Product Analyst | Data | Capital Markets

Data Product Analyst, Data Analytics
 

This highly established financial services business  has established an ambitious new business line to commercialise its rich datasets through a data analytics platform that will sit at the centre of a financial markets data ecosystem.
 
An exciting opportunity exists for an experienced Product Analyst to join this dynamic startup within one of Australia’s most recognisable and respected brands.
 
This key role will work closely with the Product Manager to support end-to-end management of data analytics products from ideation and business case through to operationalisation and support.

What you’ll do:

• Engage with internal and external stakeholders through a customer-led product design, build and validation process
• Develop users stories and manage them in a prioritised backlog to support an Agile development process
• Support product development teams, design test scenarios and support the defect management process
• Research peer and competitor offerings and develop a roadmap of releases for each product
• Create product specifications, FAQs and marketing collateral for publishing on a product webstore
• Train and support sales teams and customers on specific product functionality and the overall product suite
• Contribute to the research, valuation and pricing of data analytic products
• Research and identify third party datasets that can complement in house datasets in the creation of analytic products

 
What you’ve done:

• Worked in similar roles such as product analyst, product manager or business analyst
• Built and managed information or data analytics products through the product development lifecycle
• Developed subject matter expertise through your exposure to capital markets and related data use cases

 
And if you’ve got some of this, even better:

• Exposure to big data technologies, data science and data analytics tools
• Background in product management or product development
• Experience in process mapping and modelling with use of related tools and design languages
• Understanding of information architecture and data taxonomy concepts
• Experience working in a lean agile environment or within a startup
• Operated in a customer-led and commercially-focussed environment
• Knowledge of design thinking or UX design methods and tools
• Exposure to data governance frameworks and tools
• Experience using the Atlassian tool suite (JIRA, Confluence, Bamboo etc.)

 
What you need to enjoy and be good at for this role:

• Solving problems through the innovative use of data and technologies
• Working in a fast-paced and iterative environment where outcomes are often unknown at the outset
• Strengths in facilitation and communicating effectively with customers, technical teams and other stakeholders
• Being open to taking on new responsibilities which will arise when working in a startup environment