The Business Analyst and Product Owner for Data Analytics connects business stakeholders with the technology organization. This role drives requirements for reporting and analytics, defines data and KPI expectations, and owns the backlog to ensure delivered dashboards and data products match the business outcomes.
Role Overview
In this position, you will work with executives, department leaders, and associates to identify the questions the business needs answered and the decisions that depend on analytics. You will translate those needs into clear requirements for the technology team, validate delivered dashboards and reports against agreed expectations, and support Agile ceremonies and user acceptance testing (UAT).
This is a Business Analyst and Product Owner role, not a hands-on engineering or dashboard development position.
Key Responsibilities
- Facilitate requirements gathering sessions with stakeholders to understand business processes, reporting needs, and the decision context behind requests.
- Convert business questions and KPIs into requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria suitable for technology delivery.
- Define required data elements, data sources, data definitions, and measurable success criteria for each data and analytics initiative.
- Own and prioritize the product backlog for data and analytics work, balancing stakeholder input with technical feasibility.
- Represent the business in Agile ceremonies, including Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Review, and Retrospectives.
- Validate delivered dashboards, reports, and data products against business requirements and lead efforts for UAT.
- Support consistent metric definitions and data governance standards so stakeholders across departments use a shared KPI language.
- Communicate analytics priorities, KPIs, and product updates to business stakeholders and senior leadership.
Required Qualifications
- 3 to 5 years of experience as a Business Analyst, Product Owner, or Data Analyst, including gathering requirements and delivering data or reporting solutions.
- Demonstrated ability to interview non-technical stakeholders, identify the underlying business problem, and document it clearly.
- Strong analytical skills with comfort interpreting and questioning data to support decision-making.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts to business leaders and articulate business needs to technical teams.
- Experience managing a backlog using Agile or Scrum methodologies.
- Familiarity with BI and reporting tools from a consumer and requirements perspective, including Power BI, Tableau, or Looker.
- Working knowledge of Jira and Confluence for backlog management and documentation.
- Valid Florida driver’s license.
Preferred / Nice to Have
- Experience working directly with data or engineering teams on requirements for reporting, dashboards, or data platforms.
- Familiarity with data governance, data quality, and metric standardization.
- Basic SQL literacy for validating data and answering simple questions.
- Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), CBAP, or equivalent certification.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Data Analytics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Tools and Technologies
- Jira, Confluence
- Power BI, Tableau, Looker
- Microsoft Office / Google Suite
- Microsoft Teams
- SQL
Location, Schedule, and Employment Details
- Location: Tamarac, FL (hybrid)
- Onsite Tuesday to Thursday; remote Monday and Friday
- Full-time, Monday to Friday, standard business hours
- Must be available during Eastern Time business hours
- Employment type: Full-Time
Compensation
$80,000 per year (DOE). This role also includes visibility into Associate-level pay ranges within the department.
Benefits
- Performance-based and profit sharing bonuses
- Workforce and Demand Planning for Leveled Workload
- Paid vacation & sick time
- Paid parental leave
- Flexible work environment and schedule (varies by department and role)
- Community involvement and volunteer opportunities
- Free virtual healthcare services for Associates enrolled in medical plans
- Medical options include Employer-funded HSA options
- Vision support for eye health and well-being
- 100% Employer-paid dental option
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Life & Disability Insurance 100% employer-sponsored options
- Voluntary insurance options (Accident, Hospital, Critical Care, etc.)
- 401(k): 100% vested with discretionary Company Match after enrollment
- Roth 401K option
- Financial wellness webinars
- 90% promote from within
- Access to training for professional development
- Individual Development Plan (IDP) (varies by department)
- Associate purchase discount program
Company Information
City Furniture, Inc has more than 50 years of experience and operates CITY HOME and Ashley HomeStore showrooms and distribution centers throughout Florida. The role reports to the Manager of Product Office and sits in the Tech/OCIO department.
Physical Requirements
Prolonged sitting and desk-based work, both onsite and remote.
