Lead Functional Analyst – Public Sector Digital Programs
Brussels-Capital
Digital - Analysis
Work experience: 5-7
Reference number: 92674

You will join a large-scale public sector digital organization supporting strategic IT programs for government institutions. These programs focus on complex, long-running applications that serve critical public services and require a high level of functional rigor, governance, and stakeholder alignment. You will work in an Agile delivery environment where functional analysis plays a central role in translating policy, business needs, and regulatory constraints into robust, scalable digital solutions. 

Role Description

  • As a Lead Functional Analyst, you take ownership of the functional analysis across complex and strategic application landscapes.
  • You coordinate and steer analysis activities, guiding stakeholders in making clear decisions on scope, priorities, and functional constraints.
  • You translate complex business needs into structured, consistent, and hierarchical requirement models that are understandable and actionable.
  • You analyze and model complex application ecosystems to make them transparent for both business and technical stakeholders.
  • You ensure consistency and coherence across solutions, data models, and business models, with a strong focus on reuse and synergies.
  • You identify and manage dependencies between application components and across teams, ensuring end-to-end alignment.
  • You actively support the project manager by helping coordinate team activities, planning, risks, and priorities within Agile delivery.
  • You act as a functional reference point for architects and developers, answering questions and guiding functional design decisions.
  • You define and oversee testing strategies for complex systems, ensuring sufficient coverage, quality, and validation of results.
  • You coach and mentor other analysts, contribute to team development, and support onboarding of new colleagues.

What are we looking for?

  • You have at least 5 years of proven experience as a senior or lead functional analyst in complex IT environments.
  • You have strong experience working in Agile/Scrum teams on large-scale applications.
  • You have solid experience with business analysis, requirement elicitation, and functional modeling techniques.
  • You are comfortable working with complex application landscapes and understanding interdependencies.
  • You have a good functional understanding of web-based back-end and front-end technologies (e.g. services, XML, HTML/CSS).
  • You have a solid general understanding of IT infrastructure and application architecture.
  • You are fluent in Dutch at native level, both spoken and written, and produce all analyses in Dutch.

What do we offer?

Location: Brussels (hybrid)

Start date: As soon as possible

End date: 31 December 2026

Duration: 12 months (extension possible)

Contract type: Freelance or Permanent

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