Business Analyst / Proxy Product Owner – Data & BI

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

📋 Description

• Capture, analyze, and document business requirements associated with data, reporting, and analytics initiatives.

• Collaborate with the Product Owner to co-manage the product backlog.

• Ensure the backlog is current, well-organized, and aligned with business priorities.

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

• Facilitate backlog refinement sessions and confirm that backlog items satisfy the Definition of Ready before sprint planning.

• Assist in prioritization decisions by evaluating business value, dependencies, risks, and effort.

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

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

• Aid in the acceptance of delivered functionalities.

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

• Identify bottlenecks and execute improvements.

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

• Analyze source systems, data flows, and reporting processes.

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

• Contribute to 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 environment.

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

• Ability to simplify complex requirements into manageable, prioritized work items.

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

• Aptitude for building strong relationships and communicating effectively across technical and business teams.

• Experience in analyzing database structures and comprehending data relationships.

• Knowledge of 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.

• Familiarity with BPMN.

• Proficiency in Polish is mandatory.

• Product Owner certification (e.g., PSPO, CSPO) is an additional asset.

• Familiarity with prioritization and planning techniques such as MoSCoW, WSJF, or story mapping is a plus.

• Experience using modeling tools such as Enterprise Architect, Visual Paradigm, draw.io, or similar is a plus.

• Experience working with Snowflake is a plus.

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

• Experience in defining KPIs, metrics, and reporting solutions is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible and remote cooperation options.

• Opportunities to work on international projects with leading global clients.

• Travel opportunities related to international projects.

• A non-corporate atmosphere.

• Access to language classes.

• Access to knowledge-sharing initiatives.

• Access to private healthcare and life insurance.

• Access to a multisport card.