PENNYMAC · 1 day ago
Data Product Analyst
Cary, NC
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$68K/yr - $115K/yr
4+ years expPennymac is a specialty financial services firm focused on the production and servicing of U.S. mortgage loans. The Data Product Analyst II role involves translating strategic goals into actionable product requirements, providing data-driven insights, and supporting the Scrum Team in delivering product features efficiently.
BankingFinanceFinancial ServicesLendingMortgage
Responsibilities
Translate data-driven insights into actionable recommendations, partnering with Product Owners to ensure analysis results in measurable strategic or operational improvements
Establish post-implementation tracking to measure and validate the actual business value and impact realized from product changes or strategic recommendations
Proactively identify and communicate emerging risks, optimization opportunities, or performance gaps to Product Leadership, translating complex analytical findings into clear business implications for strategic decision-making
Partner with the Product Owner to define, document, and refine user stories, acceptance criteria, and technical requirements for development
Actively participate in backlog grooming and prioritization sessions to ensure a well-defined and ready-to-deliver backlog
Support the Scrum Team by testing functionality as it’s being delivered and ensuring it meets the defined acceptance criteria
Engage directly with business stakeholders and end-users to understand, document, and prioritize new features and enhancements
Lead the triage and troubleshooting of production issues, collaborating with engineering and business teams to ensure timely resolution and root cause analysis
Analyze and report on the effectiveness of the data governance tool/function, measuring its contribution to accelerating time-to-insight and building data trust
Track data quality and integrity metrics during Data Ingestion & Lineage (Legacy to Snowflake via Pennypipe), including supporting automated reconciliation tests
Develop and monitor KPIs related to the Policy & Governance Framework to demonstrate progress in Risk Mitigation and Compliance
Develop metrics to monitor the rate of automatic resolution for failed Pennypipe replication jobs, ensuring the goal of achieving high Operational Resiliency and 'zero business-critical reporting outages' is met
Support the evaluation of external governance platforms (e.g., DataHub/Collate/Sifflet) with data-driven cost-benefit analysis
Qualification
Required
4 Year college degree (Bachelor) or equivalent work experience
Deep understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban), including writing user stories, defining acceptance criteria, and managing a product backlog
Strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills, with a proven ability to define, measure, and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) for complex technical platforms
Tool Expertise: Tableau, Sigma, Power BI, BI toolset
Proficiency with data warehousing (e.g., Snowflake) and SQL, BI tool analytics (e.g., Sigma), and an understanding of data governance/metadata concepts
Experience in monitoring data quality, tracking data lineage, and assessing migration risk
Ability to synthesize complex analytical findings into clear, concise reports and presentations for both technical and business stakeholders
Experience with JIRA, Scrum, Kanban, Sprint Planning
Benefits
Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision
Paid Time Off Programs including vacation, holidays, illness, and parental leave
Wellness Programs, Employee Recognition Programs, and onsite gyms and cafe style dining (select locations)
Retirement benefits, life insurance, 401k match, and tuition reimbursement
Philanthropy Programs including matching gifts, volunteer grants, charitable grants and corporate sponsorships
Company
PENNYMAC
Pennymac is a home loan lending company that offers financial services.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.33B2025-12-11Post Ipo Debt· $75M
2025-08-07Post Ipo Debt· $650M
2024-05-20Post Ipo Debt· $850M
Leadership Team
Stanford L. Kurland
Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer
Amar Nadig
Senior Vice President of Enterprise Data
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