Senior Business Analyst

Nasstar; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first

Private Medical Insurance

Global brands & public sector projects

Collaborative culture

Competitive salary & growth

Job summary

Nasstar is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to join our Services team and shape digital product delivery. You will lead requirements elicitation, align deliveries with business vision, and maximise stakeholder value across remote engagements in the UK.

You will write clear user stories, manage backlogs with Po's, and collaborate with Solution Architects, Engineers and QA to ensure successful outcomes. This role emphasizes strategic thinking and strong communication.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Business Analyst working on digital transformation projects.
• Confident in challenging assumptions and working with Product Owners to define PoC/MVP requirements.
• Ability to structure backlogs using epics and features that align business needs with technical architecture.
• Ability to write clear, testable user stories using Gherkin acceptance criteria.
• Experience leading or facilitating key Agile ceremonies (Stand-ups, Retrospectives, Showcases, Planning, and Backlog Refinement sessions).
• Solid understanding of Scrum and Agile methodologies.
• Strong experience working in an Agile team to develop system/product designs based on user requirements.
• Ability to create and sustain effective stakeholder relationships across all levels.
• Resilient and proactive with a strong delivery focus.
• Experience using standard modelling conventions (e.g., UML, BPMN) for data, application, and business process domains.
• Ability to become familiar with complex business domains quickly.
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English.

Responsibilities

• Support the standardisation of requirements elicitation processes within our Digital Engineering business unit.
• Shape product vision and maintain backlogs by working closely with customers’ Product Owners.
• Write clear, testable user stories and acceptance criteria, collaborating effectively with internal and external technical stakeholders (Solution Architects, Software Engineers, QA).
• Participate in discovery workshops with both technical and non-technical stakeholders to help advance product development.
• Assist in identifying new opportunities and contribute to winning new business by supporting pre-sales activities.
• Collaborate with the broader team to ensure project success and contribute to team knowledge sharing.

Skills

Business Analysis

Agile/Scrum

Requirements Elicitation

User Stories

Stakeholder Mgmt

Gherkin

Communication

Tools

Azure

AWS

Databricks

Job description

Senior Business Analyst

Department: Services

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Remote, UK

Description

We are seeking a Business Analyst to join our team and play a pivotal role in shaping the products we build for our customers. You will be a thought leader in defining the requirements elicitation process and will be responsible with ensuring that our deliveries align with the business vision and maximise the value for the stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the standardisation of requirements elicitation processes within our Digital Engineering business unit.
• Shape product vision and maintain backlogs by working closely with customers’ Product Owners.
• Write clear, testable user stories and acceptance criteria, collaborating effectively with internal and external technical stakeholders (Solution Architects, Software Engineers, QA).
• Participate in discovery workshops with both technical and non-technical stakeholders to help advance product development.
• Assist in identifying new opportunities and contribute to winning new business by supporting pre-sales activities.
• Collaborate with the broader team to ensure project success and contribute to team knowledge sharing.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Experience as a Business Analyst working on digital transformation projects.
• Confident in challenging assumptions and working with Product Owners to define PoC/MVP requirements.
• Ability to structure backlogs using epics and features that align business needs with technical architecture.
• Ability to write clear, testable user stories using Gherkin acceptance criteria.
• Experience leading or facilitating key Agile ceremonies (Stand-ups, Retrospectives, Showcases, Planning, and Backlog Refinement sessions).
• Solid understanding of Scrum and Agile methodologies.
• Strong experience working in an Agile team to develop system/product designs based on user requirements.
• Ability to create and sustain effective stakeholder relationships across all levels.
• Resilient and proactive with a strong delivery focus.
• Experience using standard modelling conventions (e.g., UML, BPMN) for data, application, and business process domains.
• Ability to become familiar with complex business domains quickly.
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English.

Nice to have

• Experience with complex systems running on Azure/AWS
• Experience with projects using Databricks

Benefits

• Remote-first working with flexibility around client needs.
• Private Medical Insurance.
• Projects with global brands & public sector leaders, working on real-world impact.
• A collaborative culture of excellence and continuous improvement.
• Competitive salary and long-term growth opportunities.