About The Role
Hippo is looking to build a talent pool of talented Business Analysts for current and future contractor opportunities. Varying start dates which could land throughout December up to January 5th 2026. Due to the variety of our projects and clients, we have Inside IR35 positions available on initial 3-6 months basis with flexible / hybrid working arrangements.
Business Analysts translate complex business problems and user needs into a set of detailed requirements for the end-to-end service or product, with the appropriate use of epics, features, user stories and defined acceptance. You'll clearly and accurately communicate business requirements and user needs to a variety of stakeholders, including senior leaders and the team, using the appropriate methods of communication or documentation.
Your role in a nutshell:
- Work with the Product Owner and/or Delivery Manager to establish and maintain a prioritised product, programme or project backlog of what needs to be built.
- Work collaboratively with designers to inform the creation and iteration of prototypes for the services or product to solve the problems users face.
- Define business process improvements for products or services to inform recommendations identifying clear benefits and contributing to delivery plans.
- Use insights from user research and metrics to inform the business analysis approach, and explain your business decisions clearly.
- Be an expert in Agile delivery, identifying the best Agile processes for projects and measuring the success of outcomes.
- Run workshops with your team and stakeholders
- Build long-term, strategic relationships with stakeholders
- Advocate for user-centred design, and the use of agile business analysis in particular for the delivery of products or services.
- Advise and support business analysis colleagues and other members of Agile teams.
Skills and experience that you need
People are at the centre of everything we do. We’re a diverse and close-knit community united by a love for solving complex problems for our clients and their users. We take a common sense approach to getting things done. We get things wrong, we learn from experience and we adapt. We stay curious and never stop learning.
We don’t need you to have any certificates or qualifications, but we do need to be confident that you can demonstrate the following:
- Have exemplary business analysis skills including communication, listening and organisational skills
- Have expertise in eliciting and management requirements to meet user needs within a product or services focussed project
- Be experienced in championing user centred design principles and practices, applying these to the delivery of a product or service
- Enjoy working collaboratively with your team and experts
- Be comfortable working in rapid sprint cycles
- Be a strong presenter and happy to sell the benefits of business analysis to people who aren’t familiar with the discipline
- Have a positive “can do” attitude
- Have great consultancy skills, caring about your client’s needs and motivations
- Enjoy sharing your skills and experience with your client to enable them to continue to iterate and improve content after you leave
- Experience of working in an Agile workplace
What makes us great
Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging at Hippo
At Hippo, we’re dedicated to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace that works for everyone. We understand that having a diverse team unlocks our capacity for innovation, creativity and problem solving. Only by building a community of diverse perspectives, cultures and socio-economic backgrounds can we create an environment where all can contribute and thrive.
We actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups including women, ethnic minorities, LGBTQ+, neurodivergent and people with disabilities. We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process that reflects our workplace culture. We are a registered Disability Confident Employer, Mindful Employer, Endometriosis Friendly Employer and a member of the Armed Forces Covenant. Hippo continually strives to remove barriers, provide accommodations and offer reasonable adjustments to ensure equity throughout our practices.
Hi, we’re Hippo.
At Hippo, we design with empathy and build for impact. We do this by combining data-informed evidence, human-centred design and software engineering. We're a digital services partner who is genuinely invested in helping our clients thrive as modern organisations. Our delivery methodology is truly agile, from concept to reality, supporting innovation and continuous improvement to achieve your desired outcomes.
We firmly believe that technology should serve humanity, not the other way around. We take a human-centred approach to everything we do because we understand that complex problems require a service design approach. This means understanding how users behave and ensuring our solutions work for them in the real world.
Our combination of data, design, and engineering delivers bespoke digital services that make a positive and meaningful impact on organisations and society. We're confident in our abilities, authentic in our approach, and passionate about what we do. If you're looking for a digital services partner that can deliver real results, let us help you build for the future and make a lasting impact.
Hippo locations
We are headquartered in Leeds and located across the UK in Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, London and Bristol. We're on the lookout for top talent nationwide, so don't let location hold you back from applying. We welcome candidates from all over the UK who possess the flexibility to work from any of our locations. It's worth noting that, given the dynamic nature of our business, you may be required to work on-site at client locations or from your own home.
