At Manchester Metropolitan University, IT & Digital plays a key role in shaping the University of the future. We work in partnership with academic and Professional Services colleagues to design better ways of working, improve productivity, reduce complexity and deliver innovative digital services that support excellence in teaching, research and student experience. As we continue our digital transformation journey, we are investing in some of the University's most significant technology programmes, including the implementation of a new Student Management System and new HR and Finance platforms.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Software Engineering team as a Senior Integration Business Systems Analyst, working within the Integrations Team in IT & Digital. Reporting to the Integrations Technical Lead, you will play a critical role in ensuring our systems work seamlessly together, enabling efficient and effective services across the University. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to major transformation programmes that will shape the future of Manchester Metropolitan University.
You will work closely with business stakeholders, suppliers, architects, developers and testers to analyse requirements, define integration solutions and support the delivery of complex change initiatives from discovery through to implementation. You'll be joining a collaborative and supportive team at a time of significant investment and change, where your expertise will directly influence how critical University services are delivered for years to come.
As a Senior Integration Business Systems Analyst, you will:
- Lead the analysis, design and delivery of integrations between enterprise applications, cloud services and third-party solutions.
- Define, document and maintain integration requirements, functional specifications, interface designs and data mappings.
- Work with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into clear, actionable deliverables for technical teams.
- Collaborate with developers, testers, architects and suppliers to ensure solutions meet business needs and are secure, scalable and resilient.
- Analyse system interactions and data flows, identifying opportunities to improve data quality, automation and business processes.
- Ensure requirements are sufficiently detailed and testable, enabling both development and testing teams to deliver effectively.
- Support the selection, configuration and optimisation of integration technologies, APIs and middleware platforms.
- Investigate and help resolve integration issues, coordinating activities across multiple teams where required.
- Conduct impact assessments for system upgrades, enhancements and new implementations, identifying risks and dependencies.
- Ensure integration solutions comply with security, governance, data protection and regulatory requirements.
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- A degree or professional qualification in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
- Significant experience working as a Business Analyst or Senior Business Analyst on complex systems and integration projects.
- Experience gathering, analysing and documenting functional and non-functional requirements.
- Experience creating functional specifications, user stories, acceptance criteria, process maps and data mappings.
- Strong knowledge of Agile delivery approaches and practices.
- Experience using tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps or similar work management platforms.
- Experience working closely with Product Owners and contributing to backlog refinement and prioritisation activities.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence, challenge and build consensus across diverse stakeholder groups.
- Experience presenting proposals, recommendations and options to senior leaders, boards or governance groups.
- Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills, with the ability to manage multiple initiatives and understand dependencies across projects.
- The ability to use data and evidence to support decision-making and drive business improvement.
To learn more about the role and the benefits we offer, please refer to the Job Description and Candidate Pack provided below.
Further Information
Manchester Metropolitan University fosters an inclusive culture of belonging that promotes equity and celebrates diversity. We value a diverse workforce for the innovation and diversity of thought it brings and welcome applications from all local and international communities, including Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, disabled people, and LGBTQ+ individuals.
We support a range of flexible working arrangements, including hybrid and tailored schedules, which can be discussed with your line manager. If you require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process or in your role, please let us know so we can provide appropriate support.
Our commitment to inclusivity includes mentoring programmes, accessibility resources, and professional development opportunities to empower and support underrepresented groups.
Manchester Met is a Disability Confident Leader and, under this scheme, aims to offer an interview to disabled people who apply for the role and meet the essential criteria as listed in the Job Description for that vacancy.
