IT Business Analyst - Data & Analytics (scrum master)

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We are seeking an experienced IT Business Analyst - Data & Analytics to support global technology initiatives focused on enterprise data platforms, including Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW), Data Fabric, and Advanced Analytics. This role will act as a critical liaison between business stakeholders, data product owners, and IT delivery teams, translating analytical and data-driven business needs into scalable, high-quality data solutions.

The ideal candidate brings strong Agile/Scrum and DevOps experience, deep exposure to data and analytics initiatives, and the ability to work effectively with global, cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

Agile Delivery & Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as a Scrum Master / Agile Delivery Lead for data and analytics initiatives, facilitating ceremonies such as sprint planning, stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives
• Partner closely with business stakeholders, data consumers, and product owners to elicit, analyze, document, and validate data and analytics requirements
• Lead stakeholder engagement to support data solution definition, prioritization, and delivery planning across analytics, reporting, and data platform initiatives
  
  

Data & Analytics Focus

• Translate business needs into data-centric functional and non-functional requirements, including user stories and acceptance criteria for:
• Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW)
• Data Fabric / Data Integration platforms
• Advanced analytics, BI, and reporting solutions
• Collaborate with data architects, data engineers, and analytics teams to ensure alignment between business objectives, data models, pipelines, and analytics outputs
• Support initiatives related to data governance, data quality, metadata, lineage, and master/reference data
• Enable analytics use cases across finance and project-based business domains, including performance management, forecasting, and operational insights
  
  

Planning, Estimation & DevOps Collaboration

• Support estimation, roadmap planning, and backlog management for data and analytics products
• Work closely with DevOps and platform teams to support CI/CD for data pipelines, release planning, and deployment activities
• Ensure solutions align with enterprise data standards, security, and compliance requirement
  
  

Global Collaboration

• Work effectively with global IT and data teams across the US, India, and Australia, accommodating multiple time zones
• Facilitate clear communication between business, analytics, and technical teams in a distributed delivery model
• Proven experience as an IT Business Analyst supporting data, analytics, or data platform initiatives in an agile environment
• Strong knowledge of Scrum, Agile delivery frameworks, and DevOps practices
• Hands-on experience working with:
• Enterprise Data Warehouses (EDW)
• Data integration / data fabric concepts
• BI, reporting, or advanced analytics solutions
• Experience supporting finance and project-based business analytics
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate complex business questions into actionable data and analytics requirements
• Demonstrated ability to work with distributed global teams across multiple regions and time zones
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and facilitation skills
  
  

Preferred

• Prior experience in contract-to-hire roles or similar transition models
• Scrum Master or Agile certification (CSM, SAFe, or equivalent)
• Experience working in large, matrixed or global organizations
• Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent - MIS / Information systems
  
  

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