Technical Business Analyst

📌 Job Title: Technical Business Analyst 📝 Engagement: Full-time, Permanent 🌏 Location: London ⌚ Working hours: 0845 - 1730 💰 Salary: Negotiable DOE About the role The Technical Business Analyst will bring extensive experience working in complex, data and AI transformation programmes within a consulting or professional services environment. This role holds end‑to‑end accountability for requirements gathering, Azure DevOps or Jira board managements, and stakeholder management. You will be a confident communicator with strong commercial awareness, independent starter and experienced in managing senior stakeholders across multiple regions and complex organisational landscapes. Working closely with cross‑functional teams, you will provide requirements support, manage the board and the refinement and planning, manage requests for new features, complete analysis and documentation across modern data platform implementations, enterprise AI rollouts, and broader transformation initiatives. This includes partnering with solution architects, technical project managers, data engineering leads, data science teams, privacy and compliance specialists, and senior business stakeholders to ensure requirements are being delivered as per customer's or SOW specifications. What you’ll do * Elicit, document, and prioritise business and technical requirements for data and AI initiatives (i.e. data pipelines, analytics platforms, etc) through stakeholder interviews, workshops, and process mapping * Translate business problems into user stories, epics, and acceptance criteria that development and data science teams can act on * Perform data analysis and profiling to validate requirements * Bridge the gap between business stakeholders and technical teams (data engineers, data scientists, BI engineers), translating domain language both ways. * Own and refine the product backlog: write, refine, and prioritize user stories with clear acceptance criteria and definition of done * Participate in and help facilitate Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily stand-ups, sprint review, retrospectives) * Work closely with the Product Owner and Project Manager to manage scope, dependencies, and sprint commitments. * Break down large data/AI initiatives into iterative, deliverable increments (MVPs, proof of concepts, phased rollouts) * Support the design of dashboards, reports, or AI/ML use cases by clarifying business logic, KPIs, and success metrics. * Facilitate UAT (user acceptance testing), coordinate test cases, and validate that delivered features meet business needs. * Ensure data governance, privacy, and compliance requirements (e.g., GDPR, data classification) are captured in requirements. * Support change management and training as new data/AI capabilities are rolled out * Maintain documentation: Functional specs, process flows, data dictionaries, etc. What you’ll bring * 5+ years of customer facing consulting or project delivery experience * Experience in environments spanning data platforms, AI/ML deployment, integration, and analytics * Requirements elicitation and documentation * Business process mapping * Data analysis and data profiling * Translating business needs into user stories/epics with acceptance criteria * Stakeholder management and cross-functional communication * UAT coordination and test case validation * Documentation and traceability * Familiarity with Data Platforms within Azure What we offer * 25 days leave + bank holidays * Your birthday off * Enhanced parental leave * Company Pension * Private medical * Gym membership * Cycle to work scheme * Employee assistance programme * Endless learning opportunities Hybrid working guidelines We offer a hybrid working model, with team members spending at least 2 days each week in the office. Who we are Acora are a progressive full-stack full-service business technology services partner, built for the AI era. Combining the capabilities of a Managed Service Provider (MSP), Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP), IT Consulting, Professional Services and Development company, Acora helps customers achieve breakthrough results - often quicker and at lower risk than they thought possible. We believe in a better working world, where our customers are confident to fully embrace the AI opportunity and generate economic impact. Our values * #1 Be the best you can be * #2 We do what we say * #3 Together we win To be considered for this position, you must have full rights to work in the UK. Equal Opportunities at Acora Group Acora Group are an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing equal opportunities regardless of race or ethnic origin, gender identity, family situation, sexual orientation, disability, religion or age. We hire our people based on qualifications, merit, skills, and business need. We are a Level 1 Disability Confident Committed Employer and will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive equitable benefits and all privileges of employment. Please contact us to request any reasonable adjustments. Join us at Acora in creating a workplace where everyone can succeed and make an impact. We look forward to welcoming you to our team!