Senior Business Analyst

Rate: £450-470 pd

Contract Length: 3 months initially but likely to be extended

Start Date: ASAP

Location: Leeds or Newcastle (3 days per week onsite)

Clearance: This role requires BPSS (Baseline Personnel Security Standard) clearance. To be eligible, candidates must have the right to work in the UK and be able to provide sufficient documentation to complete these checks.

The Opportunity

Our client, a major organisation delivering large-scale digital and infrastructure programmes, is seeking a Senior Business Analyst (SFIA Level 5) to support the delivery of key strategic initiatives.

This role sits within a newly formed team focused on enabling engineering delivery through shared capabilities and technical enablers. The successful candidate will work closely with engineering and architecture teams to shape, define, and support complex technical solutions across multiple workstreams.

Role Overview

The Senior Business Analyst will operate within a highly technical environment, working alongside engineers and technical stakeholders to define requirements, shape solutions, and support delivery across a range of strategic initiatives. This is not a traditional BA role, it requires strong technical understanding and experience within software development environments, with a focus on engineering requirements and enabling delivery teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate technical discussions to support effective solution design
• Analyse complex business and technical processes, identifying opportunities, risks, and efficiencies
• Define, map, and validate requirements and user stories aligned to delivery needs
• Work closely with engineering teams to ensure clarity and shared understanding of requirements
• Elicit and manage stakeholder needs, constraints, and priorities
• Support discovery, ideation, and proof-of-concept activities
• Contribute to value realisation plans, success metrics, and evaluation frameworks
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Product, Engineering, Architecture, DevOps, Data, and Security

Key Requirements

• Proven experience operating at SFIA Level 5 (Ensure/Advise) within a technical delivery environment
• Strong background in software development domains, with recent applied experience
• Ability to engage confidently with engineers and challenge technical decisions where appropriate
• Experience writing technical user stories and supporting engineering-focused delivery
• Strong understanding of digital delivery, including software development lifecycles and testing approaches
• Experience working across multiple technical workstreams and stakeholders
• Ability to operate with autonomy and accountability for significant delivery outcomes

Additional Information

• Candidates must be within commutable distance (approx. 90 minutes) of Leeds or Newcastle
• Regular onsite presence (3 days per week) is required to engage with stakeholders and teams
• Stakeholders are primarily technical (e.g. engineers, architects) rather than end-users
• Candidates will be expected to demonstrate practical examples of relevant experience at interview

Clearance Requirement

Candidates must hold BPSS clearance or be eligible to obtain it (including the right to work in the UK). Applications from candidates who do not meet these requirements cannot be considered.