Senior Technical Business Analyst

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This is a fixed term appointment for 12 months

Salary from £53,949 to £62,160 pa inclusive with potential to progress to £69,073 pa inclusive of London allowance

The London School of Economics is a cosmopolitan university situated in the vibrant centre of London that specialises in the study of social sciences. Our Data and Technology Services division provides services to over 14,000 staff and student users.

Data and Technology Services (DTS) delivers technology enabled business change with a focus ranging from strategic and operational business outcomes to service improvements of incumbent services. The scope of DTS projects and products spans from infrastructure technologies and strategic systems to business processes within end user facing services.

The postholder will be responsible for supporting a Data Platform product team on an ongoing basis. This usually includes business analysis, technical analysis, engagement with a wide group of stakeholders, contributing to service design and technology selection and architecture, and supporting testing and business change required for LSE to maximise benefits.

The postholder will be responsible for researching and understanding business needs being addressed by the product team, the current technology environment, and utilising incoming technology solutions to develop solutions and/or services that bridge the gap between the current and desired states. They will ensure the team is focused on delivering maximum value by addressing the most impactful business needs with the most effective tools and solutions, translating those needs into clear, actionable requirements and well-defined user stories.

We are looking for a candidate with previous strong experience as a Technical Business Analyst on a data platform implementation project/product team

Candidates should have:

• Able to understand technical information and clearly explain this information to the business stakeholders.
• Able to interpret and align user requirements into technical requirements/specifications.
• Significant experience in authoring high quality documentation for business and technical analysis activities, including business requirements, options analysis, process design using BPMN 2.0, user stories, test scripts and acceptance criteria, data flow diagrams, and entity relationship diagrams for a technical system delivery.
• Identify gaps, risks and potential challenges, highlight to the Project Manager and propose risk mitigation strategies.

We offer an occupational pension scheme, generous annual leave, hybrid working, and excellent training and development opportunities.

For further information about the post, please see the how to apply document, job description and the person specification.

To apply for this post, please click the 'Apply' button above. If you have any technical queries with applying on the online system, please use the “contact us” links at the bottom of the LSE Jobs page. Should you have any queries about the role, please email dts.admin@lse.ac.uk  

The closing date for receipt of applications is 27 October 2025 (23.59 UK time). Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications.

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