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Informa TechTarget · 2 days ago

Senior Business Analyst

Newton, MA

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$115K/yr - $132K/yr

5+ years exp

Informa TechTarget is a leading company in the B2B technology space, seeking a Senior Business Analyst to bridge the gap between business stakeholders and the Data Intelligence Team. This role involves shaping data strategy, gathering requirements for data modeling, and ensuring data accuracy through effective documentation and stakeholder communication.

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Responsibilities

Requirements Gathering & Strategy: Work closely with business stakeholders to analyze reporting needs and gather precise requirements for data modeling and dashboarding projects

Central Data Hub Enablement: Partner with Analytics Engineers to establish and curate a Central Data Hub. You will define the business taxonomy and access requirements, ensuring that data is organized in a way that is intuitive for business users to navigate

Data Catalog Stewardship: Own the "business definition" side of the Data Catalog. You will be responsible for maintaining the Business Glossary, ensuring that metrics like "Churn" or "Revenue" are defined consistently across the organization

Documentation Architecture: Define the standard templates and required metadata fields for our data documentation. You will ensure that requirements are written in a structured format that allows our engineering team (and AI tools) to seamlessly convert them into technical documentation (Docs-as-Code)

Process Definition: Lead the effort to standardize how we capture logic. You won't need to write the code, but you must define the •inputs• required to make the automated documentation process successful

Stakeholder Communication: Represent the Data Intelligence team via kickoff presentations and demos, translating technical data constraints into business-friendly language

Data Quality & UAT: Define acceptance criteria for data accuracy and lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT) to ensure reports and models match the business reality before release

Qualification

Business AnalysisData CatalogsSQL SkillsData LiteracyRequirement WritingLean/Agile ExperienceStructured ThinkingStakeholder CommunicationImpactInfluenceInitiativeDocumentation

Required

BS or equivalent degree

5+ years of Business Analysis experience, specifically within Data, Analytics, or Business Intelligence teams

Comfortable working in a modern data environment (e.g., Cloud Data Warehouses, BI Tools)

Exceptional skills in writing detailed data requirements. You must be able to write requirements that are structured enough to be machine-readable/ingested by automation tools

Experience with Data Catalogs (e.g., Alation, Collibra, or similar) and Business Glossaries

Good database skills to perform SQL queries to explore data, verify logic, and assist with debugging (Read-level proficiency required)

Strong ability to create workflows, diagrams, and matrixes that explain complex data lineage

Experience working in a Lean/Agile environment, specifically adapting Agile specifically for Data/Analytics lifecycles

Benefits

Great community: a welcoming culture with in-person and online social events, our fantastic Walk the World charity day and active colleague groups and networks promoting a positive, supportive, and collaborative work environment

Broader impact: take up to four days per year to volunteer, with charity match funding available too

Career opportunity: the opportunity to develop your career with bespoke training and learning, mentoring platforms and on-demand access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning. When it’s time for the next step, we encourage and support internal job moves

Time out: 15 days PTO rising to 20 after three years and 25 after six years, plus 10 national holidays, a birthday leave day and the chance to work from (almost!) anywhere for up to four weeks a year

Competitive benefits, including a 401k match, health, vision and dental insurance, parental leave and an ESPP offering company shares at a minimum 15% discount

Strong wellbeing support through EAP assistance, mental health first aiders, free access to a wellness app and more

Recognition for great work, with global awards and kudos programs

As an international company, the chance to collaborate with teams around the world