Data Focused Product Owner

About the Role The Data Focused BSA/Product Owner serves as the critical bridge between business stakeholders and our Azure platform and Databricks engineering teams. This role combines deep business analysis skills with hands-on familiarity with modern cloud data platforms, enabling the organization to successfully migrate legacy data workloads and adopt next-generation Azure + Databricks capabilities. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable facilitating a stakeholder workshop, writing precise user stories, and walking through a data flow diagram with an engineering team. Responsibilities • Act as the primary liaison between business stakeholders, Azure platform engineers, Databricks engineers, and governance teams. • Communicate progress, risks, and decisions to leadership and project sponsors. • Provide documentation, training, and enablement to help teams adopt new Azure + Databricks workflows and capabilities. • Conduct current-state analysis of SQL Server databases, SSIS/SSRS workloads, and legacy ETL pipelines to determine migration scope and modernization opportunities. • Document business processes, data flows, data definitions, and system interactions across both legacy and Azure target architectures. • Translate business needs into functional and non-functional requirements for Azure Databricks, ADLS, ADF, and related services. • Facilitate workshops and stakeholder interviews to validate requirements, clarify assumptions, and align expectations. Qualifications • Experience as a Product Owner, Business Systems Analyst, or hybrid role in data-centric environments. • Strong understanding of Azure data services, including Azure Databricks, ADLS Gen2, Azure Data Factory, and Azure SQL. • Familiarity with Delta Lake, distributed compute concepts, and modern ELT/ETL patterns. • Experience analyzing and migrating workloads from Microsoft SQL Server. • Ability to write clear user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, and system documentation. • Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills. • Experience working in Agile delivery environments. Required Skills • Experience as a Product Owner, Business Systems Analyst, or hybrid role in data-centric environments. • Strong understanding of Azure data services, including Azure Databricks, ADLS Gen2, Azure Data Factory, and Azure SQL. • Familiarity with Delta Lake, distributed compute concepts, and modern ELT/ETL patterns. • Experience analyzing and migrating workloads from Microsoft SQL Server. • Ability to write clear user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, and system documentation. • Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills. • Experience working in Agile delivery environments. Preferred Skills • Experience with data governance frameworks, data cataloging tools (e.g., Microsoft Purview), or data lineage tooling. • Familiarity with Power BI, SSRS, or other reporting and visualization platforms. • Exposure to real estate, mortgage, or proptech industry data and workflows. • Certification in SAFe, Scrum, or a related Agile framework. • Understanding of medallion architecture (Bronze / Silver / Gold) and lakehouse design patterns. This role is primarily remote; however, candidates are expected to relocate to Plano, TX, or Irvine, CA in the future. Occasional travel to these locations may be required initially.