The Role
The Data Analytics Product Owner defines and delivers internal analytics solutions, managing product roadmaps and ensuring stakeholder alignment. There is a strong focus on driving user adoption and improving data consumption processes across the organization.
Summary Generated by Built In
At First Advantage (Nasdaq: FA), people are at the heart of everything we do. From our customers and partners to our greatest advantage — our team members. Operating with empathy and compassion, First Advantage fosters a global inclusive workforce devoted to the diverse voices that make up our talent and products. Our team members empower each other to be their authentic selves and treat all with respect, integrity, and fairness.
Say hello to a rewarding career and come join a leading provider of mission-critical background screening solutions to some of the most recognized Fortune 100 and Global 500 brands.
What We Do:
We are on the frontline of recruitment enabling organizations to Hire Smarter. Onboard Faster™ First Advantage is an HR Tech company delivering innovative solutions and insights to enable our clients to manage risk and hire the best talent. Leveraging an advanced technology platform, First Advantage builds fully scalable, configurable screening programs that meet the unique needs of over 33,000 clients. Headquartered in Atlanta, GA and with an internationally distributed workforce spanning 19 countries with about 5,500 employees, First Advantage performs over 93 million screens in over 200 countries and territories annually.
Who You Are:
You are self-motivated and ready to “roll up your sleeves." While you are an independent contributor, you are also collaborative. You can spearhead a project and see it through from start to completion.
As a team player, you navigate cross-functional teams and work well with team members in other business units and departments toward a common goal.
An Innovator — you see gaps in current processes or workflows as an opportunity to improve and try something new.
A lifelong learner and always seeking out opportunities to learn and upskill, you understand the importance of thorough and secure screenings and are interested in the Human Capital sector and the confluence of people, process, and technology.
About Role:
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
What You'll Do:
Say hello to a rewarding career and come join a leading provider of mission-critical background screening solutions to some of the most recognized Fortune 100 and Global 500 brands.
What We Do:
We are on the frontline of recruitment enabling organizations to Hire Smarter. Onboard Faster™ First Advantage is an HR Tech company delivering innovative solutions and insights to enable our clients to manage risk and hire the best talent. Leveraging an advanced technology platform, First Advantage builds fully scalable, configurable screening programs that meet the unique needs of over 33,000 clients. Headquartered in Atlanta, GA and with an internationally distributed workforce spanning 19 countries with about 5,500 employees, First Advantage performs over 93 million screens in over 200 countries and territories annually.
Who You Are:
You are self-motivated and ready to “roll up your sleeves." While you are an independent contributor, you are also collaborative. You can spearhead a project and see it through from start to completion.
As a team player, you navigate cross-functional teams and work well with team members in other business units and departments toward a common goal.
An Innovator — you see gaps in current processes or workflows as an opportunity to improve and try something new.
A lifelong learner and always seeking out opportunities to learn and upskill, you understand the importance of thorough and secure screenings and are interested in the Human Capital sector and the confluence of people, process, and technology.
About Role:
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
What You'll Do:
- 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
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent. Relevant experience and demonstrated capability in analytics product ownership or business-facing analytics roles will be considered equivale
- 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
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- 5+ years of experience in analytics or business intelligence
- Hands-on experience delivering dashboards 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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The Company
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.
