Senior Business Analyst - Technical

Opus Recruitment Solutions Limited; Greater London; Remote; GBP 78,000 - 106,000; Full time

Job summary

Opus Recruitment Solutions Limited is seeking a Senior Business Analyst (Contract) to lead discovery with enterprise clients and translate business needs into detailed user stories and specs. You will own backlog refinement, define UAT standards, and support complex SaaS deployments across Europe, with UK right to work and travel as required.

The role emphasizes stakeholder engagement, data literacy with Excel and SQL, and collaboration with distributed engineering teams in Agile environments,

Qualifications

• 10+ years' Business Analysis experience across enterprise software projects.
• Proven end-to-end delivery of requirements across multiple programmes.
• Strong user story, acceptance criteria and backlog management experience.
• Experience working with distributed engineering teams in Agile environments.
• Strong stakeholder management, including challenging and shaping requirements.
• Data literate, with strong Excel and SQL skills.
• UK right to work and willingness to travel across Europe when required.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery workshops with enterprise customers to define and validate business requirements.
• Translate business needs into detailed user stories, acceptance criteria and functional specifications.
• Own backlog refinement and ensure a continuous pipeline of sprint-ready work.
• Define UAT processes and acceptance standards for new platform capabilities.
• Support the delivery of complex modern SaaS implementations across multiple European markets.
• Drive measurable customer outcomes and continuous product improvement.

Skills

Business Analysis

End-to-End Requirements

Backlog Management

Agile

User Stories

Excel

SQL

Stakeholder Management

Data Literacy

Distributed Teams

Willing to Travel

Job description

Senior Business Analyst (Contract) 500 per day Outside IR35 UK, Remote Project Length: 6 months +

The succesful contractor will join a fast-growing AI SaaS business delivering large-scale enterprise transformation programmes across Europe. You'll own requirements, backlog quality, acceptance criteria and stakeholder engagement, ensuring successful delivery of complex data and AI-driven platform deployments.

Essential Requirements

• 10+ years' Business Analysis experience across enterprise software projects.
• Proven delivery of requirements end-to-end across multiple concurrent enterprise programmes.
• Strong user story, acceptance criteria and backlog management experience.
• Experience working with distributed engineering teams in Agile environments.
• Strong stakeholder management, including challenging and shaping requirements.
• Data literate, with strong Excel and SQL skills.
• UK right to work and willingness to travel across Europe when required.

Desirable Requirements

• Experience delivering product focused, modern tech stack
• Background in public sector procurement, tendering, MedTech or Pharma environments.
• Experience defining CRM, ERP or enterprise system integrations.
• Scale-up or high-growth SaaS experience.
• Additional European language skills (French, German, Italian, Polish or Nordic languages).

Project Overview

• Lead discovery workshops with enterprise customers to define and validate business requirements.
• Translate business needs into detailed user stories, acceptance criteria and functional specifications.
• Own backlog refinement and ensure a continuous pipeline of sprint-ready work.
• Define UAT processes and acceptance standards for new platform capabilities.
• Support the delivery of complex modern SaaS implementations across multiple European markets.
• Drive measurable customer outcomes and continuous product improvement.