Job Description

Job Title: Business Analyst
Location: Nottingham
Contract: Perm
Recruiter: Noaman Hussain
About the role
We're looking for a Business Analyst, to join the Digital Core team within Boots IT. You'll work across a diverse landscape of retail and healthcare applications and programmes. You will be at the centre of Boots digital business, delivering the best solutions that put our customer needs first.
Reporting to a Lead Business Analyst, you will work with members across the digital functions to jointly define with them the scope, objectives, processes and requirements for major upcoming and ongoing projects.
The daily activities of the role will include:
Work with business and IT stakeholders and using a variety of techniques to define, capture and prioritise the backlog of requirements and create user stories, including functional, non-functional and IT operational requirements for the project.
Analyse business requests, identifying and evaluating options for improving business systems and processes, ensuring that customer and colleague needs are always at the forefront of our solutions.
Plan the business analysis work for projects by managing milestones and dependencies for the work to proceed in an Agile or Waterfall manner as applicable.
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 create 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
You'll have experience in a Business Analyst capacity and the confidence and passion to take accountability for projects of varying scale and inspiring the implementation of outstanding solutions.
You'll have the ability to manage, influence, negotiate and collaborate with a variety of stakeholders at all levels in the business
You'll work toward a collaborative understanding to deliver the best product for our customers and colleagues.
You'll have the ability to handle multiple projects, deadlines, and work.
You'll always aim to understand and bring others along when your understanding is greater than theirs.
You will have experience 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 working in a Product Owner, Product Manager or Project Manager role.
Experience working in a 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
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 . 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 to help you to be at your best.
This role requires you to complete a 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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Vacancy Reference Number
258401BR
Area
East Midlands (non stores)
Company
Non Stores
County
Nottinghamshire
Airport
No
Region
East Midlands
Store
Nottingham Support Office
Full or Part time
Full-time
Division
Non Stores
Contract Type
Permanent
Is this a Global Brands req?
No
Keywords
IT,Analyst,Business
Latitude,longitude 1
52.927182,-1.183948
Function
Technology
Business Area
Support Office
Should this vacancy be excluded from being posted onto the Boots.jobs career site?
No
Hours per week
37.5
Req Posted Date
07-Aug-2025

Skills Required