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Future is a dynamic and innovative brand operating at the forefront of content, community, and commerce. Their mission is to connect people with their passions through high-quality content and cutting-edge technology. With over 400 million global users, Future offers a diverse range of market-leading brands and popular titles across various specialist interests. The brand's journey has been filled with challenges, rewards, and surprises. They continually expand their portfolio and seize new opportunities to enhance their offerings. Future has made strategic acquisitions, such as Gardening Know How, ActualTech Media, and Who What Wear, to strengthen their presence in different verticals. Powered by a proprietary technology stack, Future's platforms, such as Vanilla, Hawk, and Aperture, optimize user experiences, monetize content, and provide targeted advertising solutions. They foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and success, where every team member plays a vital role. Future is a globally distributed company with offices in the UK, US, and Australia. They are committed to making a positive societal impact and building a sustainable future for the planet and communities they serve. Discover more about Future and their exciting career opportunities on their website.

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## About Future

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.

Future is a global multi-platform media company and leading digital publisher, with scalable brands and diversified revenue streams. We are dedicated to connecting over 300 million people worldwide with their passions, through expert content, world-class events and cutting-edge proprietary technology. We have big ambitions to transform media and change people's lives.

We have a market-leading portfolio of over 220 brands spanning across technology, gaming, TV & entertainment, women's lifestyle, music, sport, creative and photography, home interest and B2B.

We continue to grow our portfolio and launch new brands, restlessly looking to improve, innovate and push the boundaries of what can be done. We develop leading-edge technology which is disrupting the media marketplace.

Together, we're exceeding the expectations of everyone we exist for – our audiences, clients, staff and shareholders. In a short space of time, Future has transformed into an innovative global media platform.

We reap the rewards too, of course, with a fun and creative place to work with endless opportunities to forge a career. We believe in teamwork that transcends location, so we don't have a Future HQ but a globally connected workforce across the UK, US, Europe and Australia.

Every kind of talent is celebrated here. We hire for person not for the role, looking for people who share our ambitions to be bold and innovate, making Future a global success story.

## Senior Business Analyst - 12 Month FTC

**Location:** Hybrid, London, England, United Kingdom  
**Employment Type:** Temporary (12 months)  
**Reporting:** Project Manager  
**Work Arrangement:** Hybrid - 2 days per week from London Paddington office (Monday and Wednesday)  
**Salary:** £75,000 - £85,000

### 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.

### Project Management, Governance & Stakeholder Coordination

- 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

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Amy McBride

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The role is a 12-month fixed-term contract for a Senior Business Analyst at Future Publishing, focusing on software development projects. The position is hybrid, requiring two days per week in the London Paddington office. Responsibilities include managing the entire requirements lifecycle, stakeholder coordination, and project governance.

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