial agreements with third-party suppliers.
  • Cultivated relationships with senior stakeholders, ensuring awareness of plans and risks.
  • Coached five Business Analysts across IT divisions while recruiting new developers and analysts.

Senior Business Analyst (Product Manager)

Maples Group
George Town
05.2019 - 11.2020

Senior Business Analyst in a Product Manager role managing core capabilities (Sales, Marketing, Legal, Finance, and HR).

  • Managed and coached six business analysts, enhancing team performance and productivity.
  • Collaborated with Director of Strategic Operations to analyse capabilities and outline 2020 objectives.
  • Defined essential changes across organisational capabilities in Sales, Marketing, Legal, Finance, and HR.
  • Documented requirements for in-house projects and liaised with external vendors.
  • Oversaw external vendor contract processes with major financial firms for compliance and tax projects.
  • Reviewed project requests, defined options, and presented recommendations to senior board for approval.
  • Partnered with external consultants to identify necessary organisational transformations for improved client services.
  • Identified process and system gaps while highlighting risks to PMO and senior board members.
  • Managed Business Analyst and Product Owners.

Product Owner

Maples Group
George Town
06.2017 - 05.2019

Product Owner for a co-located Scrum team that created applications for the law firm and financial services departments.

  • Documented user stories and established priorities with senior board members.
  • Designed application wireframes in Balsamiq, obtaining stakeholder approval before development.
  • Defined new business processes to enhance organisational efficiency.
  • Collaborated with Program Manager to develop PMO structure and processes.
  • Implemented new systems across multiple jurisdictions to facilitate company expansion.
  • Developed an application to streamline the legal compliance checks (Know Your Customer) and reduce risk of potential fraud.
  • Created applications enabling support teams to handle routine configuration changes independently.

Business Analyst (Product Owner)

Intel
Swindon
07.2012 - 05.2017

Acted as Scrum Product Owner for a critical web order management tool that accounted for 60% of revenue.

  • Implemented complex project enhancing order to cash capabilities across 30 applications, saving over $1 million annually.
  • Defined product roadmaps to align with business objectives.
  • Conducted gap analysis on tools and processes to identify efficiencies.
  • Documented requirements and new processes to streamline operations.
  • Facilitated user acceptance testing and training sessions for global super users.
  • Managed a team of Business Analysts.
  • Oversaw deliverables and personal development of team members.

Education

BSc (Hons) - Computer Science

University of the West of England
09.2008 - 06.2012

Skills

  • Product Management
  • Business analysis and requirements elicitation
  • Strategic planning and Product roadmap development
  • Senior Stakeholder engagement and management
  • Leadership
  • Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
  • Agile Coaching
  • Communication skills
  • Data analysis and interpretation
  • Risk assessment capabilities
  • Qualitative research
  • User experience design
  • Customer engagement


Certification

  • Certified SAFe Agilist Scaled Agile (SAFe) Training (November 2024)
  • Registration for IT Technicians (RITTech) BCS (October 2021)
  • Applied Business Architecture EA Learning (October 2019)
  • Better User Stories - Professional Mountain Goat Software (February 2018)
  • International Diploma in Business Analysis (ISEB) BCS (October 2013)
  • Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) Scrum Alliance (January 2013)

Hobbies & Interests

I am a big motorsport fan and a petrolhead! I have attended a range of car events over the years. I am interested in new technology and how it can help us improve our lives. I also enjoy traveling; I have an ever-growing list of places I want to visit.

Languages

English
Proficient (C2)

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Senior Business Analyst (Product Manager)

British Airways
10.2022 - 09.2025

Senior Business Analyst (Product Manager)

Defence Equipment & Support
12.2020 - 09.2022

Senior Business Analyst (Product Manager)

Maples Group
05.2019 - 11.2020

Product Owner

Maples Group
06.2017 - 05.2019

Business Analyst (Product Owner)

Intel
07.2012 - 05.2017

BSc (Hons) - Computer Science

University of the West of England
09.2008 - 06.2012
Andy Cartwright