Who we are We're Future, a global leader in specialist media. Our people bring our trusted brands to life, helping millions of people discover expert content that informs, inspires, and drives action. As a pioneering mul…
Skills: Business analysis, Software development lifecycle, Stakeholder management, Requirements engineering, User story mapping
Who We Are We're Future, a global leader in specialist media. Our people bring our trusted brands to life, helping millions of people discover expert content that informs, inspires, and drives action. As a pioneering mul…
Who we are We're Future, a global leader in specialist media. Our people bring our trusted brands to life, helping millions of people discover expert content that informs, inspires, and drives action. As a pioneering mul…
Skills: Customer service, Communication, Problem-solving, Telephone support, Email support
Future PLC have an exciting opportunity for a Retention assistant to join our team, located in Cardiff. If you pride yourself on your ability to help customers, overcome objections, and find solutions, then this will be …
Who we are We're Future, a global leader in specialist media. Our people bring our trusted brands to life, helping millions of people discover expert content that informs, inspires, and drives action. As a pioneering mul…
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Who What Wear is the leading digital destination for fashion and beauty, built on a long-standing mission to make personal style accessible. Who What Wear UK is looking to hire a talented Social Media Editor to join its …
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Who We Are We're Future, a global leader in specialist media. Our people bring our trusted brands to life, helping millions of people discover expert content that informs, inspires, and drives action. As a pioneering mul…
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Who We Are We're Future, a global leader in specialist media. Our people bring our trusted brands to life, helping millions of people discover expert content that informs, inspires, and drives action. As a pioneering mul…
People Generalist - 12-month Fixed-Term Contract (Maternity Cover)
Bath, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid
$27k–$32k/yr
Mid level
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Skills: Sales, New business development, Revenue generation, Client relationship management, Presentation skills
As a Receptionist, your role would be to provide a high quality frontline response to customer enquiries. To act as the efficient interface with other departments throughout the company. Ad-hoc general administration and…
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Skills: Project coordination, Campaign management, Stakeholder management, Google Workspace, Asana
Who we are We're Future, a global leader in specialist media. Our people bring our trusted brands to life, helping millions of people discover expert content that informs, inspires, and drives action. As a pioneering mul…
Skills: Sales, New business development, Revenue generation, Client relationship management, Presentation skills
Who we are We're Future, a global leader in specialist media. Our people bring our trusted brands to life, helping millions of people discover expert content that informs, inspires, and drives action. As a pioneering mul…
Who We Are We're Future, a global leader in specialist media. Our people bring our trusted brands to life, helping millions of people discover expert content that informs, inspires, and drives action. As a pioneering mul…
Skills: Media planning, Media strategy, Team leadership, Cross-platform media, Commercial acumen
Future Creative is the global in-house agency responsible for all creative output across Future's impressive portfolio. We produce engaging, high-quality campaigns that reach millions of passionate consumers worldwide. O…
We are Future, a global multi-platform media company with big goals and the talent to bring them to life. Together, we connect people to their passions through the high-quality content we create and the technology we pio…
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$75k–$85k/yr
Temporary
Uncapped leave, Enhanced parental leave, Dental care, Private medical care, Profit sharing bonus, Refer a friend scheme
Posted 21h ago
~40 hrs/week
Responsibilities
The Senior Business Analyst will act as the sole lead for software development projects, managing the entire requirements lifecycle from discovery to deployment. They will facilitate workshops, coordinate cross-functional stakeholders, and ensure project governance and delivery alignment.
Requirements
Candidates must have proven experience as a Business Analyst within the software development lifecycle and the ability to work autonomously on complex projects. Strong proficiency in requirements elicitation, project management frameworks, and stakeholder coordination is essential.
Full job description
Who we are
We're Future, a global leader in specialist media. Our people bring our trusted brands to life, helping millions of people discover expert content that informs, inspires, and drives action. As a pioneering multiplatform media powerhouse, we provide expert content and technology that build valuable communities across all channels.
The Circulation IT team plays an integral part towards the success of Marketforce’s goals and ability to deliver on the strategic direction for the business. The technology and an array of bespoke integrated systems support business processes, ensuring Marketforce remains the No 1 UK publisher newsstand distributor. Marketforce is part of a wider publishing family within Future PLC whilst also at the same time provisioning and servicing 3rd party publisher clients
The Circulation IT team supports the needs of the business, across its systems, delivering on the roadmap with large-scale projects whilst also being part of a wider central Technology team for Future PLC.
What you'll do
We are seeking a highly autonomous and delivery-focused Senior Business Analyst to join our team on a fixed-term contract. In this role, you will operate as the sole BA on high-priority software development roadmap items. You will take complete end-to-end ownership of the analysis and requirements lifecycle for your assigned projects, working independently with minimal supervision.
Reporting directly to the Project Manager, you will be the driving force behind requirements engineering, solution validation, and feature delivery. Because you will be managing the BA domain entirely on your own, you must bring hands-on project management experience, a strong, practical understanding of software project planning, and the technical aptitude to interact directly with project data. Crucially, you will act as a central hub for the project, proactively managing and coordinating stakeholders across all phases of delivery.
Autonomous Business Analysis
Sole Ownership of Software Projects: Act as the dedicated, standalone BA for assigned software development initiatives, managing the entire requirements lifecycle autonomously from discovery to deployment.
Requirements Engineering: Elicit, analyse, and translate complex business rules and user needs into clear, actionable requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
Functional & Feature Documentation: Create, own, and maintain comprehensive Functional Requirements Specifications (FRSs), feature documentation, technical specifications, and process workflows.
Workshop Facilitation: Independently plan and lead requirement-gathering and solution-design workshops with engineering teams, SMEs, and business stakeholders.
Testing & Validation: Lead Unit Testing validation and manage the complete User Acceptance Testing (UAT) lifecycle, including test scenario creation, defect triaging, and securing final stakeholder sign-off.
Stakeholder Management & Coordination: Actively lead stakeholder management across all phases of the project. You will independently lead project meetings, coordinate cross-functional stakeholders, and ensure continuous alignment from kickoff to go-live.
PM Partnership & Communications: Partner closely with the Project Managers to ensure projects align with overarching delivery goals. Support the PM in senior-level communications by creating presentation slides and maintaining tracker sheets to monitor overall project timelines, milestones, and deliverables. Lead project steering group meetings when required.
Planning & Sequencing: Leverage your PM experience to actively contribute to sprint and project planning, roadmap sequencing, and backlog grooming.
Project Governance: Maintain strict adherence to project governance standards. Manage and report on risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies (RAID) specific to your roadmap items. Lead the creation and management of the project timeline.
What you’ll bring
Proven experience as a Business Analyst, specifically operating within Software Development lifecycles (SDLC).
Demonstrated ability to work as the sole BA on complex software projects, driving initiatives forward independently as a self-starter.
Highly developed stakeholder coordination skills. You must be adept at leading meetings, driving consensus across various phases of a project, commanding a room, and confidently managing expectations or pushing back when necessary.
Expert proficiency in requirements elicitation, process modelling, user story mapping, and writing functional specifications.
Hands-on experience transforming requirements into test scenarios, executing unit testing validation and independently driving complex UAT phases.
Strong, practical experience with project management frameworks (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall). You must understand how to navigate PM governance, risk management, and structured project planning.
Experience developing user manuals, training materials, or release notes, and supporting business readiness activities for software rollouts.
What we offer
Uncapped leave
Enhanced parental leave
Discounted rates with Dental care and Private Medical care
When we hit our targets, enjoy a share of our profits with a bonus
Refer a friend scheme - with payment following the successful hire.
Well-being support with access to our Colleague Assistant Programmes
Opportunity to purchase shares in Future, with our Share Incentive Plan
Salary sacrifice Pension scheme up to 5% match
Free drinks and snacks in our offices
The expected range for this role is £75,000 - £85,000
This is a hybrid role, working two days per week from our London Paddington office on a Monday and Wednesday
Internal job family level Technology 5
Inclusion and Diversity at Future At Future, we’re working to attract, retain and foster diverse talent, educating our colleagues in the importance of diversity, and review our internal processes so that they remain as free from bias as possible. We recognise that, in order to reach diverse communities through our content, we must first ensure ours is a culture in which diversity can thrive.
Find out more about Our Future, Our Responsibility on our website.
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The global leader in specialist media. Expertly produced original content across 200+ brands.
Industry
Media Production
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Founded
1985
Headquarters
London, England
LinkedIn followers
200,639
We are Future. The global platform for specialist media. We create expert original content that connects people to their passions across a portfolio of over 200 phenomenal brands.
Through our websites, magazines, events, and social spaces we reach 1 in 3 adults online in the UK and the US.
Founded in 1985, we have grown significantly to a global business with over 3,000 colleagues. We are the largest magazine publisher in the UK with a combined circulation of more than 3 million across our publications.
We innovate through our proprietary technology and diversify our audiences across new platforms every year. We’ve got an ambitious plan to build on our growth momentum and unlock new opportunities.
Offices: London, England, GB · New York, US · Bath, GB · Sydney, AU · Los Angeles, US
The global leader in specialist media. Expertly produced original content across 200+ brands.
Industry
Media Production
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Founded
1985
Headquarters
London, England
LinkedIn followers
200,639
We are Future. The global platform for specialist media. We create expert original content that connects people to their passions across a portfolio of over 200 phenomenal brands.
Through our websites, magazines, events, and social spaces we reach 1 in 3 adults online in the UK and the US.
Founded in 1985, we have grown significantly to a global business with over 3,000 colleagues. We are the largest magazine publisher in the UK with a combined circulation of more than 3 million across our publications.
We innovate through our proprietary technology and diversify our audiences across new platforms every year. We’ve got an ambitious plan to build on our growth momentum and unlock new opportunities.
Offices: London, England, GB · New York, US · Bath, GB · Sydney, AU · Los Angeles, US