We are seeking an experienced Freelance Senior Functional Analyst to support a major national infrastructure operator undertaking a multi-year digital transformation of its safety-critical operational procedures.
Logistics
* Position: Freelance Senior Functional Analyst
* Duration: 12-month contract, extendable up to 5 years
* Location: Brussels (Hybrid - approx. 2 days/week on-site)
* Start Date: ASAP
* Day Rate: €(Negotiable & Competitive)
* Languages: French and English
Key Responsibilities
* Analyse, document, and refine functional requirements for a core safety-critical application, including a new wizard-style interface designed to guide operational users.
* Model existing and future-state safety procedures and translate them into structured digital workflows.
* Work closely with developers to ensure functional specifications are fully and accurately implemented.
* Design and execute test scenarios for both new features and regression testing.
* Gather business requirements using interviews, workshops, documentation analysis, and process mapping.
* Produce clear user stories, functional specifications, and user-facing documentation.
* Collaborate with operational teams, safety experts, and technical squads in an Agile/Scrum environment.
* Support end-users, ensuring the application effectively enables correct and safe execution of operational processes.
Ideal Candidate
* 10–15 years of experience as a Functional Analyst in complex, multi-stakeholder environments.
* Strong experience with requirements gathering, process modelling (UML, BPMN), and writing detailed user stories.
* Demonstrated ability to design and execute test cases and validation scenarios.
* Skilled in translating operational needs into clear, structured functional designs.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, comfortable engaging with operational teams, technical teams, and management levels.
* Able to quickly understand highly specific safety or infrastructure-related processes.
* Proactive, rigorous, and capable of working both autonomously and collaboratively within a mature product team.
Desirable
* Experience in safety-critical or infrastructure environments (e.g., rail, utilities, transport).
* Familiarity with railway operations or signalling is highly valued, but not essential.
* Previous work in long-running Agile product teams or environments with high operational impact.
* Ability to produce clear documentation (work instructions, user guides, functional designs).
Interested in joining a long-term, high-impact digitalisation project within one of Europe’s most critical infrastructure environments?
Apply now - early conversations with the hiring team are already underway.