Chief Business Analyst

Description

Summary: Seeking an experienced Chief Business Analyst to lead the strategy, governance, and delivery of core auto finance domain data products within a cloud-native Data Mesh ecosystem. Highlights: 1. Lead strategy for core auto finance domain data products 2. Partner with engineering and architecture on Domain-Driven Design 3. Ensure data products comply with governance and regulatory mandates We are seeking an experienced **Chief Business Analyst** to lead the strategy, governance, and delivery of core auto finance domain data products, working closely with engineering, architecture, and business teams to enable a decentralized, cloud\-native Data Mesh ecosystem. **Responsibilities** * Define, maintain, and prioritize the vision, strategy, and backlog for core auto finance domain data products, including Credit Application, Underwriting Decisions, Contract Booking, Loan Servicing Ledger, Collections \& Delinquency, and Lease\-End Remarketing * Translate complex auto lending and leasing business rules, such as dealer reserve calculations, net payoff formulas, interest accrual, and vehicle depreciation, into technical requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria * Partner with engineers and architects to apply Domain\-Driven Design principles, establishing bounded contexts and domain schemas that accurately reflect core lending operations * Author, negotiate, and enforce formal Data Contracts between producing domain teams and downstream consumers, defining schema, semantic definitions, refresh rate, SLAs/SLOs, and operational fitness * Define, monitor, and establish Service Level Indicators and Service Level Objectives for data freshness, accuracy, and completeness, and implement automated alerting and corrective protocols * Monitor observability dashboards, including schema drift, latency, and null rates, and utilize telemetry from the Enterprise Data Catalog to ensure data product health * Work within the Ford Credit SAFe framework as an active agile team member * Participate in sprint ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily stand\-ups, and release planning, to align delivery iterations * Co\-author domain OKRs and key results, aligning product delivery metrics with strategic enterprise transformation outcomes * Partner with engineering, architecture, BI, risk modeling, and financial reporting teams to migrate legacy mainframe pipelines to decentralized, cloud\-native domain data products * Facilitate enablement workshops for analysts and business users to help downstream consumers transition from legacy ETL/warehouse queries to self\-serve Data Mesh consumption * Ensure data products comply with federated governance guidelines, regulatory mandates such as FCRA, GLBA, and GDPR/CCPA, and security policies, including PII masking, data lineage tracking, and role\-based access control **Requirements** * 8\+ years of experience as a business analyst or data product leader within financial services or auto finance domains * Knowledge of Data Mesh, Domain\-Driven Design, and Data Contracts concepts * Expertise in modern data platforms such as Databricks, Snowflake, and dbt * Proficiency in SQL and Database DDLs * Familiarity with Kafka, Event\-Driven Architecture, and Avro/JSON schemas and REST APIs * Understanding of data governance and observability tools, including Enterprise Data Catalog and Observability Dashboards for monitoring latency, schema drift, and null rates * Background in GCP services such as Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, Pub/Sub, and BigQuery * Competency in Agile delivery tools and frameworks, including JIRA and SAFe **We offer** * International projects with top brands * Work with global teams of highly skilled, diverse peers * Healthcare benefits * Employee financial programs * Paid time off and sick leave * Upskilling, reskilling and certification courses * Unlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning library and 22,000\+ courses * Global career opportunities * Volunteer and community involvement opportunities * EPAM Employee Groups * Award\-winning culture recognized by Glassdoor, Newsweek and LinkedIn