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Data Business Analyst
Data Business Analyst – Dartford or Manchester
At Laing O’Rourke, we’re transforming how we use data to drive smarter decisions and better outcomes. We’re looking for a Data Business Analyst to bridge business needs with our AI, Data & Analytics delivery ecosystem.
This is a business-facing role where you’ll partner with senior stakeholders to ensure data initiatives are clearly defined, aligned to business priorities, and delivered effectively.
The Opportunity
As a Data Business Analyst, you’ll combine strong business analysis expertise with an understanding of modern data platforms. Acting as a key link between business stakeholders and technical teams, you'll help translate requirements into scalable, value-driven data solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end business analysis across data and analytics initiatives, translating business problems into:
- Clear requirements
- Use cases
- Measurable success criteria
- Develop process maps, user journeys, and data flows, ensuring requirements are prioritised based on business value and strategic outcomes
- Work across core data domains, including:
- Data Lakehouse
- Data Engineering
- Architecture
- Power Platform
- Act as the bridge between business stakeholders and technical teams
- Ensure solutions are scalable, reusable and aligned to data governance and architectural standards
- Maintain oversight of delivery, including:
- Scope
- Timelines
- Dependencies
- Expected outcomes
- Proactively identify risks, blockers and delays, driving mitigation and escalation where required
- Partner with senior business stakeholders as a trusted advisor, facilitating:
- Workshops
- Requirement sessions
- Governance forums
- Communicate complex data concepts in a clear, outcome-focused way to drive understanding and engagement
- Support a data product approach by:
- Defining KPIs
- Success measures
- Expected business benefits
- Track value realisation post-delivery, ensuring data and analytics solutions are adopted and drive decision-making
- Promote best practice in data governance, including:
- Data usage
- Access
- Stewardship
- Collaboration with data owners and custodians
- Support Power BI and self-service analytics solutions, ensuring outputs are:
- Intuitive
- Well-documented
- Accessible to business users
- Maintain high-quality documentation, including:
- Business requirements
- Data definitions
- Process flows
- Drive continuous improvement across:
- Business analysis practices
- Stakeholder engagement
- Delivery governance
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Essential Skills & Experience
- Strong Business Analyst experience in data, analytics or digital environments
- Ability to translate between business and technical teams
- Working knowledge of data platforms (e.g. Data Lakehouse, pipelines, modelling)
- Experience with Power BI or similar tools
- Strong stakeholder management, including senior leaders
- Understanding of data governance, quality and lifecycle
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Desirable Skills & Experience
- Experience in large-scale data programmes or transformation
- Exposure to AI or advanced analytics
- Agile or hybrid delivery experience
- Basic SQL skills
What We’re Looking For
- Strong communicator who can simplify complexity
- High level of ownership and accountability
- Outcome-focused and commercially aware
- Confident partnering with senior stakeholders
- Structured, proactive, and able to operate at pace
About Us
Laing O’Rourke is an international engineering and construction company, delivering innovative infrastructure and buildings across the UK, Middle East, and Australia.
With over 150 years of experience, we’re proud of our heritage of teamwork, ambition, and care for people and communities. Our success is built on:
- Collaboration
- The strength of our people
- A commitment to reliable, high-quality outcomes
As part of the Disability Confident scheme, candidates who meet the essential criteria may request to be considered under the Offer an Interview Scheme. If you’d like to opt in or need adjustments during the application/interview process, please let us know.
We are committed to an accessible and welcoming recruitment process. If you need the application form in an alternative format, or require further information, contact resourcingteam@laingorourke.com.
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