Digital Data Product Analyst at EXL
Remote — full-time
The Data Product Analyst serves as a critical bridge between business stakeholders, analytics teams, and data management groups. This role combines strong data analysis capabilities with core business analysis skills to ensure that data is effectively leveraged to inform strategic decision making, improve processes, and influence solution design. In addition to championing data stewardship, the Data Product Analyst plays a key role in eliciting requirements, documenting business processes, and facilitating alignment across technical and business teams. Responsibilities Act as the Data Subject Matter Expert to stakeholders with an understanding of data across the end‑to‑end data supply chain Collect, clean, and analyze data from multiple sources to uncover trends, patterns, and actionable insights Translate analytical findings into clear, business‑friendly insights that support decision‑making Elicit, document, and manage business, functional, and non‑functional requirements through techniques such as interviews, workshops, process analysis, and user story creation Conduct stakeholder analysis to understand needs, roles, dependencies, and expectations across teams Support prioritization by assessing business value, impacts, complexity, and risk Ensure traceability of requirements from intake through development, testing, and deployment Collaborate with data engineering analysts, architects, and engineers to ensure solutions reflect business context and use cases Define testing acceptance criteria, support user validation, and provide structured feedback for continuous improvement Monitor and enhance data quality through profiling, validation, remediation, and alignment with organizational priorities Qualifications Bachelor's degree in information systems, business analysis, or related fields 5+ years of experience in data analysis, business analysis, product analytics, or similar roles Proven ability to work effectively in cross‑functional environments and support the delivery of data products that serve multiple stakeholders Experience in sports, media, or entertainment ecosystems, including digital platforms, fan engagement, and/or streaming data environments Required Skills Skilled at requirements elicitation, process mapping, and translating business needs into technical specifications and scalable data solutions Experience supporting the full product and data delivery lifecycle, including requirements gathering, roadmap support, delivery oversight, testing/UAT, launch, hypercare, and ongoing quality monitoring Skilled in crafting user stories, acceptance criteria, and high-quality product and data documentation to support scalable, repeatable workflows Strong understanding of data stewardship principles, including data quality, lineage, metadata management, governance, and responsible data use, with the ability to champion data development initiatives that align with stakeholder needs Experience working across multiple data touchpoints an