Technical Business Analyst

• 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

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.

• 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.

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.

• 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.

• 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.