The Data Analytics Product Owner is responsible for defining, delivering, and driving adoption of internal analytics solutions that address the data needs of business teams at First Advantage. This role focuses exclusively on internal stakeholders and does not cover external or client-facing analytics. The Product Owner translates business requirements into scalable analytics products, including dashboards and curated data sets, partners with engineering teams for delivery, ensures privacy and compliance, and champions governed self-service data usage to reduce ad hoc reporting and manual analysis.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Engage with internal business stakeholders to gather, clarify, and prioritize enterprise data and analytics requirements.
- Own and manage the internal analytics product roadmap and backlog, ensuring alignment with business priorities and organizational objectives.
- Translate stakeholder needs into well-defined analytics product features, epics, and user stories for delivery by engineering teams.
- Design and oversee the delivery of function-specific dashboards and governed, curated data tables to enable self-service analytics for internal users.
- Collaborate with Data Analytics Engineering teams on dashboard development and Data Engineering teams on building certified data sets for analytics consumption.
- Drive user enablement, training, and change management to maximize adoption of analytics products and reduce dependency on manual Excel-based reporting.
- Define and track adoption, usage, and value metrics for analytics solutions; continuously improve products based on feedback and performance insights.
- Partner with privacy, security, and governance teams to ensure confidentiality, compliance, and appropriate access controls across all internal analytics solutions.
No specific degree requirement. Relevant experience and demonstrated capability in analytics product ownership or business-facing analytics roles will be considered equivalent.
Experience:
- 5+ years of experience in analytics, business intelligence, or senior analytics roles with direct responsibility for stakeholder-facing analytics solutions.
- Proven experience working cross-functionally with business teams, data engineering, and analytics engineering to deliver data products.
- Hands-on experience delivering dashboards and analytics solutions using BI tools (Power BI preferred).
- Experience translating business needs into actionable analytics requirements and driving stakeholder alignment.
- Candidates will be expected to complete a case-based exercise involving a hypothetical business problem and sample dashboard during the interview process.
- Strong understanding of business metrics and KPIs and how they connect to broader organizational objectives.
- Ability to influence changes in how data is consumed and decisions are made across internal teams.
- Good communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Familiarity with data governance, data privacy, and self-service analytics principles is highly desirable
Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience in analytics, business intelligence, or senior analytics roles
- Proven experience working cross-functionally with business teams, data engineering, and analytics engineering
- Hands-on experience delivering dashboards and analytics solutions using BI tools
- Experience translating business needs into actionable analytics requirements
First Advantage Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about First Advantage and has not been reviewed or approved by First Advantage.
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Retirement Support — A retirement plan is consistently described as part of the core package, including a 401(k) with an employer match and match levels that can be competitive. An Employee Stock Purchase Plan is also referenced alongside retirement, adding another long-term savings vehicle in some regions.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is positioned as a meaningful strength, with generous vacation/holiday coverage and policies that can be flexible depending on employee type. Flexible Time Off for salaried roles, accrual-based PTO for hourly roles, and Volunteer Time Off are all cited as available in the broader package.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical coverage appears anchored in a mainstream national network, with Aetna-administered options referenced and broad provider acceptance highlighted. Overall medical coverage is framed as fairly good to very good in quality, even if the exact plan design varies by state and year.
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What We Do
First Advantage delivers comprehensive background check solutions and insights that enable employers and housing providers to make confident choices, reduce risk, and maintain compliance. With offices in 26 locations and a staff of 4,000+ employees, First Advantage leverages leading technology and the industry’s largest global capabilities to complete background checks in 200+ countries and territories. If you’re looking for employee or tenant background check solutions that enable fast and reliable decision making, we’re your First Advantage. For more detailed information on First Advantage products and services, visit fadv.com.








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