Business Analyst

Summary: The Business Analyst / Product Owner will support an engineering team in a large-scale modernization program, focusing on backlog management, requirements definition, and stakeholder alignment. This role is essential for ensuring efficient delivery and facilitating the migration of services to a modern cloud architecture. The position requires collaboration with both UK and offshore teams to streamline processes and enhance delivery predictability. The contract is for 6 months and is classified as inside IR35.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as the primary point of contact for requirements clarification, backlog organisation, and story refinement.
• Manage, prioritise, and maintain the product backlog to ensure sprint readiness.
• Work directly with engineering teams (UK and offshore) to provide clear acceptance criteria, user stories, and requirement definitions.
• Support cross-team alignment where features or changes have dependencies across domains.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, stand-ups, refinement sessions, and reviews.
• Work with stakeholders to translate business needs into actionable work items that developers can deliver efficiently.
• Provide support in interpreting domain-specific rules and policies, especially those embedded in the custom metadata-driven forms and business rules engine.
• Coordinate with QA teams to ensure stories meet acceptance and compliance requirements.
• Maintain consistent communication with product, architecture, and engineering stakeholders to ensure smooth delivery flow.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of processes, sprint predictability, and team throughput.

Key Skills:

• Experience as a Business Analyst or Product Owner in an Agile environment.
• Strong understanding of backlog management and sprint readiness.
• Ability to work with engineering teams to define clear acceptance criteria and user stories.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience facilitating Agile ceremonies.
• Knowledge of cloud architecture and modernisation processes.
• Ability to interpret domain-specific rules and policies.
• Experience working with QA teams to ensure compliance and acceptance requirements.
• Strong problem-solving and process improvement skills.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Bristol

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other