Role Title: Senior Business Analyst – Data Foundations & Data Products
Location: London, UK
Days on site: 2-3
Role Description:
We are seeking an experienced Senior Business Analyst to join the Client Data & Analytics team and support the delivery of the Data Foundations Programme. The role will focus on defining, shaping, and delivering enterprise client data products, enabling EDP (Enterprise Data Platform) hydration, establishing data lineage, business rules, ownership models, governance controls, and supporting the creation of a unified client data foundation across Markets, Banking, Research, Finance, Risk, and other business areas.
The successful candidate will work with business stakeholders, data stewards, architects, data engineers, governance teams, and technology partners to define requirements, facilitate workshops, document business processes, and ensure delivery of trusted, reusable, and governed data products
**Key Responsibilities**
**Business Analysis & Requirements Management**
- Lead discovery sessions and requirements workshops across multiple business units.
- Elicit, analyse, and document business requirements, use cases, personas, and consumption patterns.
- Translate business requirements into functional, data, and non-functional requirements.
- Define MVP and target-state requirements for client data products.
- Establish business definitions, data standards, and metric logic.
**Data Product Definition**
- Drive the end-to-end definition of enterprise data products.
- Develop and maintain Data Product Summary Packs.
- Capture and validate:
- Data sources
- Data lineage
- Business rules
- Data attributes
- Ownership and stewardship
- Entitlements
- Use cases and personas
- Distribution channels
**Stakeholder Engagement**
- Facilitate workshops across business units.
- Build strong partnerships with SMEs, Data Owners, Data Stewards, Architects, and Engineering teams.
- Manage competing priorities and align stakeholders on scope, requirements, ownership, and delivery outcomes.
- Present findings and recommendations to senior stakeholders and governance forums.
**Data Governance & Controls**
- Support establishment of data ownership, stewardship, governance, and quality controls.
- Work with Data Governance, CTO and CDO teams to secure approvals and sign-offs.
- Ensure alignment with regulatory requirements, data controls, entitlements, and information governance standards.
- Define and document authoritative data sources and lineage.
**Required Experience**
- 8+ years' experience as a Business Analyst, Senior Business Analyst, or Data Business Analyst.
- Strong experience delivering large-scale Data Management, Data Platform, Data Governance, or Analytics initiatives.
- Experience within Financial Services, Investment Banking, Markets, Banking, Risk, or Enterprise Data programmes.
- Extensive experience facilitating workshops with senior stakeholders.
- Experience defining data products, business rules, and data lineage.
- Proven ability to bridge business and technology teams.
- Strong experience managing requirements throughout the project lifecycle.
**Success Measures**
The successful candidate will:
- Deliver multiple approved Data Product Summary Packs.
- Complete stakeholder workshops and requirements baselining.
- Establish documented lineage, business rules, ownership, and entitlement models.
- Secure stakeholder and governance sign-off for strategic data assets.
- Improve consistency, traceability, and quality of client data across business functions.
Senior Business Analyst in London employer: Capgemini Europe
As a Microsoft Viva Architect in London, you will join a forward-thinking company that prioritises employee experience and innovation. With a strong commitment to professional development, our collaborative work culture fosters continuous learning and growth, while our focus on data-driven solutions ensures that your contributions have a meaningful impact. Enjoy the unique advantage of working in a vibrant city that is at the forefront of technology and business transformation.
