Senior Business Analyst - Hybrid, Government Digital & Data

Civil Service World; Newport; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to join an established BA community. You will work in an Agile multidisciplinary squad with product managers, service design, data specialists, developers and testers to deliver new internal and external services.

You will own analysis activities, write user stories with acceptance criteria, model business processes and contribute to refinement sessions. Strong stakeholder engagement and leadership are essential.

Qualifications

• Background in Business Analysis with knowledge of BA principles and techniques.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills to shape business solutions.
• Experience in software development settings with technical colleagues.
• Comfortable working with senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Create a pipeline of fully developed user stories with acceptance criteria.
• Elicit requirements and document business processes, workflows and rules.
• Ensure requirements are traceable to new functionality and business needs.
• Develop and articulate options considering business and technology constraints.
• Present findings and recommendations to the organisation in a tailored format.
• Tutor/mentor BAs and promote best practices within the team.

Skills

User stories

Acceptance criteria

Stakeholder management

Agile

Leadership

Communication skills

Education

BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis, or progress towards

Job description

The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to join an established BA community. You will work in an Agile multidisciplinary squad with product managers, service design, data specialists, developers and testers to deliver new internal and external services.

You will own analysis activities, write user stories with acceptance criteria, model business processes and contribute to refinement sessions. Strong stakeholder engagement and leadership are essential.