BUSINESS ANALYST-PRODUCT OWNER - DATA ANALYTICS (ON-SITE, TAMARAC)

Who We Are…

With over 50 years of experience, and several CITY HOME and Ashley HomeStore showrooms and distribution centers throughout Florida, CITY HOME continues to be recognized as a top furniture company in South Florida and nationwide. By joining CITY HOME, you become part of a family-spirited organization that is focused on you! With planned local growth, plus growth in new markets over the next several years, the CITY HOME team is excited about the future. Join our fun, family-spirited team to build a long-lasting career at a company that will continue to challenge, develop, and appreciate its Associates. Click Here to watch our Company video!

Our Vision is to be the ultimate furniture and mattress store.

Our Purpose is to enrich people's lives and make the world a better place.

Our Mission is to provide quality home furnishings, at excellent values, in an exciting and fun environment.

Our Values: Mutual Trust & Respect | Continuous Improvement | Entrepreneurial Spirit | Customer Focus | Teamwork | Giving Back

Position Title: Product Owner - Data Analytics

Reports To: Manager of Product Office

Location: Hybrid - Onsite Tuesday-Thursday; Remote Monday & Friday

Department/Sub: Tech/OCIO

Employment Type: Full-Time

Starting Salary: $80,000 (DOE)

What This Role Is…

As a Business Analyst and Product Owner for Data & Analytics, youll be the bridge between CITY HOMEs business leaders and our technology team. Youll work with executives, department leaders, and associates to understand the questions they need answered and the decisions they need to make, then translate those needs into clear requirements that our technology team can build against. Youll own the backlog for data and analytics initiatives and make sure what gets built delivers the insights the business actually needs.

This role is not a hands-on engineering or dashboard development position. Your focus is on discovering needs, defining requirements, and ensuring delivered solutions meet them.

What You'll Do…

As a Business Analyst/Product Owner - Data Analytics your primary responsibilities will be to:

• Lead requirements gathering sessions with stakeholders to understand business processes, reporting needs, and the decisions behind them.
• Translate business questions and KPIs into clear requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria that the technology team can execute.
• Define what data is needed, where it lives, how it should be defined, and what success looks like for each initiative.
• Own and prioritize the product backlog for data and analytics initiatives, balancing stakeholder requests with technical feasibility.
• Serve as the voice of the business in Agile ceremonies, including Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Review, and Retrospectives.
• Validate delivered dashboards, reports, and data products against business requirements, and drive user acceptance testing (UAT).
• Help establish consistent metric definitions and data governance standards so stakeholders across departments speak the same language.
• Present analytics priorities, KPIs, and product updates to business stakeholders and senior leadership.

What We're Looking For…

Competencies and Job Specific Skills

• Proven experience as a Product Owner or Business/Data Analyst supporting data, analytics, or BI initiatives.
• Strong understanding of data analytics concepts, including data warehousing, ETL/ELT pipelines, and BI/reporting tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Looker).
• Ability to translate ambiguous business questions into clear data requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Experience prioritizing and managing a product backlog using Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills - able to work with both technical data teams and non-technical business leaders.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with comfort interpreting data to inform product decisions.
• Familiarity with data governance, data quality, and metric standardization practices.
• Experience working with SQL or querying data directly is a plus.
• Familiarity with Jira and Confluence for backlog management and documentation

What's Required…

Education & Work Experience

• 3-5 years of experience as a Business Analyst, Product Owner, or Data Analyst, with a track record of gathering requirements and delivering data or reporting solutions.
• Proven ability to interview non-technical stakeholders, uncover the real business problem behind a request, and document it clearly.
• Strong analytical skills and comfort reading, interpreting, and questioning data to inform decisions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to explain technical concepts to business leaders and business needs to technical teams.
• Experience managing a backlog using Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Familiarity with BI and reporting tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or Looker, from a consumer and requirements perspective.
• Working knowledge of Jira and Confluence for backlog management and documentation.
• Valid Florida drivers license.

Nice to Have

• Experience working directly with a data or engineering team on requirements for reporting, dashboards, or data platforms.
• Familiarity with data governance, data quality, and metric standardization.
• Basic SQL literacy for validating data and answering simple questions.
• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), CBAP, or equivalent certification.
• Bachelors degree in Business, Information Systems, Data Analytics, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).

Work Environment & Schedule

• Full-time, Monday-Friday, standard business hours.
• Hybrid schedule: onsite Tuesday through Thursday; remote Monday and Friday.
• Must be available during Eastern Time business hours.

Physical Requirements

• Prolonged sitting / desk-based work, both onsite and remote.

Technology Requirements

• Jira and Confluence
• BI/reporting tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, or Looker)
• Microsoft Office / Google Suite
• Microsoft Teams

Certifications / Licenses

• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or equivalent Agile certification is a plus.
• Florida Drivers License

What Benefits You'll Receive…

Competitive and Transparent Compensation

• Visibility into all Associate-level pay ranges within your department

• Opportunity for performance-based and profit sharing bonuses

• Associate Well-being

• Workforce and Demand Planning for Leveled Workload

• Paid Vacation & Sick Time

• Paid Parental leave

• Opportunity for Flexible Work Environment and Schedule (varies by department and role)

• Community involvement and volunteer opportunities

• Health Benefits

• Free virtual healthcare services (for Associates enrolled in our medical plans)

• Medical options include Employer-funded HSA options

• Vision to support your eye health and well-being

• 100% Employer-paid Dental option available to all Associate

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Life & Disability Insurance 100% employer-sponsored options

• Voluntary Insurance (Accident, Hospital, Critical Care, etc.)

• Retirement Benefits

• 401(k) - once enrolled, Associates are 100% vested with discretionary Company Match

• Roth 401K Option

• Financial Wellness webinars

• Growth Opportunities

• 90% Promote from Within

• Access to various training for professional development

• Individual Development Plan (IDP) (varies by department)

• Associate Purchase Discount Program

• And so much more….

CITY Furniture, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We recruit, hire, train, and promote individuals in all job titles without regard to age, race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, or status as a covered veteran or any other status protected by federal, state or local law. At CITY Furniture, Inc. we are committed to a fair and equitable workplace where everyone is a respected and a valued member of the team.