Senior Business Analyst

Senior Business Analyst (Technical)

Location:

Newcastle

Hybrid Working:
This role will require you to work from our Newcastle, Cobalt Business Park office 3 days per week.

Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory BPSS and SC security clearance which requires 5 years continuous UK address history (typically including no periods of 30 consecutive days or more spent outside of the UK) at the point of application.

Note:

The above information relates to a specific client requirement.

We are seeking a Technically orientated Senior Business Analyst to join our expanding Business Analysis community in Newcastle, working at the centre of modern software delivery. You’ll act as a trusted bridge between business stakeholders and technical teams, bringing clarity to complex problems and turning business needs into well‑defined, deliverable requirements & designs. By collaborating closely with stakeholders and delivery teams, you’ll help ensure solutions are user‑focused, technically feasible, and aligned to strategic business goals-making a tangible impact from discovery through to product launch.

• Lead discovery activities by helping define problems, exploring solution options, and assessing feasibility, risks, and dependencies.
• Bridge the gap between business and technology, taking ownership of process analysis and shaping fit‑for‑purpose transformational solutions.
• Provide reviews, coaching, and quality assurance for business analysis outputs produced by other team members, promoting consistent standards and best practices.
• Lead functional & non-functional requirements identification and elicitation, managing stakeholders and taking customers on the journey from problem definition to solution agreement.
• Integrate closely with business and technology teams to create and maintain a holistic vision of the solution that enables successful delivery.
• Own the production of high‑quality analysis and design artefacts, including functional designs, process flows, sequence diagrams, business rules, and prioritised product backlog items.
• Analyse and interpret data to present clear options, trade‑offs, and evidence‑based recommendations that support senior stakeholder decision‑making.
• Lead complex business impact assessments across multiple streams, clearly articulating change implications and dependencies.
• Provide assurance on scope, requirements, and solution alignment, identifying gaps or risks early and supporting governance and assurance processes as needed.
• Plan and coordinate business readiness activities for large‑scale implementations, ensuring operational readiness for the target operating model.
• Lead business change activities, including defining communication strategies and designing training approaches to support adoption.
• Work closely with solution and technical architects to shape cohesive, integrated solutions to customer problems.
• Actively facilitate Agile ceremonies and support backlog prioritisation aligned to value, risk, and delivery dependencies.
• Proactively identify, communicate, and manage technical constraints, risks, and dependencies.
• Demonstrate strong understanding of system integration, APIs, and data considerations, translating technical concepts for non‑technical stakeholders.
• Operate independently in a high‑impact, customer‑facing role, providing direction, assurance, and thought leadership within the delivery team.
• Lead and shape the adoption of AI‑enabled solutions that support improved outcomes for clients.
• Strategically drive AI‑led efficiencies across delivery practices, influencing ways of working, standards, and continuous improvement.

• Strong and proven business analysis capability across requirements elicitation, analysis, documentation, validation, and management.
• Ability to independently understand complex business problems and lead the translation of business needs into high‑quality requirements and solution designs.
• Extensive experience producing and assuring business analysis artefacts including user stories, functional and non‑functional requirements, process models, business rules, and data specifications.
• Confident application of structured analysis and…