Agile Business Analyst - Leeds

FDM Group Ltd.; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy firm based in Leeds is seeking an Agile Business Analyst for a 12-month contract. This hybrid role involves strong stakeholder engagement and requires expertise in Azure DevOps and Agile methodologies. The ideal candidate has over 3 years of experience and holds active UK Security Clearance. This position offers opportunities for career coaching, mentoring, and various benefits.

Benefits

Career coaching

Access to upskilling

Annual leave

Work-place pension

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience as a Business Analyst in complex programme or project environments.
• Active UK Security Clearance (SC) required.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies, including backlog management and refinement practices.
• Demonstrable experience managing requirements ADO and documenting outputs in Confluence.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients and stakeholders.
• Engage with business areas to gather insights and manage expectations.
• Lead the creation and maintenance of epics, user stories, and tasks in ADO.
• Support risk identification and decision-making by engaging with SMEs.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Requirements management

Tools

Azure DevOps (ADO)

Confluence

Job description

About The Role

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking an Agile Business Analyst to work for our client within the technology sector. This is initially a 12-month contract with the potential to extend and will be a hybrid role based in Leeds.

Our client is looking for an experienced Business Analyst to play a key role in gathering and analysing business needs, managing requirements in Azure DevOps (ADO), and ensuring effective delivery and rollout of solutions. This role requires strong stakeholder engagement, an excellent understanding of Agile methodologies, and the ability to translate complex business needs into actionable outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, suppliers, and internal stakeholders and acting as a bridge to effectively translate requirements and insights
• Engage with business areas and subject matter experts (SMEs) to gather insights, manage expectations, and address concerns
• Lead the creation and maintenance of epics, user stories, and tasks in ADO across all project phases while ensuring acceptance criteria are clearly defined, comprehensive, and aligned with business objectives
• Support risk identification and decision-making by engaging with SMEs and business areas
• Support the Product Owner in prioritisation and decision-making through upstream analysis of business value as well as leading refinement sessions, ensuring tickets are in a state of readiness before discussions
• Gather and share insights across the programme and Business Analyst community via Confluence, aligning requirements with business problem statements, objectives, and expected benefits
• Plan and manage pilot and rollout activities, ensuring internal and external stakeholder alignment, detailed planning, and continuous improvement through feedback
• Liaise with assurance areas to ensure compliance with requirements including penetration testing and Data Protection Impact Assessment/Privacy Policy updates while obtaining necessary approvals and readiness for go-live
• Guarantee that all rollout activities adhere to compliance, assurance, and governance standards
• Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure success and support continuous improvement while regularly reporting to leadership and stakeholders on progress, risks, and outcomes

About You

Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience as a Business Analyst in complex programme or project environments
• Active UK Security Clearance (SC) required
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies, including backlog management and refinement practices
• Demonstrable experience managing requirements ADO and documenting outputs in Confluence
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage effectively at all levels
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to align business needs to outcomes and benefits
• Experience in compliance and assurance processes (e.g., security, data protection, and governance)

About Us

Why join us

• Career coaching, mentoring and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career
• Assignments with global companies and opportunities to work abroad
• Opportunity to re-skill and up-skill into new areas, develop non-linear career paths and build a skillset within your field
• Annual leave and work-place pension

About FDM

We are a business and technology consultancy and one of the UK's leading employers, recruiting the brightest talent to become the innovators of tomorrow. We have centres across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 2,500 employees. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer and is listed on the FTSE4Good Index.

Diversity and Inclusion

FDM Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial or local laws.