22 of 22 Backlog Refinement Jobs in the North of England

POD Lead (Kotlin/Java)

Hiring Organisation
Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited
Location
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£500 - £525 per day
deliver high-quality outcomes at pace. This is a hands-on role involving backend development, microservices, API design, team mentoring, backlog refinement, and end-to-end ownership of delivery, including resolving blockers and prioritisation. * Location: Sheffield (Hybrid - 3 days on-site mandatory) * Daily Rate … delivery including resolving blockers and prioritisation, and proactively engage with customers/users to resolve issues and reduce operational pain. * Lead backlog refinement (break epics/features into user stories, define acceptance criteria, identify dependencies) and support sprint planning by shaping technical approaches, identifying spikes, and helping ...

Business Analyst

Hiring Organisation
Optix Software Ltd
Location
York, England, United Kingdom
Product Owner and Product Manager to support roadmap delivery and feature prioritisation. Participate actively in Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives. Assist Engineering in breaking down complex features into manageable deliverables. Provide ongoing clarification and support to engineering teams throughout … Scrum teams. Strong technical acumen with the ability to understand software architecture, APIs, system integrations, and development processes. Experience working with workflow and backlog management tools such as Azure DevOps, TFS, Jira, or similar platforms. Strong experience writing detailed user stories, acceptance criteria, use cases, and process/ ...

Product Owner

Hiring Organisation
Searchability (UK) Ltd
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Salary
£60,000
Opportunity to shape the direction of enterprise-scale software products within a growing Agile team KEY POINTS Take ownership of product roadmaps and backlog management across multiple web and API-based applications Work closely with clients, developers and stakeholders to translate business requirements into deliverable solutions Join … future direction of multiple enterprise applications. Alongside managing and prioritising the product backlog, you'll facilitate Agile ceremonies including backlog refinement, stand-ups and retrospectives. You'll also support feature demonstrations, assist with issue investigation, contribute to technical documentation and collaborate with developers, testers ...

Associate Product Owner - Ratings Workflow Solutions - Manchester

Hiring Organisation
Fitch Group
Location
Manchester, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full Time
stakeholders and translate them into well-defined epics, features, and user stories with clear acceptance criteria. Participates in Agile ceremonies including backlog refinement, sprint planning, sprint retrospectives and daily scrum meetings Work closely with Agile squad members to provide timely feedback and help ensure sprint goals … met. Help maintain and refine the squad backlog, including prioritization support and sprint readiness. Coordinate dependencies across squads, partner teams, and upstream/downstream systems Help define and track product metrics to document business value. Support user readiness activities, including testing coordination, training materials, release communications, and post ...

Business Analyst

Hiring Organisation
ASDA
Location
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
Competitive salary
quantitative insights to define clear problem statements and opportunities Shape and frame initiatives to ensure alignment with business value and customer outcomes Requirements & Backlog Management Translate user and business needs into clear, concise … testable user stories and acceptance criteria Ensure requirements are well understood across engineering, design, and operational teams Support Product Owners with backlog refinement, prioritisation, and scope definition Contribute to delivering solutions that meet both functional and non-functional requirements Data, Insight & Delivery Support Monitor trends ...

PHP Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Moorepay
Location
Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
Competitive salary
accelerate delivery and product quality. Write clean, maintainable, secure code following engineering standards and SSDLC best practices. Participate actively in backlog refinement, sprint planning, story estimation, and team ceremonies. AI Integration & Emerging Skills Development: Champion AI Enablement initiatives by embedding AI thinking into product design and delivery ...

ServiceNow Business Analyst

Hiring Organisation
Capgemini
Location
Manchester, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full Time
ServiceNow initiatives, workshop facilitation, process mapping and documentation of current/future state Experience with writing user stories, acceptance criteria and refining backlog items Strong stakeholder management and communication skills across business and IT teams alonwith good understanding of ServiceNow platform capabilities and out-of-box processes Experience ...

Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Moorepay
Location
Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
Competitive salary
accelerate delivery and product quality. Write clean, maintainable, secure code following engineering standards and SSDLC best practices. Participate actively in backlog refinement, sprint planning, story estimation, and team ceremonies. AI Integration & Emerging Skills Development: Champion AI Enablement initiatives by embedding AI thinking into product design and delivery ...

Fitch Ratings | Business Analyst - Manchester, UK

Hiring Organisation
Fitch Group
Location
Manchester, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full Time
ready requirements aligned to business strategy and value. Partner with Delivery Owners, Product Owners, and squads on Agile ceremonies (story creation, backlog refinement, sprint planning) to support continuous flow. Identify and surface delivery risks early (e.g., requirement clarity, feasibility, dependencies) and drive mitigations with clear ownership. Maintain ...

Business Analyst

Hiring Organisation
Brio Digital
Location
Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£425/day
Responsibilities Requirements & Analysis Work with Product Owners, Technical Leads, User Researchers and stakeholders to gather, analyse and refine requirements Support backlog refinement and ensure work items are clearly understood before development begins Create and refine user stories, acceptance criteria and supporting documentation Define functional and non-functional … requirements Product & Technical Collaboration Act as a bridge between business and technical teams Translate business needs into actionable requirements Support technical discussions and solution refinement activities Help communicate technical concepts and constraints to non-technical stakeholders Stakeholder & Supplier Engagement Engage with suppliers, implementation partners and key stakeholders Support onboarding ...

Scrum Master (eDV)

Hiring Organisation
Frontier Resourcing Ltd
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
support teams in adopting and continuously improving Agile ways of working. Help teams identify, prioritise and maximise value delivery through effective planning and backlog management. Proactively identify and remove obstacles that may impact team performance or delivery outcomes. Create a psychologically safe environment where teams feel empowered … making and conflict resolution. Foster strong working relationships across delivery teams, stakeholders and business functions. Partner with Product Owners to support backlog refinement, prioritisation and product vision development. Act as an Agile advocate, contributing to wider organisational transformation and Communities of Practice. Drive continuous improvement initiatives ...

Scrum Master (DV Security Clearance)

Hiring Organisation
CGI
Location
Manchester, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full Time
alignment to Sprint and Programme Increment objectives while driving sustainable, high-performing delivery. Lead & Facilitate daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, backlog refinement and other Agile ceremonies Coach & Empower teams in Agile principles and Scrum practices to enhance performance Collaborate & Align with Product Owners and stakeholders ...

Sr. Buisness Analyst

Hiring Organisation
Mastek
Location
Leeds, England, United Kingdom
user stories, data definitions, source‐to‐target mappings, and acceptance criteria . Work as part of an Agile delivery team , supporting backlog refinement, sprint planning, and iterative elaboration of requirements. Use Jira to manage user stories, acceptance criteria, and traceability between business needs and delivered solutions. Collaborate … Business Analyst within data, analytics, or digital delivery programmes. Experience working in Agile delivery environments , contributing to sprint‐based delivery and backlog‐driven development. Hands‐on experience using Jira (or equivalent tooling) to manage user stories and requirements. Experience defining data requirements , business rules, and acceptance criteria. Working ...

DevX POD Lead (Kotlin/Java)

Hiring Organisation
Experis
Location
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£480 - £529/day
agile engineering team, supporting the overall Tech lead to deliver outcomes at pace and with quality. Lead technical input into backlog refinement: break epics/features into well-defined user stories, clarify acceptance criteria, identify dependencies, and ensure work is delivery ready. Support sprint planning by shaping ...

Delivery Lead

Hiring Organisation
Innova Recruitment
Location
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
doing Introduce and evolve lightweight delivery practices that help teams collaborate effectively while maintaining pace and autonomy. Facilitate planning, stand-ups, backlog refinement, reviews and retrospectives, ensuring every ceremony adds genuine value. Partner with Product and Engineering leaders to improve planning, prioritisation and delivery predictability. Identify bottlenecks … functions. Build strong relationships across Product, Engineering and leadership, providing clear communication around delivery, risks and progress. Help establish pragmatic delivery standards around backlog quality, estimation, planning and team collaboration. About you You've led delivery within modern software engineering teams and understand what enables high-performing product ...

Business Analyst

Hiring Organisation
Robert Half
Location
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
Salary negotiable
workshops and stakeholder discussions to understand priorities and requirements. Collaborate with developers, testers, and product teams to support solution delivery. Support backlog refinement, prioritisation activities, and business readiness. Assist with solution validation, demonstrations, and UAT activities. Experience Required Must be Qualified Accountant Proven Business Analysis experience within ...

Java Developer

Hiring Organisation
Sanderson Government and Defence
Location
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, North East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
engineers to validate both functional and non-functional requirements. Actively contribute within an Agile Scrum environment, participating in sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives. Mentor and support team members while contributing across development and testing activities to help deliver high-quality solutions. ...

Senior Product Manager

Hiring Organisation
Recourse AI
Location
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
turn complex domain insight into clear product requirements. Translate feedback into PRDs, user stories, acceptance criteria, and sprint-ready tickets. Drive backlog refinement, sprint planning, prioritisation, release planning, and day-to-day product delivery. Ensure engineering and design have the clarity needed to build efficiently Help shape ...

ICT Power App System Developer

Hiring Organisation
Goodman Masson
Location
Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£37,977 per annum
using agile and sprint-based methodologies.Work closely with stakeholders to understand business requirements and deliver effective technical solutions.Contribute to sprint planning, backlog refinement, reviews and retrospectives.Support testing, deployment and implementation activities to ensure successful project delivery.Provide 2nd line application support, troubleshooting issues and supporting system users.Investigate incidents ...

Java developer - FTC - 3 Days a week onsite in Newcastle

Hiring Organisation
Opus Recruitment Solutions
Location
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Temporary
Salary
£45000 - £55000/annum
stories and features delivered both from a functional and non-functional perspective. Follow the Scrum Methodology participating actively in sprint backlog refinement, sprint planning, stand-ups, sprint review and sprint retrospective Have significant Java programming experience, ideally utilizing core Java and Spring Boot to develop microservices. ...

Digital Project Coordinator

Hiring Organisation
Sofology
Location
Warrington, Cheshire, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£30,000
tickets in Jira using clear user story formats. Represent these requirements in planning sessions with the development team Prioritising and refining the development backlog, balancing urgent defects, alongside high priority road map initiatives. Overseeing the website release process.Testing and approving website development initiatives, flagging issues and proactively working ...

Product Management Coach

Hiring Organisation
Pontoon
Location
Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£750/day
Coach on product discovery, strategy, prioritization, outcome setting, and value-based decision-making. Guide teams in problem definition, customer insights, proposition development, and backlog refinement. Foster collaboration between Product Owners and Product Managers for seamless strategy execution and value realization. Support teams in understanding customer and product lifecycles ...