Business Analyst​/Test Manager

Business Analyst / Test Manager (6 month contract - part time, Leeds)

We're working with a well‑known construction business to find a Business Analyst who can also own testing end‑to‑end. You'll be the single point of accountability for both business analysis and testing across projects ranging from straightforward to genuinely complex.

On the analysis side:

• Lead on business problem definition, map current and future‑state processes using BPMN or swimlane diagrams.
• Elicit, document and validate requirements through to formal sign‑off and traceability.
• Manage scope, assumptions, and change control, and contribute to business cases, including options, costs, risks and benefits.

On the test side:

• Own test strategy and test plans for projects, defining scope, environments, entry/exit criteria and timelines.
• Run test kickoffs, manage defects through to closure, and coordinate testing across internal teams and third‑party suppliers.
• Hold suppliers to account on quality and coverage.

Additional responsibilities:

• Work across Waterfall, Agile and hybrid delivery, adapting the approach accordingly.
• Pick up light project management on smaller pieces of work.

• Proven end‑to‑end BA experience on large, complex projects or programmes.
• Demonstrable ownership of test strategy, planning and execution – not just BA work with some testing bolted on.
• Strong process modelling experience (BPMN/swimlane, As-Is/To-Be).
• Experience managing third‑party suppliers through the full delivery lifecycle.
• Comfortable working across multiple delivery methodologies.
• BCS (ISEB) Diploma in Business Analysis – essential.
• IIBA certification and/or PRINCE2 – desirable.