Business Analyst / Proxy Product Owner, Data & BI

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Burundi.

📋 Description

• Gather, assess, and document business requirements concerning data, reporting, and analytics initiatives.

• Collaborate with the Product Owner to co-manage the product backlog, ensuring it is current, well-organized, and aligned with business priorities.

• Break down epics and features into clear, actionable user stories with defined acceptance criteria.

• Lead sessions for backlog refinement and ensure that backlog items fulfill the Definition of Ready prior to sprint planning.

• Assist in prioritization decisions by evaluating business value, dependencies, risks, and effort in conjunction with the Product Owner and stakeholders.

• Serve as the primary point of contact for the development team regarding functional queries and clarify scope during the sprint.

• Engage in Scrum ceremonies, such as sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.

• Aid in the acceptance of delivered features.

• Collaborate closely with the Scrum Master to enhance team processes, collaboration, and delivery practices.

• Identify bottlenecks and implement enhancements.

• Work with Data Engineers, BI Developers, and business stakeholders to outline data requirements, KPI definitions, and reporting needs.

• Analyze source systems, data flows, and reporting processes to pinpoint business and data requirements.

• Facilitate workshops, discovery sessions, and meetings for requirement clarification.

• Contribute to the development of functional specifications, process flows, data mapping, and solution documentation.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 4 years of experience as a Business Analyst, Proxy Product Owner, or Product Owner in Data, BI, Analytics, or Data Warehouse projects.

• Practical experience in backlog management and user story refinement within an Agile/Scrum framework.

• Strong capability to gather, analyze, and document business requirements.

• Proficient in breaking down complex requirements into manageable and prioritized work items.

• Experience in collaborating with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Developers, Data Engineers, BI teams, and business stakeholders.

• Ability to establish strong relationships and communicate effectively across both technical and business teams.

• Experience analyzing database structures and comprehending data relationships.

• Familiarity with database objects such as tables, views, procedures, and functions.

• Understanding of data architectures, including OLTP, OLAP, Data Warehouse, and Data Lake concepts.

• Practical knowledge of SQL for data analysis and validation.

• Experience with Power BI reports and dashboards.

• Hands-on experience with Jira and Confluence.

• Knowledge of BPMN.

• Polish language proficiency – mandatory.

• Awareness of prioritization and planning techniques such as MoSCoW, WSJF, or story mapping.

• Experience utilizing modeling tools such as Enterprise Architect, Visual Paradigm, draw.io, or similar.

• Ability to operate independently and manage multiple concurrent requests and priorities.

• Experience with Snowflake.

• Understanding of dimensional modeling concepts, including Star Schema and Snowflake Schema.

• Experience in defining KPIs, metrics, and reporting solutions.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible and remote working options.

• International projects with prominent global clients.

• Opportunities for travel related to international projects.

• Non-corporate work environment.

• Access to language classes.

• Participation in knowledge-sharing initiatives.

• Access to private healthcare and life insurance.

• Access to a multisport card.