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Posted 21 July, 2026

Senior Business Analyst

Sanderson
Newcastle upon Tyne, ENG, GB Full Time

Job Description

Sanderson are working with a consulting client who are looking to grow their Business Analysis capability. The client is seeking candidates who have experience with full lifecycle development.

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Key Responsibilities

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  • Strong and proven business analysis capability across requirements elicitation, analysis, documentation, validation, and management.
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  • Ability to independently understand complex business problems and lead the translation of business needs into high-quality requirements and solution designs.
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  • Extensive experience producing and assuring business analysis artefacts
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  • Confident application of structured analysis and solution design techniques to complex change initiatives.
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  • Strong analytical skills, with experience using data to shape recommendations, validate requirements, and influence decision-making.
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  • Proven ability to manage and influence senior stakeholders, facilitating alignment across business and technology teams.
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  • Extensive experience leading business impact assessments and clearly articulating change impacts, dependencies, and risks.
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  • Strong experience operating within Agile and/or Waterfall delivery environments, shaping analysis approaches to suit delivery context.
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  • Ability to lead backlog refinement and prioritisation activities, ensuring alignment to value, risk, and delivery dependencies.
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  • Experience providing direction and support across testing phases, including complex defect triage and resolution.
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  • Strong understanding of system integration, APIs, and data considerations, with the ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical audiences.
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  • Experience working with enterprise platforms or cloud technologies
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  • Experience collaborating with UX and service design teams, including use of wireframing and prototyping tools.
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  • Demonstrated ability to apply emerging technologies to business problems in a pragmatic, value-led way.
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  • Demonstrated the understanding of how AI can transform businesses and solutions
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  • Experience supporting benefits realisation and embedding change into live operational environments.
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  • Confident use of tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Visio, and Excel to drive analysis, reporting, and delivery outcomes.
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This role will require you to be willing and eligible to undergo UK security clearance.

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If you're interested in the above, apply or reach out to