Business Analyst (People Transformation)

Company: Lorien Resourcing
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Location: Edinburgh
Job Description:

Overview

In this role you will support a Workforce Transformation programme within HR/People, translating business needs into Agile user stories and enabling large-scale improvements. You will bridge HR and technology teams, shaping future-state processes, colleague journeys, and system changes. You’ll work with cross-functional stakeholders to refine requirements, prioritise backlogs, and guide delivery within Agile teams. The role combines process improvement with change activities to enhance HR services and workforce experiences.

Responsibilities

  • Gather, document, and validate business, functional and user requirements for transformation initiatives
  • Analyse HR/People processes and workflows to identify inefficiencies and improvement opportunities
  • Support redesign of processes and colleague journeys across workforce planning, skills, learning, and internal mobility
  • Facilitate workshops with HR, business, and technology teams to define requirements and align solutions
  • Work within Agile delivery teams, supporting backlog refinement, user story creation, sprint planning, and iterative delivery of requirements
  • Support assessment and implementation of technology solutions aligned with business and colleague needs
  • Assist with testing, implementation and adoption of new processes and systems, and identify risks and dependencies

Key requirements

  • Proven BA experience in HR, People Transformation or Workforce Transformation
  • Strong Agile experience: Scrum, user stories, backlog management, sprint ceremonies
  • Proven skills in business process analysis, process mapping, and future-state design
  • Experience gathering, documenting, and translating requirements into deliverables
  • Experience improving HR processes, colleague journeys, or workforce systems
  • Strong stakeholder management, workshop facilitation, and communication skills
  • Experience working across HR, business, and technology teams within transformation programmes
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving and organizational abilities
  • Stakeholder management
  • Facilitation
  • Communication
  • Agile methodologies
  • Scrum
  • Backlog management

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Posted: October 24th, 2026