Business Analyst / Proxy Product Owner (Data & BI)

Description

The company builds its products on data and current technologies, and this role connects business needs with what the data and analytics teams can deliver.

You will work with a Product Owner, a Scrum Master, data engineers and BI specialists on analytical and reporting solutions used across the company.

The role suits someone who enjoys studying business processes and data, turning needs into workable solutions, and shaping data products in an agile setting.

The projects are international and the clients are leading global companies.

Responsibilities

• Gather, analyze and write down business requirements for data, reporting and analytics work.
• Keep the product backlog current, well organized and aligned with business priorities, together with the Product Owner.
• Break epics and features into small, estimable user stories with clear acceptance criteria.
• Run backlog refinement sessions and make sure items meet the Definition of Ready before sprint planning.
• Help set priorities by weighing business value, dependencies, risks and effort with the Product Owner and stakeholders.
• Answer the development team's functional questions and clarify scope during the sprint.
• Take part in sprint planning, reviews and retrospectives, and support acceptance of finished work.
• Work with the Scrum Master to find bottlenecks and improve team processes and delivery.
• Work with data engineers, BI developers and business stakeholders to define data requirements, KPIs and reporting needs.
• Review source systems, data flows and reporting processes to find business and data requirements.
• Lead workshops, discovery sessions and requirement clarification meetings.
• Write functional specifications, process flows, data mappings and solution documentation.

Requirements

• At least 4+ years working as a Business Analyst, Proxy Product Owner or Product Owner on Data, BI, Analytics or Data Warehouse projects.
• Hands-on experience managing a backlog and refining user stories in an Agile or Scrum team.
• Strong skill at gathering, analyzing and documenting business requirements.
• Ability to split complex requirements into manageable, prioritized work items.
• Experience working with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, developers, data engineers, BI teams and business stakeholders.
• Ability to build strong working relationships and communicate clearly with both technical and business people.
• Experience analyzing database structures and how data relates across them.
• Knowledge of database objects such as tables, views, stored procedures and functions.
• Understanding of data architectures, including OLTP, OLAP, data warehouse and data lake concepts.
• Practical SQL for data analysis and validation.
• Experience with Power BI reports and dashboards.
• Hands-on use of Jira and Confluence.
• Knowledge of BPMN.
• Fluent Polish is mandatory.
• Additional skill: experience combining Business Analyst and Product Owner duties in one role.
• Additional skill: a Product Owner certification such as PSPO or CSPO.
• Additional skill: familiarity with prioritization and planning methods such as MoSCoW, WSJF or story mapping.
• Additional skill: experience with modeling tools such as Enterprise Architect, Visual Paradigm, draw.io or similar.
• Additional skill: ability to work independently and handle several parallel requests and priorities.
• Additional skill: experience working with Snowflake.
• Additional skill: understanding of dimensional modeling, including star and snowflake schemas.
• Additional skill: experience defining KPIs, metrics and reporting solutions.

Conditions

Flexible cooperation, with remote work options.

Travel linked to international projects.

Benefit availability and terms may differ depending on the form of cooperation chosen.

Benefits

• Language classes.
• Access to knowledge-sharing initiatives.
• Private healthcare and life insurance.
• Multisport card.
• A non-corporate atmosphere.