Principal Business Analyst, Data

The Role

The Principal Business Analyst at Risepoint is a key member of the Enterprise Data team. This role bridges the gap between business questions and the data that answers them, working closely with marketing and operations analytics to deliver actionable insights.

Responsibilities

• Partner with marketing and operations analytics and business users to understand key business questions and KPIs, aligning stakeholders around a shared source of truth.
• Translate business questions and KPIs into clear product requirements and user stories for reporting, dashboards, and analytics.
• Drive cross-functional execution between business and data teams, ensuring coordinated delivery across workstreams, and escalating to sponsors when alignment is hard to reach.
• Own delivery of data products across teams, ensuring requirements and outputs are delivered end-to-end to provide clarity of how to address the needs and accelerate the time from need identified to solution delivered.
• Own prioritization and sequencing of work across teams, making trade-off decisions aligned to business priorities, and reprioritizing as new information emerges.
• Run gap analyses to identify where current data and reporting do not yet answer the business questions and lead the shaping of requirements to close those gaps.
• Document current-state and future-state processes and reporting needs based on interviews with business stakeholders.
• Contribute insights and analysis to the regular operating cadence, including monthly performance reviews, board and investor materials, and budget, connecting individual work to the bigger picture.
• Own delivery outcomes across workstreams, ensuring timely execution and resolution of issues impacting delivery.
• Stay current on trends in data and analytics so you can ask sharper questions and shape better requirements.

Requirements

Experience in data analysis, business intelligence, and project management is required. Strong communication skills and the ability to influence stakeholders across functions are essential. Familiarity with data modeling, SQL, and BI tools like Tableau or PowerBI is beneficial.

Qualifications

Proven track record of translating complex business questions into actionable data-driven solutions. Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously. Bachelor’s degree in a related field preferred.

Skills

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to influence stakeholders across functions. Proficiency in SQL, Tableau, or similar BI tools is advantageous.

Benefits

Risepoint offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits package, and a supportive work environment that encourages professional growth and development.

Pay

Competitive salary commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Full-time position with flexible hours to accommodate the needs of the role and the business.