Senior Business & Functional Analyst – Data Platform & Requirements Engineering

Our client, a major federal public organization, is seeking a senior professional to lead the modernization of its legal and regulatory knowledge infrastructure. The role involves bridging the gap between business needs and technical implementation for a large-scale, data-governed multilingual platform.

Responsibilities: facilitate workshops with content managers, business experts, and key users to capture complex requirements; map business processes including drafting, translation, validation, and publication workflows; define user personas and journeys for internal employees, external professionals, and API partners; manage and refine the product backlog using MoSCoW prioritization within an Agile framework; specify document classification models and publication rules to ensure robust data governance; validate functional increments and coordinate user acceptance testing (UAT) to ensure solution quality.

Requirements: 8+ years of experience in Business & Functional Analysis within complex IT and data environments; 8+ years of experience with Agile methodologies, including managing backlogs, epics, and user stories; 8+ years of experience in Requirements Engineering using frameworks such as Volère or Robertson; 8+ years of experience in process and information modeling using BPMN and UML; 3+ years of experience performing data analysis and hypothesis testing using SQL; a proactive and result-oriented mindset with strong attention to both the big picture and data details; native in Dutch with good knowledge of French and English.

Nice to haves: experience with Data Governance and Data Modeling; knowledge of API programs and integration patterns such as event-driven or pub/sub; familiarity with architecture notations like Archimate or TOGAF; experience with data visualization and analysis using Power BI or Python; previous experience working within the public sector or large-scale organizations.

Offer: start date ASAP, duration 15 months, full-time, location Brussels, hybrid working model, contract open to both permanent employees and freelancers.