Technology Senior Data Analyst

Job Title: Senior Data Analyst – Data Control Quality & Release Governance
Location: Kochi, India
Permanent, Full-time

About Us
Cyncly is a global technology powerhouse with 2,800+ employees and 70,000+ customers across 100+ countries and 46+ offices. Cyncly transforms the way customizable products and spaces are imagined, designed, sold, managed and made. Our end-to-end software solutions connect professional designers, retailers and manufacturers to the world's largest repository of product content. Today, our business spans across the Kitchen & Bath, Furniture, Window, Glass & Door, and Flooring industries with operations in North & South America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Africa.

Cyncly offers over 30 years of experience to deliver more value for our customers through an expanded portfolio of end-to-end solutions. Our global presence allows us to provide world-class support and sales with a local touch, providing the best possible customer experience.

Cyncly is now embarking on an exciting journey as we continue to expand through strong organic growth and complementary acquisitions, backed by leading growth private equity firms specializing in technology.


Build Your Career with Cyncly in Kochi 
Kochi is Cyncly’s newest hub, opening doors to exciting career opportunities across diverse functions. Here, you’ll collaborate with global experts, engage in innovative projects, and grow in a culture that values innovation, flexibility, and continuous learning. With access to top mentors, excellent learning resources, and a flexible and autonomous working environment, you’ll have everything you need to thrive.

Make it amazing—take your career to the next level with Cyncly in Kochi!

About the Role
We are seeking a Senior Data Analyst to lead data control quality and governance across the Release Workflow, with a strong focus on: Release Gate validation, PMO check & greenlight controls, Azure DevOps data integrity and traceability, Executive-level Power BI dashboards.

Cross-functional monitoring (R&D, Product, PMO, CoS, Executive Committee)

This role ensures that every initiative moving from Intake → Planning → Execution → Deliverables → Release Plan → Executive Approval is supported by accurate, complete, validated, and auditable data.
The analyst will act as the data quality authority at release gates, ensuring that approvals are based on reliable metrics, aligned OKRs, financial/resource validation, and execution traceability.

Key Position Responsibilities Include:
Release Gate Data Control & Quality Assurance

• Own data validation framework for all initiatives entering Release Gates.
• Ensure completeness and accuracy of: Business case data, Resource allocation, financial approvals, OKRs, change requests, Risk & dependency logs, Define and enforce mandatory data checkpoints before release plan validation, Develop standardized gate-readiness scorecards.

Azure DevOps Data Governance

• Act as data quality owner for Azure DevOps.
• Ensure: Epics, Features, and User Stories align to approved intake and scope.
• Traceability from requirements → execution → deliverables → release.
• Proper tagging of initiatives by BU, Product, Tech Center, PMO status.
• Design validation rules and governance mechanisms.
• Identify and correct: Inconsistent status flows, missing financial/resource fields, Orphaned work items, Misaligned release tagging, Partner with R&D Managers and PMO to enforce standards.

Power BI Dashboarding & Executive Reporting (Expert Level Required)

• Design and maintain enterprise-grade Power BI dashboards covering: Portfolio health, Release readiness, Resource capacity vs allocation, OKR tracking, Change management impact, Approval cycle time, Gate rejection causes.
• Build data models integrating: Azure DevOps, Financial systems, PMO tracking, Intake forms.
• Create CTO Executive Committee dashboards that support: Greenlight decisions, Financial/resource approvals, Portfolio prioritization.
• Ensure dashboards are: Automated, Scalable, governed with proper access controls, Documented.

Monitoring, OKRs & Change Management Analytics

• Aligned with the workflow monitoring function.
• Release Governance Workflow.
• Build KPI frameworks for: Delivery predictability, Scope changes, Resource deviations, Schedule slippage, Approval lead time
• Analyze root causes of: Rejections via PMO, Executive gate returns, Release delays.
• Provide actionable insights to: PMO, R&D, Product, CoS, Executive Leadership.

Process Improvement & Data Control Design

• Design standardized data control policies for: Intake forms, Resource plans, Project plans, Release plans.
• Introduce data quality scorecards across the workflow.
• Reduce manual reporting and inconsistencies.
• Establish clear ownership of data fields across teams.
   

Required Experience and Qualifications: 

• 7+ years in Data Analytics / Business Intelligence.
• 3+ years in portfolio governance, PMO analytics, or release governance.
• Experience supporting executive-level decision-making forums.
• Strong experience working with: Product, R&D / Engineering, PMO, Finance, Executive stakeholders

Required Skills:

• Power BI – Expert Level.
• Advanced DAX.
• Data modeling (star schema, performance optimization).
• Row-level security.
• Incremental refresh.
• Complex KPI frameworks.
• Executive storytelling dashboards.
• Integration with Azure DevOps APIs.
• Azure DevOps – Advanced.
• Work item hierarchy and traceability.
• Boards, Backlogs, Queries.
• Custom fields governance.
• REST API extraction.
• Sprint & release tracking analytics.
• Data Engineering Exposure.
• SQL (advanced).
• Data validation logic.
• ETL processes.
• Experience connecting multiple enterprise systems.

Working for Us
At Cyncly, we call our team OneCyncly, a reflection of how we work together as one, united by our purpose: powering businesses that bring spaces to life. Our strength comes from our diversity of experiences, perspectives, and skills - and we thrive when we work together with openness, trust, and respect.

Here, you’ll join a group of colleagues who take ownership, solve problems, and focus on making an impact. We embrace curiosity, welcome new ideas, and see mistakes as opportunities to learn. You’ll have the freedom to work flexibly and autonomously, supported by teammates and leaders who are committed to your growth.

We celebrate the different ways people contribute and encourage everyone - from every background - to bring their authentic self to work. Because when we collaborate, challenge each other, and share what we know, we build something better together.

If you want to work in a place where your ideas matter, your growth is valued, and your work shapes the spaces people live, work, and play in - come join us.