Technical Business Analyst

Markerstudy Ltd; Salford; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance service provider is seeking a Technical Business Analyst to join their Agile development team. This role involves facilitating workshops, collaborating with stakeholders, and refining user stories for software solutions. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in Agile environments, strong facilitation skills, and the ability to work across various projects. This full-time position offers opportunities for professional growth in a supportive culture.

Benefits

Opportunities for professional development

Supportive agile culture

Career progression possibilities

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a Technical Business Analyst role within an Agile environment.
• Strong facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Demonstrates a variety of techniques to create, refine, split and map User Stories.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate workshops to support requirements gathering and product backlog creation.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to ensure clarity and alignment on requirements.
• Support Agile delivery through active participation in ceremonies and sprint planning.

Skills

Agile methodology

Stakeholder engagement

Workshop facilitation

User story mapping

Tools

Jira

Job description

Technical Business Analyst role at Markerstudy Group

Location: This is a hybrid role and can be based from any of our offices in Manchester, Stoke, Southport, Peterborough, Chesterfield or Tunbridge Wells.

Are you a proactive and technically minded Business Analyst ready to thrive in an Agile environment? We’re seeking an experienced Technical Business Analyst to join our dynamic IT development team, where innovation and collaboration drive everything we do.

About The Role

As part of a motivated, multi-disciplinary Agile development team, you’ll play a key role in delivering high-quality software solutions aligned with business priorities, translating business needs into meaningful requirements. You’ll work closely with business stakeholders, Delivery Managers, Senior Business Analysts and your development team to shape and refine user stories for both large‑scale projects and smaller enhancements. Your insights will help ensure that every development delivers real value to end users.

You’ll also be part of a vibrant Business Analyst community, sharing best practice, championing Agile values, and promoting continuous improvement and self‑organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate workshops to support requirements gathering and product backlog creation
• Apply a range of techniques to create, refine, split, and map user stories
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to ensure clarity and alignment on requirements
• Support Agile delivery through active participation in ceremonies and sprint planning

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a forward‑thinking organisation
• Work in a supportive, agile culture that values your input and growth
• Enjoy opportunities for professional development and career progression

What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience in a Technical Business Analyst role within an Agile environment
• Strong facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills; able to communicate effectively and accurately in a diplomatic manner
• Ability to build & maintain effective working relationships with internal and external personnel
• Workshop facilitation skills for requirements gathering analysis and product backlog refinement
• Demonstrates a variety of techniques to create, refine, split and map User Stories
• A collaborative mindset and a passion for continuous improvement
• Ability to work effectively across multiple change projects/incidents or change activities simultaneously
• Experience of using Jira or similar Agile delivery tools
• Highly self‑motivated

About Us

Markerstudy Insurance Services Limited (MISL) is one of the largest Managing General Agents in the UK. We specialise in niche motor cover, using our market knowledge and experience to create highly targeted products. Our underwriting strategy identifies and applies special risk factors to the customers’ advantage, supported by friendly, accessible, and empowered underwriting technicians. We only transact business through professional UK insurance intermediaries and take pride in fostering excellent working relationships. Our products feature on major aggregators such as Confused.com, Go Compare, and Compare the Market via our broker partners.

Seniority level

• Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

• Full‑time

Job function

• Business Development and Sales

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