Senior Functional Analyst Job Dallas Texas USA,IT/Tech

Senior Functional Analyst

Professional Home Office, Dallas, TX, US

7 days ago Requisition

Position Purpose

The Senior Functional Analyst is responsible for driving the growth, adoption, and business impact of the company’s enterprise data and analytics platform. Acting as the bridge between stakeholders and the Data and Analytics team, the analyst owns upstream project work and leads intake and discovery, translating business needs into clear and actionable requirements, producing wireframes and user experience direction, product testing, and end‑user acceptance testing to ensure delivery aligns with the needs.

The analyst closely partners with the Vice President of IT, Data, and Financial Services, project managers, engineering teams, and business stakeholders to drive iterative, agile delivery of Foundry‑based solutions that enable data‑informed decision making across the organization. The analyst ensures the team solves the right problem before engineering begins and that solutions align with business processes, data logic, user experience, and measurable outcomes.

Duties

and Responsibilities

Intake, Discovery, and Requirements

Lead initial intake conversations with business stakeholders to understand the problem, current state, pain points, and desired outcomes.
Ask clarifying questions that challenge vague requests, dig into edge cases, and uncover underlying business needs, identifying dependencies, data gaps, and risks early in the requirements process.
Own the translation of business needs into structured, actionable requirements documents appropriate to project size.

User Stories, Scoping, and Sprint Support

Write user stories with clear acceptance criteria that the engineering team can build against.
Translate requirements into testable acceptance criteria, including business rules, data validation expectations, edge cases, and exception handling.

Stakeholder Management, Demos, and Communication

Lead demo sessions with business users to gather feedback and drive iterative improvement.
Build and maintain relationships with business group leaders so they have a trusted point of contact on the data team.
Own and manage product testing and end‑user acceptance testing.

UI/UX Direction and Wire framing

Produce lightweight wireframes or mockups to align with stakeholders before engineering begins UI work.
Define user flows and screen‑level requirements for application interfaces.
Review UI builds against requirements and provide feedback to engineering.

Proactive Backlog Intake and Roadmap Support

Support the manager in roadmap planning by providing business context, stakeholder priorities, and scoping estimates.

Documentation and Continuous Improvement

Maintain clear and current requirements documentation for all active projects.

All other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience

Bachelor’s degree in business, information systems, analytics, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience) is required.

Four to seven (4‑7) years of experience in a Business Analyst, Business Systems Analyst, Functional Analyst, Product Analyst, or similar role, including ownership of complex cross‑functional requirements from discovery through delivery is required.

Strong facilitation skills – ability to lead meetings, ask tough questions, and synthesize unstructured input into clear documentation.

Experience working in Agile delivery environments with iterative development cycles.

Advanced experience with Microsoft Office products.

Detail oriented with excellent time management and follow‑up skills.

Strong communication skills with experience engaging both technical peers and business stakeholders.

Preferred:
Experience working with enterprise data platforms, SaaS products, or analytics tools.

Preferred:
Experience with Palantir Foundry or similar ontology‑based platforms.

Preferred:
Experience producing wireframes or workups using tools such as Figma.

Preferred:
Background in hospitality, real estate, or marina operations.

Working Conditions /

Physical Requirements

Must be able to independently lift, carry, push, and pull up to fifteen (15) pounds.
Work is performed in an office environment typically seated at a desk with a…