Business BA Specialist Data Mapping

We are seeking a highly experienced and dedicated Business Analyst Specialist with a focus on Data Mapping and GDPR Compliance to join a strategic programme team within a major telecommunications organization. This contract role is critical in safeguarding personal data and ensuring strict adherence to legal and contractual data-handling obligations within a nationally significant digital infrastructure initiative.

The key purpose of this role is to ensure the programme meets its contractual and regulatory data-handling obligations through the successful delivery of a comprehensive data-mapping and GDPR compliance exercise.

• Job Title: Business BA Specialist (Data Mapping Contractor)

• Reports to (job): Senior Manager Business Programmes

• Team: Implementation & PMO

• Location: Bristol

• Hours: Full-time (37.5 hours)

The core of this role is to lead the end-to-end data mapping and compliance activity for the programme:

• Lead the identification, documentation, and assurance of all personal-data processing across programme systems.

• Identify, document, and maintain a complete record of all systems, data sources, and personal-data flows. This includes creating and managing the information asset register and data lineage documentation.

• Assess and document data-handling roles and responsibilities (Controller vs Processor), ensuring compliance with UK GDPR and internal data-governance policies.

• Coordinate with Enterprise Architecture, Digital, Security, and Legal teams to validate system interfaces, storage, and processing pathways that involve personal data.

• Produce essential supporting documentation for assurance, including ROPA (Records of Processing Activities) and DPIAs (Data Protection Impact Assessments).

• Conduct gap analyses between current data-handling practices and GDPR requirements, identifying remediation actions and producing clear, evidence-based compliance recommendations.

• Lead stakeholder engagement and progress reporting to demonstrate compliance activity and risk mitigation across the programme.

• Data governance and compliance is required, including the ability to interpret GDPR, UK Data Protection Act, and contractual data-handling obligations. Practical experience preparing and maintaining ROPA, DPIA, and lawful-basis assessments is needed.

• Data mapping and lineage documentation proficiency is necessary, including identifying and visualising data flows across complex systems.

• Business Analysis (data focus) is key-the ability to translate business and regulatory requirements into structured artefacts and traceable documentation.

• Stakeholder management-experienced in working across Legal, Digital, Architecture, and external Authority teams.

• Mandatory Experience: Clear evidence of experience as a business analyst supporting successful data governance initiatives is required, preferably in the telecomms sector.

• Preferred Experience: Experience of working on complex government led programmes is an advantage.

Randstad Technologies is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.