An experienced Senior Business Analyst is required to support the delivery of a large-scale data marketplace programme. The role will focus on data governance, data modelling, taxonomy development, data-sharing frameworks, and stakeholder engagement. You will help define standards, governance models, and processes that enable secure, effective, and scalable data collaboration.
Client Details
Ourclientisaleadingpublicsectororganisationdeliveringlarge-scaledataanddigitalinitiativesthatsupporteconomicgrowth,collaboration,andinnovationacrosstheUK.Thisprogrammeofferstheopportunitytocontributetoahigh-profiledatatransformationprojectwithsignificantnationalimpact.
Description
- Develop data-sharing rulebooks, agreements, and reusable governance templates.
- Define and maintain tourism-related data taxonomies, metadata standards, and schema guidance.
- Design governance frameworks including participation criteria, change management processes, and dispute resolution mechanisms.
- Work with technical teams to align business governance requirements with data platform implementation.
- Create guidance on data harmonisation, structure, and interoperability across multiple data sources.
- Develop toolkits and standards for data uploads, metadata management, and collaboration.
- Capture lessons learned from programme participants and drive continuous improvement.
- Define accreditation and trust mark frameworks for data suppliers and consumers.
- Assess conformity assessment models and recommend appropriate assurance approaches.
- Establish security and data protection baselines in collaboration with legal and information security teams.
- Produce business analysis artefacts including process maps, requirements documents, operating models, and RACI matrices.
- Facilitate workshops and stakeholder engagement sessions across technical and non-technical audiences.
- Support programme governance through reporting, risk management, and steering group documentation.
Profile
A successful Senior Business Analyst should have:
- Proven experience delivering business analysis within enterprise data platform, analytics, or cloud data transformation programmes.
- Strong knowledge of data governance, data management, stewardship, ownership models, data quality, and metadata management.
- Experience working with modern cloud data platforms such as Databricks, Snowflake, Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Lake, or similar technologies.
- Knowledge of data catalogues, data lineage, master data management, and data governance tooling.
- Experience defining business and governance requirements for data platforms and analytics solutions.
- Understanding of data architecture principles, data modelling, metadata standards, and information management frameworks.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience facilitating workshops and translating business requirements into actionable platform capabilities.
- Knowledge of data privacy, information security, UK GDPR, and regulatory requirements.
- Excellent communication, documentation, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience working independently and managing deliverables in complex transformation programmes.
- Understanding of Data & AI platforms and the role of trusted, governed data in enabling advanced analytics and reporting.
- Experience within the public sector is highly desirable.
Job Offer
- A competitive day rate of £650 to £750, dependent on the level of experience.
- Contract role with opportunities to contribute to meaningful projects.
If you're interested in this role, apply now.