Senior Business Analyst

Job Title: Senior Business Analyst - Protection SquadsCheck out the role overview below If you are confident you have got the right skills and experience, apply today.Contract Type: PermanentLocation: Edinburgh or Alderley EdgeWorking style: Hybrid 50% home/office basedClosing date: 4th November 2025We are seeking a talented and enthusiastic agile focused Senior Business Analyst to join our protection squads working in our Protection value stream. As a Senior Business Analyst, you will work pro-actively and independently in a cross functional squad bridging the gap between business needs and technical delivery.This opportunity will allow you to play a critical role in driving our digital products and ultimately business growth and success. With your in-depth understanding of the protection/pensions industry and strong analytical skills, you will provide valuable insights and recommendations that will guide our digital product thinking.This is a fantastic opportunity for someone passionate about agile focused business analysis in the protection domain and who is looking to make a significant impact on the organisation's success.About the roleComfortable working with proposition teams to collaborate and help shape early-stage proposition and digital product definition providing detailed business analysis support where required.Collaborate closely with product owners, proposition analysts, developers, testers, and stakeholders developing positive relationships to support delivery of our digital products using agile/scrum methodologies.Gather, analyse and document business requirements, translating them into clear and concise user stories with acceptance criteria.Act as the liaison between business stakeholders and the technical team to ensure shared understanding of requirements and expected outcomes.Collaborate with the Product Owner to refine and contribute to product roadmap planning and product backlog prioritisation.Help facilitate and in some cases lead agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.Support development and test teams throughout sprints, clarifying requirements where required and ensuring timely delivery.Proactively seek to improve processes and documentation to enhance team performance and product quality.About youExperienced Senior Business Analyst with previous experience in an agile environment developing digital products.With exceptional communication skills, you'll have a strong grasp of agile methodologies using a variety of business analysis techniques, tools and standards.Advanced stakeholder management skills, you'll be practised at building strong working relationships in an agile team environment.Focused on delivering outstanding digital products combining an understanding of the importance of user and customer outcomes.Ability to manage own workload and support colleagues.About Royal LondonWe're the UK's largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.We've always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance. You can see all our benefits here - Our BenefitsInclusion, diversity and belongingWe're an Inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. xpwpeyx Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected - whatever their background.#J-18808-Ljbffr