Analytica is seeking a data products Product Owner to provide product vision and delivery of clients’ data products and catalog implementations. Translate business outcomes into a practical roadmap, partner with engineering, and drive adoption of data governance capabilities on agile project teams
for federal government clients in the DC metro area. The ideal candidate will be comfortable working directly with clients in both a consulting and delivery capacity to tackle complex, enterprise cloud or on-premises software and technology projects.
Analytica has been recognized by Inc. Magazine as a fastest-growing private US small business. We work with U.S. government customers in health, civilian, and national security missions. Analytica offers competitive compensation with opportunities for bonuses, employer paid health care, training and development funds, and 401k match.
Responsibilities include (but not limited to):
- Regularly interface with clients at numerous levels of an organization—project managers, stakeholders, end-users, data owners, analysts, IT groups, management, and executives—to drive the delivery of data management and governance products
- Own and prioritize the backlog for data product rollouts; convert business outcomes into epics, user stories, and clear acceptance criteria.
- Lead requirements gathering via stakeholder interviews, workshops, and process mapping; reconcile competing needs and set release priorities.
- Define end‑to‑end test scenarios (UAT) for metadata ingestion, lineage, search, glossary/stewardship workflows, coordinate test execution and defect triage.
- Partner with data engineering/architecture to design connectors, curation pipelines, and governance workflows that are scalable, secure, and compliant.
- Drive change management and training; track adoption KPIs (catalog coverage, active users, glossary completeness, steward SLAs) and report progress to sponsors.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in related field
- 3+ years as a Product Owner/Business Analyst in data management/governance
- Knowledge of metadata management, data lineage, business glossaries/stewardship, data quality, and policy/governance frameworks (e.g., DAMA‑DMBOK); awareness of GDPR/CCPA.
- Proven Agile/Scrum execution using tools such as Jira; experience in writing user stories and BDD‑style acceptance criteria.
- Experience collaborating with data engineers on ingestion from platforms like Databricks, Snowflake, BigQuery, AWS Redshift, Oracle, or SQL Server; basic SQL for validation is a plus.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills; able to translate technical concepts into business value in client-facing environments.
- Must be a Green Card holder or U.S. Citizen to obtain the Public Trust clearance
- Experience working with the Food and Drug Administration
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What We Do
Analytica is an award-winning consulting and technology services provider that supports public-sector health, civilian, and national security. We specialize in data-driven solutions, which have been recognized by organizations such as NYU’s Governance Lab for driving public sector modernization and innovation. Analytica is an SBA Certified 8(a), HUBZone that has been honored as one of the 250 fastest-growing businesses in the U.S. for three consecutive years by Inc.
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