Business Analyst / Product Owner

We are looking for a Business Analyst / Product Owner to help shape and drive the evolution of a database optimization tool. This role combines business analysis, product ownership, and user experience/process design.

The ideal candidate will be able to gather and structure business requirements, translate stakeholder needs into clear product features, work closely with technical teams, and contribute to the design of user flows and UI elements. This person should be comfortable operating between business stakeholders, engineering, and end users.

This is a strong fit for someone with 2–4 years of experience who enjoys turning ideas and operational needs into well-defined product capabilities and intuitive user experiences.

Key Responsibilities

1) Business Analysis & Requirements Development

• Gather, analyze, and document business requirements for software product capabilities and enhancements
• Conduct stakeholder interviews and working sessions to understand business goals, user pain points, and process gaps
• Translate high-level business needs into detailed functional requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and use cases
• Create and maintain product documentation, including requirements documents, process flows, feature definitions, and release notes
• Identify dependencies, assumptions, risks, and gaps in requirements early in the product lifecycle

• Ensure requirements are clear, testable, and aligned with business and technical objectives

   

2) Product Ownership

• Act as Product Owner for the database optimization tool and related modules
• Define and prioritize product backlog items based on business value, customer impact, and technical feasibility
• Collaborate closely with engineering, QA, and stakeholders to clarify scope and refine requirements
• Own feature definition for both backend-driven functionality and user-facing workflows
• Participate in sprint planning, backlog grooming, sprint reviews, and release planning
• Make day-to-day decisions on product priorities, tradeoffs, and incremental delivery

• Help define product roadmap themes and recommend feature priorities based on user needs and business goals

   

3) UI / UX and Process Design

• Design and document user workflows, screen logic, and interaction flows
• Partner with technical teams and stakeholders to create intuitive UI concepts and efficient user journeys
• Produce wireframes, mockups, screen definitions, or annotated UI requirements as needed
• Ensure the product experience is clear, consistent, and aligned with user goals
• Improve usability by identifying friction points in the user journey and proposing practical design improvements

• Help define how complex technical information should be presented in a user-friendly way

   

4) Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Serve as a bridge between business stakeholders, engineering, QA, and end users
• Communicate product decisions, requirement changes, and priorities clearly across teams
• Support QA by validating requirements, reviewing test scenarios, and helping ensure delivered features meet expectations
• Participate in demos and feedback sessions, capturing follow-up improvements and next steps

• Contribute to a product culture focused on clarity, usability, and measurable value

   

Required Qualifications

• 2–4 years of experience in one or more of the following roles:
  • Business Analyst
  • Product Owner
  • Product Analyst
  • Functional Analyst
• Experience gathering and documenting software requirements
• Experience writing user stories, functional requirements, workflows, and acceptance criteria
• Ability to work with both business stakeholders and technical teams
• Experience participating in Agile / Scrum product development processes
• Strong analytical thinking and structured problem-solving skills
• Good communication and documentation skills

• Ability to organize ambiguity into clear action items and deliverables

   

Preferred Qualifications

• General understanding of databases and basic database concepts, such as:
  • tables
  • queries
  • indexes
  • performance
  • monitoring
  • data relationships
• Experience working on B2B software, technical platforms, monitoring tools, analytics tools, or infrastructure-related products
• Experience designing wireframes, user flows, or UI requirements
• Experience with tools such as Jira, Confluence, Figma, Lucidchart, Miro, or similar
• Strong English communication skills, written and verbal

• Experience working with engineering teams on technically oriented products

   

Skills We’re Looking For

• Requirements elicitation and documentation
• Product backlog management
• User story creation
• Process mapping
• Feature prioritization
• UI / UX thinking
• Stakeholder management
• Analytical thinking
• Written communication
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Attention to detail

• Ability to balance business value, usability, and technical realities

   

Nice-to-Have Experience

• Exposure to database tools, observability tools, monitoring platforms, or DevOps/infrastructure products
• Familiarity with SQL at a basic level
• Experience helping define dashboards, alerts, workflows, or admin interfaces
• Experience in SaaS product environments

• Experience working with distributed or international teams

   

What Success Looks Like in This Role

• Business and product requirements are clear, complete, and actionable
• Engineering team receives well-structured backlog items and fewer ambiguous requirements
• Product features are delivered with clear business value and improved usability
• User flows and UI concepts reduce friction and improve adoption
• Stakeholders have confidence in priorities, scope, and product direction

• The database optimization tool evolves in a structured, user-centered way

   

Example Areas This Role May Own

• Defining feature requirements for database optimization recommendations
• Designing workflows for performance diagnostics and issue investigation
• Improving usability of dashboards, reports, alerts, and configuration screens
• Structuring backlog items for tuning recommendations, insights, automation, or reporting features

• Collaborating on the presentation of technical findings in a simple, business-friendly way

   

Candidate Profile

You are someone who can understand what users and stakeholders need, turn that into clear requirements, and help shape a product that is both useful and intuitive. You are comfortable working with technical teams even if you are not a hands-on engineer. You ask good questions, think in terms of business value and user workflows, and help drive products from idea to execution.