Business Analyst (Scrum/Azure DevOps)

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ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

A focused, hands-on Business Analyst contract for someone who is at home in a Scrum environment and knows how to turn messy stakeholder input into clean, actionable user stories. You'll be embedded in a digital product delivery team, working directly with a client Product Manager and business stakeholders to capture, refine, and manage requirements for a web solution. If you're precise with requirements, proactive with stakeholders, and comfortable in Azure DevOps, this is a well-scoped contract with a clear mandate. Start date: 31 August 2026. End date: 28 February 2027.

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PROJECT & CONTEXT

You'll be supporting the delivery of a web solution project, working within an agile Scrum team. Your primary focus will be requirements capture and user story management — from initial stakeholder conversations through to refined, sprint-ready stories in Azure DevOps. You'll act as the bridge between the client's Product Manager, business stakeholders, and the delivery team, ensuring that what gets built reflects what the business actually needs.

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WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

Experience

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst in a Scrum/Agile delivery environment

• Track record of working on web solution projects — understanding digital product delivery from requirements through release

• Fluent English — written and spoken, for stakeholder engagement and documentation

Requirements & Backlog Management

• Hands-on experience using Azure DevOps to capture, manage, and refine user stories

• Ability to write clear, well-structured user stories with acceptance criteria that development and QA teams can act on immediately

• Experience facilitating backlog refinement sessions and keeping the backlog sprint-ready

• Skilled at working closely with a Product Manager and business stakeholders to elicit, challenge, and validate requirements

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Comfortable engaging directly with client-side stakeholders — asking the right questions, managing expectations, and translating business needs into technical requirements

• Experience working in cross-functional delivery teams spanning development, QA, UX, and product

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NICE TO HAVE

• Background in retail or e-commerce — understanding of retail business processes, customer journeys, or merchandising workflows

• Familiarity with UX/UI concepts — ability to contribute to wireframe reviews or usability discussions

• Experience with Confluence or similar documentation tools for process mapping and specification writing

• Exposure to release management or UAT coordination in a web delivery context

• Knowledge of Jira or other agile backlog tools in addition to Azure DevOps