Senior Business Analyst (Data Platform Programme)

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.