Business Analyst

Permanent

Location: Lancashire (hybrid – 2 days per week on-site)

Salary: Up to £55,000

Industry: Smart Supply Chain and Lifecycle Management

About the Client

Our client is a long-established, service-focused business delivering intelligent, data-driven solutions that help organisations increase efficiency, reduce operational risk, and streamline complex logistical processes. With a strong reputation for reliability and innovation, they serve a diverse portfolio of national and regional clients, many of whom rely on their services as a critical part of day-to-day operations. 

They pride themselves on combining technology with exceptional service delivery, offering bespoke solutions tailored to the evolving needs of their customers. The organisation continues to invest in digital transformation and strategic partnerships to remain at the forefront of operational excellence. Known for a collaborative and pragmatic culture, they value long-term relationships and continuous improvement. 

How you’ll spend your day

You'll join a collaborative Agile engineering team, acting as the bridge between business stakeholders and software developers to ensure the right solutions are delivered. Working in a fast-paced delivery environment, you'll shape requirements, refine backlogs and help keep delivery teams focused on building products that create real business value.

You'll be responsible for:

• Working closely with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into clear, well-defined user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Owning and refining the product backlog in Azure DevOps, ensuring work is prioritised, sprint-ready and aligned with business objectives.
• Facilitating Agile ceremonies including backlog refinement, sprint planning and sprint reviews.
• Analysing and mapping current and future business processes to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Collaborating with developers and QA teams to clarify requirements and resolve ambiguity throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Creating clear acceptance criteria, including Gherkin scenarios where appropriate, to support Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD).
• Supporting User Acceptance Testing (UAT), ensuring delivered functionality meets agreed business requirements.
• Maintaining requirements traceability, tracking progress and managing dependencies across delivery workstreams.
• Championing a delivery-first approach, helping the team focus on outcomes rather than excessive documentation.

What you’ll bring to this role

We're looking for an experienced Business Analyst who thrives in Agile delivery teams and enjoys working closely with engineers to deliver high-quality software. You'll be a strong communicator, confident managing stakeholders and passionate about turning business problems into practical technical solutions.

You'll ideally have:

• 3-5 years' commercial experience as a Business Analyst within Agile software delivery environments.
• Strong experience writing high-quality user stories and clear, testable acceptance criteria.
• Hands-on experience using Azure DevOps for backlog management, sprint planning and story tracking.
• A solid understanding of Agile and Scrum methodologies, with experience supporting cross-functional engineering teams.
• Experience analysing business processes and producing clear as-is and to-be workflow documentation.
• Excellent stakeholder management and workshop facilitation skills, with the ability to communicate effectively across technical and non-technical teams.
• A pragmatic, delivery-focused mindset with a passion for enabling successful software delivery.

Desirable experience:

• Experience writing Gherkin scenarios and working within Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD) environments.
• Familiarity with QA automation concepts and tools such as Selenium, Playwright or Cucumber.
• Experience supporting software engineering, digital transformation or systems integration projects.
• Previous experience working within fast-paced Agile environments where collaboration and continuous improvement are key.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a Business Analyst who enjoys working as part of a highly collaborative engineering team, helping shape digital products from idea through to successful delivery.

Perks & Benefits:

• 2 x basic annual salary – Death in service
• 8% pension (5% employee)
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays

What happens next?

One of our Recruitment Consultants will be in touch and inform you if you’ve been successful to the next stage of the process or not, which is a qualification call where we will tell you more about the role and the client, and understand more about you, your experience and career aspirations.

Should we both wish to proceed, we will submit your details to the client and be in touch regarding the outcome and any further steps.

The interview process for this client consists of:

• Stage 1 – Remote Technical Discussion
• Stage 2 – Remote Competency and Culture Interview with the CTO

Equal Opportunities

We are committed to providing equal opportunities for all candidates and welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law. As an employment agency for permanent and contract hires, we are dedicated to promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce, and we encourage applications from underrepresented groups to drive innovation and equality within the workplace.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments please let us know so we can accommodate for any interactions with us at Biometric Talent, but also inform the client to ensure reasonable adjustments are made to allow for a fair and equitable process.