Senior Business Analyst, Data & Analytics Product- Hybrid

Position Overview
Baxter Planning has made a significant investment in a modern data platform, built on a layered (medallion) data lake and dimensional data models. The next step is to ensure that platform delivers measurable value to the people who rely on it: our customers' planners and supply chain leaders, our internal planning teams and the product teams building on our data.

The Senior Business Analyst, Data & Analytics Product is the bridge between the business and our Data Engineering team. You will develop a deep understanding of the decisions our users make and the questions they need data to answer, assess those needs against the data available today, and translate them into a prioritized roadmap and clear requirements that Data Engineering can deliver against.

This role combines the analytical rigor of a business analyst with the accountability of a product manager. You will not be expected to build pipelines or data models yourself, but you will need to understand analytical data structures well enough to engage credibly with engineers, identify gaps and make informed trade-offs. You will own the roadmap, drive prioritization based on customer and business value, and ensure the team executes against the plan.

Key Responsibilities
Business Needs Discovery and Analysis

• Partner with internal planners, customers, Customer Success, Professional Services and other stakeholders to understand the business decisions they make and the analysis required to support them
• Conduct structured interviews, workshops and workflow observation to document user personas, their analytical needs, frequency of use, required level of detail and intended outcomes
• Distinguish between customer-specific report requests and repeatable needs that should be addressed in the core product, and recommend the appropriate path for each
• Synthesize findings into clear problem statements and use cases that inform prioritization

Data Landscape and Gap Assessment

• Develop a working knowledge of Baxter Planning's data lake, dimensional models and source product data, including available subject areas, grain, historical depth and data freshness
• Map business requirements to available data assets, identify gaps and assess the effort and value of closing them
• Establish and maintain a governed set of business metric definitions (e.g., fill rate, part availability, inventory position, forecast accuracy) to ensure consistency across analytics, reporting and AI capabilities
• Validate that data structures support priority use cases, raising issues related to grain, history, completeness or consistency with Data Engineering

Roadmap Ownership and Prioritization

• Own the data and analytics roadmap, prioritizing initiatives based on customer value, business impact, strategic alignment and delivery effort
• Maintain a transparent prioritization framework and communicate the rationale behind roadmap decisions to stakeholders at all levels
• Manage competing requests from customers and internal teams, making and defending trade-off decisions in partnership with Product leadership
• Align the roadmap with broader product strategy and the needs of other product teams that depend on shared data

Requirements Definition

• Translate business needs into detailed, testable requirements for Data Engineering, specifying the business questions to be answered, required data elements, level of detail, history, refresh frequency and acceptance criteria
• Define data quality expectations, including completeness, accuracy, timeliness and reconciliation to source systems
• Maintain a well-groomed, prioritized backlog with clearly defined epics and user stories

Delivery Oversight and Stakeholder Management

• Partner closely with Data Engineering to plan work, track progress and resolve blockers, ensuring delivery remains aligned to roadmap priorities
• Review delivered capabilities against requirements and coordinate user acceptance testing before release
• Provide regular status updates to Product leadership and key stakeholders, escalating risks and dependencies early
• Measure the adoption and business impact of delivered analytics and use those insights to refine the roadmap
• Decision rights: This role owns what the business needs and the order in which it is delivered. Data Engineering owns how solutions are designed and built.

Qualifications
Required

• 5+ years of experience as a business analyst, analytics consultant, BI lead or in a comparable role, working directly with business stakeholders to define data, reporting and analytics requirements
• Robust understanding of analytical data architecture, including dimensional modeling (star schemas, fact and dimension tables, grain) and layered data lake architecture (e.g., bronze, silver and gold layers), with the ability to engage in and challenge technical design discussions
• Demonstrated experience eliciting requirements from diverse stakeholders and translating them into clear, prioritized plans
• Experience owning a roadmap or backlog and driving execution with a technical delivery team
• Strong prioritization skills, with the ability to evaluate initiatives based on business value and customer impact and to communicate trade-offs clearly
• Working proficiency in SQL or BI tools sufficient to explore data, validate availability and confirm that data supports a given requirement
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to business audiences and business needs to technical teams
• Regular, hands-on use of AI tools in day-to-day work (e.g., research synthesis, requirements drafting, data exploration); our product organization is AI-first and this role is expected to model that way of working
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Analytics, Information Systems or a related field
• Professional fluency in English

About Baxter Planning

Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Baxter Planning is a dynamic and rapidly growing company building BaxterPredict, a decision-intelligence platform for service supply chains.  Global enterprises in high-tech, medical devices and industrial equipment use our BaxterProphet planning and BaxterLynX execution products to keep critical equipment running while balancing service levels, inventory and cost. We're backed by Marlin Equity Partners and are rebuilding our platform for an AI-first future.

Baxter Planning combines the flexibility of a start up with the stability of an established company, leveraging 31 years of industry expertise to support a rapidly growing customer base. We offer excellent benefits, an exciting and supportive work environment, and excellent work-life balance. This role will be based in our Barcelona office with the flexibility to work from home 1-2 days per week.

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