Job Title: Business Analyst Location: Nottingham Contract: Perm Closing Date: Friday 11th April 2025 Recruiter: Noaman Hussain About the role We're looking for a Business Analyst, as a member of the Healthcare Technology team within Boots IT. This is an opportunity to work across a diverse landscape of healthcare applications and initiatives. You will be at the centre of Boots Healthcare business, delivering the best solutions that put our customer needs first. Reporting to a Lead Business Analyst, you will work with members of the Healthcare functions to jointly define with them the high-level scope, objectives and requirements for major upcoming and ongoing projects. The day-to-day activities of the role will include but are not limited to: Work collaboratively with business and IT stakeholders and using a variety of techniques as suitable to define, capture and prioritise the backlog of requirements and create user stories, including functional, non-functional and IT operational requirements for the project. Analysing business requests, identifying and evaluating options for improving business systems and processes, ensuring the customers’ needs are always at the forefront of our solutions. Plan the business analysis work for projects by defining timescales, milestones and dependencies for the work to proceed successfully in an Agile or Waterfall manner as appropriate. Work in a team of other Business Analysts on large / complex pieces of work, ensuring that the vision, scope and requirements are aligned across the entire project. Support the Lead Business Analyst to engage with business functions to understand their strategy and business plans to formulate product roadmaps. Support test teams and project managers with the evaluation of defects and prioritisation of these defects. Represent the business and their requirements through the project lifecycle. What you’ll need to have These are the essential skills or experience needed to succeed in this role. You’ll have demonstrable experience as a Business Analyst – this role is about having the confidence and passion to take personal accountability for projects of varying scale and inspiring the implementation of outstanding solutions. You’ll have excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to manage, influence, negotiate and collaborate with a variety of stakeholders at all levels in the business You’ll be detail oriented and strive for a collaborative understanding to deliver the best product for our customers. You’ll have the ability to handle multiple projects, deadlines, and work independently without supervision. You’ll always strive to understand and bring others along when your understanding is greater than theirs. You will have experience of working within both Agile and Waterfall software delivery environments and an all-round appreciation of IT delivery. It would be great if you also have These are desirable skills or experience and are not essential, so we would welcome applications from candidates that don’t match this additional criteria. Experience of working as a Product Owner, Product Manager or Agile Business Analyst. Experience of working in a fast paced healthcare, pharmacy or retail environment. Recognised qualification in business analysis. Our benefits Boots Retirement Savings Plan Discretionary annual bonus Generous employee discounts Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child Flexible benefits scheme including option to buy additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more. Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme. We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you - find out more at boots.jobs/rewards. Exclusions may apply, eligible roles only. Please note, any salary estimates given on third-party sites are not provided or endorsed by Boots and may not be accurate. Why Boots At Boots, we foster a working environment where consideration and inclusivity help everyone to be themselves and reach their full potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all. As the heart of everything we do at Boots, with you, we change for the better. What's next Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best. This role requires the successful candidate to complete a Pre-employment check after receiving an offer. Depending on your location you will be asked to submit either a DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service), PVG (Protection of Vulnerable groups) or an Access NI Check. Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis. 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