Senior AI Specialist Business Analyst

We are looking to engage an experienced and highly capable AI Specialist to Join an innovative, multi-disciplinary delivery team shaping the 'art of the possible' through cutting-edge AI capabilities across a major Federal Government department. Play a high-impact, strategic role in bridging the gap between business needs and modern technology leading rapid prototyping and designing ethical, human-centric AI solutions that transform public sector workflows in tis long term opportunity.

Candidates with a Baseline Clearance will be preferred for this position, Australian citizens eligible for a Baseline Clearance will also be considered.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Drive Rapid Prototyping: Lead hands-on prototyping sessions using Microsoft Copilot, Power Platform, and Azure Foundry to demonstrate AI capabilities and inspire future-state process design.
• Requirements & Story Management: Elicit, analyse, and document AI and data requirements-decomposing them into epics, features, and delivery-ready user stories with testable acceptance criteria.
• Ensure Responsible AI & Controls: Define non-functional requirements (transparency, safety, robustness, privacy) and establish clear human-in-the-loop (HITL) checkpoints and decision boundaries.
• Design Testing & Evaluation Frameworks: Co-design evaluation metrics, ground-truth datasets, and robust test plans (including A/B trials, shadow testing, and red-teaming).
• Facilitate Discovery & Collaboration: Lead discovery workshops, backlog refinement, and cross-functional mapping while translating complex technical AI concepts for diverse stakeholders.
• Governance & Policy Alignment: Maintain compliance with internal AI and data governance frameworks, supporting Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) and threat risk assessments.

To be successful in this position, you will ideally bring:

• Technical Toolkit: Strong exposure to the Microsoft ecosystem (Azure Foundry, Copilot Studio, Power Platform suite, ML, NLP/LLMs), alongside tools such as Azure DevOps and Miro.
• Experience: 3+ years of experience as a Business Analyst or Systems Analyst in agile digital service delivery environments, with proven success delivering AI-enabled products.
• Core Capabilities: Deep understanding of responsible AI principles (explainability, bias mitigation, privacy-by-design) paired with outstanding workshop facilitation and stakeholder management skills.