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xDesign partners with the UK's most ambitious brands to accelerate their digital product and engineering delivery, with offices in the centres of Edinburgh and Leeds and employees based all over the UK. We pride ourselves on working closely and collaboratively with our clients to craft intuitive user experiences and valuable products across a wide range of industries, technologies, and clients.

Our reputation as a partner determined to deliver high-quality, robust and thoughtful products has enabled us to scale to over 350 people in the last couple of years. We have doubled the business again in 2022 and we are preparing for further accelerated growth in 2023 by delivering high quality software products for some of the UK's most established brands.

We care about hiring great people so you'll be working with a team that cares. We support each other with problems, push each other to get better and celebrate success together.

We are a company that cares about building an inclusive, collaborative place of work where you can stretch yourself, personally and professionally. We value a diverse team and believe the variety of experiences and backgrounds in our team make us stronger.

The Role

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and collaborative Business Analyst to join our growing team and help define and develop an array of products. You will be working with one of our clients as the main point of contact for feature requests and will play a pivotal role in the overall success of the product".

As a Business Analyst at xDesign you will be responsible for:

• Working with clients and product teams to understand the "what" and then collaborating with the internal design and engineering teams to determine the "how"
• Understanding target customer needs, translating those needs into requirements, and working in collaboration with developers, QA, designers, and delivery managers
• Ensuring clear communication of the requirements across the team, contributing to the prioritisation of features and bugs, and managing client feedback
• Keeping on top of any changing requirements and ensuring the team and client retain a clear understanding of the end-product
  
  Take a look at our recent blog, "Business Analysts: The Swiss Army Knives of a Project Team" created by our Business Analysts, for some key insights into the role of the BA, their value, versatility and business impact.

What you'll be doing:

• Uncovering, shaping and documenting requirements for upcoming features with stakeholders and development teams.
• Facilitating pragmatic decision-making and product discussions, both internally and externally
• Managing the backlogs for projects that are in active development or have entered a maintenance phase
• Experience conducting workshops and business process mapping sessions
• Managing and facilitating solutions for emergent product issues during active development
• Building a strong pipeline of work for a development team.
• Actively manage stakeholders and work collaboratively with cross functional teams to deliver high quality solutions.

Requirements:

• Have experience working as a Business Analyst in fast paced environment
• Have strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Have experience of using techniques such as User Story mapping to capture requirements
• Have experience in working with cross functional teams in an Agile environment.
• Have experience working on web and/or mobile applications
• Be comfortable working in an autonomous environment and prioritising shifting workloads
• Be a bright problem solver and bring energy and enthusiasm to the workplace
• Be proactive in seeking answers to enable efficient delivery of solutions

We currently have other opportunities you may be interested in, click on the links below to find out more:

• Business Analyst - Leeds
• Business Systems Analyst
• Lead Business Analyst

We encourage you to apply even if you do not feel you meet absolutely all of the criteria outlined in the 'Requirements' section. Having the right attitude and approach trumps specific experience for us, and we are happy to support you if you're looking to take the next step in your career.

Benefits

As well as a competitive salary which we're transparent about from the outset, you can also expect a range of benefits:

• We make learning a priority here at xDesign which is why you'll get 6 paid learning and development days and an individual allocated budget to help you focus on your personal and professional development
• We believe our employees should enjoy their leave how and when they want, that's why we give you 35 days (inc bank holidays) to spend as you wish
• Support for your health and wellbeing with access to fast and effective private medical insurance with Vitality
• Our enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave ensures you get to spend quality time with your new family members
• We ensure our employees feel more secure and supported with their finances by partnering with Bippit to provide confidential professional financial coaching, workshops and resources
• Some of the latest tech equipment, including headphones and more, as well as a range of tools to do your job comfortably
• If you like getting involved in social events at work, we host regular optional virtual and in-person events like cook-alongs, virtual quizzes and more
• We want to help you do your bit to fight climate change. That's why we've partnered with Loveelectric, where you can save up to 50% on any electric vehicle
• For the avid cyclists, take advantage of our cycle-to-work scheme
• Through the wellbeing app, YuLife, you'll get access to many benefits including group life insurance, a 24/7 EAP service and both physical and mental wellbeing support
• Invest in your future by opting into our salary sacrifice pension scheme

This position is available for UK based remote working as well as office or hybrid working for those based around Edinburgh.

Think this is for you? Get in touch for a confidential chat about how you can become part of the team.

Learn more about life at xDesign on our careers site and for more insights into our hiring process check out our careers FAQs.

We believe that representative teams made up of people with different backgrounds, skills and points of view help us build the best workplace possible and enable us to create genuinely innovative, broadly useful products.

We are committed to our goal of creating the most inclusive workplace possible. As we strive to build an environment where everyone can thrive and be themselves we will continue to investigate and challenge biases, while working to identify and remove obstacles to inclusion. If you need additional support or accommodation during the application process, please don't hesitate to let us know.