Job role model · Data
Data Analyst
v1.0Answers the business's questions with its own data, and keeps the numbers trustworthy.
Answers business questions from data and keeps the definitions honest.
Reference ROLE-DAT-001 · Due for review 2027-03-31
Essential to the role
4 capabilities. A level belongs to the skill, not to the person — and a missing record is not a claim that someone lacks the skill.
Every question starts as a query.
L2 CaterpillarL2 looks like this: You answer a business question with your own queries, joining the tables it needs, and check the result before you trust it.
You build the view the function runs on.
L2 CaterpillarL2 looks like this: You build a dashboard someone else uses every week, with the definitions written down beside it.
You are accountable for the number being true.
L2 CaterpillarL2 looks like this: You document a metric's definition, trace it back to its source, and fix the fault you find rather than the symptom.
You tell stakeholders what their test showed.
L1 LarvaL1 looks like this: You can state a hypothesis and the measure that would settle it.
Desirable
Worth holding, but the role can be done without them.
L1 LarvaL1 looks like this: You can write a status update someone can read in under a minute.
L2 CaterpillarL2 looks like this: You build a report that answers the business question, marks its caveats, and recommends the next move.