Lead Data Business Analyst

We at Coforge are looking for Lead Data Business Analyst in London, UK.

• Lead business analysis activities across the enterprise data platform transformation programme.
• Elicit, analyse, validate and document business, functional and non-functional requirements.
• Facilitate discovery workshops, stakeholder interviews and process mapping sessions.
• Analyse current-state ("As-Is") processes and define future-state ("To-Be") operating models.
• Translate business objectives into detailed user stories, acceptance criteria and epics.
• Ensure complete requirements traceability from business objectives through to delivery and testing.
• Support solution validation and ensure delivered capabilities meet business expectations.

• Act as Product Owner for one or more delivery teams, managing the product backlog and sprint priorities.
• Define and communicate product vision, roadmap and release priorities.
• Work closely with Scrum Masters and Engineering Leads to ensure delivery aligns with business value.
• Prioritise features based on business outcomes, dependencies and programme objectives.
• Support sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews and release planning.
• Drive adoption of Agile best practices across business and technology teams.
• Play a leading role in the successful delivery of complex enterprise cloud and data migration programmes.
• Coordinate business readiness activities across multiple work streams.
• Support migration planning, cutover activities and transition to business-as-usual operations.
• Identify risks, dependencies and issues, ensuring timely resolution and escalation where required.
• Collaborate with architects and engineering teams to ensure business requirements are accurately reflected in the target solution.
• Support data validation, user acceptance testing (UAT) and post-migration verification activities.

• This is a highly visible client-facing role requiring exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities include:

• Build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders across business and technology functions.
• Act as the primary interface between Client's London-based stakeholders and offshore delivery teams.
• Facilitate workshops, steering meetings and decision-making sessions.
• Communicate complex technical concepts in clear business language.
• Manage stakeholder expectations, negotiate priorities and drive consensus across diverse teams.
• Provide regular progress updates, risk assessments and delivery insights to programme leadership.
• Ensure effective collaboration between client teams, architects, engineers, testers and project management.

• Work closely with Solution Architects, Data Architects, Platform Architects and Engineering Leads to shape solution design.
• Develop a strong understanding of the GCP cloud data platform, migration approach and operating model.
• Review solution designs to ensure alignment with business requirements.
• Support definition of non-functional requirements including security, governance, resilience, performance and operational readiness.
• Ensure architecture decisions remain aligned with business priorities.

Produce and maintain high-quality programme documentation including:

• Business Requirements Documents (BRDs)
• Functional Requirements Specifications (FRSs)
• User Stories and Acceptance Criteria
• Process Maps
• Use Cases
• Product Roadmaps

• 8–12 years of Business Analysis and/or Product Ownership experience delivering complex technology transformation programmes.
• Proven experience leading business analysis activities on large-scale cloud migration,…