Business Analyst

Markerstudy Group; Salford; Híbrido; GBP 42 000 - 60 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Health care cash plan

Yearly bonus scheme

24 days annual leave plus Bank Holiday

Life Assurance 4x annual salary

Vibrant, modern offices

Resumo da oferta

Markerstudy Group is seeking a proactive Technical Business Analyst to join one of our agile product teams. This hybrid role allows base from several offices across the UK and requires translating complex business needs into clear user stories and acceptance criteria.

You will work with Product Owners, developers, testers and stakeholders, facilitating workshops, refining the backlog and driving continuous improvement to deliver high‑quality digital solutions for colleagues and customers.

Qualificações

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst or Technical BA in an Agile delivery environment.
• Strong requirements elicitation, analysis and documentation skills.
• Experience facilitating workshops and engaging effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
• Ability to translate complex business needs into clear user stories, requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Experience working collaboratively with engineers, testers and other technical stakeholders.
• Strong communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate accurately and diplomatically.
• Experience using a variety of Business Analysis techniques to refine, split and map user stories.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with evolving priorities and ambiguous requirements.
• Experience using Jira or similar Agile delivery tools.
• Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships across business and technology teams.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, initiatives or change activities simultaneously.
• Highly self-motivated, organised and proactive, with a strong focus on delivery and outcomes.
• A collaborative mindset and passion for continuous improvement.

Responsabilidades

• Facilitate workshops to elicit and validate requirements.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand objectives, challenges and opportunities.
• Create, refine, split and map user stories using Agile techniques within Jira.
• Define clear acceptance criteria to support development, testing and validation.
• Work with cross-functional teams to ensure requirements are understood and delivered.
• Analyse system integrations, data flows and dependencies for successful delivery.
• Assess existing processes to identify improvement opportunities.
• Support backlog refinement, sprint planning and other Agile ceremonies.
• Manage and communicate requirements, assumptions, risks and dependencies throughout delivery.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of BA practices and standards.
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders, suppliers and delivery teams.

Conhecimentos

Agile analysis

Requirements elicitation

User stories

Stakeholder management

Jira

Communication

Documentation

Cross-functional collaboration

Backlog refinement

Ferramentas

Jira

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Technical Business Analyst

Location: This is a hybrid role and can be based from any of our offices in Manchester, Stoke, Southport, Peterborough, Chesterfield or Sunderland.

Are you a proactive and technically minded Business Analyst ready to thrive in an Agile environment?

Markerstudy Group have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Business Analyst with a strong technical mindset to join one of our technology product teams, helping to shape and deliver high-quality digital solutions that create value for both our colleagues and customers.

About The Role

As part of a collaborative, multi-disciplinary Agile team, you'll play a key role in understanding business needs, analysing requirements and translating them into clear, actionable user stories and acceptance criteria that align with business priorities.

You'll work closely with Product Owners, stakeholders, Delivery Managers, engineers, testers and fellow Business Analysts to ensure solutions are well understood, appropriately prioritised and successfully delivered.

This is an exciting opportunity to work across a variety of initiatives, from strategic product enhancements to smaller continuous improvement activities, while contributing to the wider Business Analysis community through knowledge sharing, best practice and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate workshops and discovery sessions to elicit, analyse and validate business requirements.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business objectives, challenges and opportunities.
• Create, refine, split and map user stories using a range of Agile analysis techniques within Jira.
• Define clear acceptance criteria to support development, testing and solution validation.
• Work closely with cross-functional engineering teams and business stakeholders to ensure requirements are understood and delivered effectively.
• Support the analysis of system integrations, data flows and technical dependencies to ensure successful delivery outcomes.
• Analyse existing business processes, systems and workflows to identify opportunities for improvement and optimisation.
• Support backlog refinement, sprint planning and other Agile ceremonies.
• Manage and communicate requirements, assumptions, risks and dependencies throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of Business Analysis practices, standards and ways of working.
• Build strong working relationships with internal stakeholders, third-party suppliers and delivery teams to support successful outcomes.

Why Join Us?

• Join an established Business Analysis community that encourages knowledge sharing and professional growth.
• Enjoy opportunities for professional development, training and career progression.
• Play a meaningful role in delivering solutions that make a real difference to our business and customers.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience working as a Business Analyst or Technical Business Analyst within an Agile delivery environment.
• Strong requirements elicitation, analysis and documentation skills.
• Experience facilitating workshops and engaging effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
• Ability to translate complex business needs into clear user stories, requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Experience working collaboratively with engineers, testers and other technical stakeholders.
• Strong communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate accurately and diplomatically.
• Experience using a variety of Business Analysis techniques to refine, split and map user stories.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with evolving priorities and ambiguous requirements.
• Experience using Jira or similar Agile delivery tools.
• Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships across business and technology teams.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, initiatives or change activities simultaneously.
• Highly self-motivated, organised and proactive, with a strong focus on delivery and outcomes.
• A collaborative mindset and passion for continuous improvement.

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Experience working closely with Product Owners or Product Managers within a product-led delivery environment.
• Experience working with cloud-based platforms, products and services.
• Experience supporting the delivery, adoption or use of Generative AI solutions.
• Experience documenting business processes, workflows and requirements using recognised Business Analysis techniques.
• Experience using Confluence, Miro, Visio or similar collaboration and documentation tools to create and maintain business and technical documentation.
• Knowledge of Agile frameworks such as Scrum or Kanban.
• Experience working on digital, software or technology transformation initiatives.
• Relevant Business Analysis qualifications, such as BCS, IIBA or Agile Business Analysis certifications.

What we offer in return?

• A collaborative and fast paced work environment
• Health care cash plan
• Yearly bonus scheme

• 24 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays and the ability to buy additional leave (annual leave also increases with service)
• Life Assurance 4x annual salary
• Vibrant, modern offices