Business Analyst - Alpha Product, AVP

Overview

Translate business, operational and client needs into clear, actionable product requirements supporting the design, build, testing and rollout of scalable index and benchmark data capabilities for the Alpha Index HUB, working closely with Product Owners, Engineering, QA, Operations and third-party data vendors.

What you'll do

• Partner with Product Owners to define, document and refine product requirements aligned with Alpha Index HUB strategy and roadmap.
• Lead requirements elicitation through stakeholder interviews, workflow analysis and data analysis.
• Produce Business Requirements Documents (BRDs), functional and non-functional requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Ensure requirements are clear, testable and traceable through development and testing phases.
• Act as the primary liaison between Product, Engineering, QA, Operations and external vendors.
• Facilitate discussions to ensure shared understanding of scope, dependencies, risks and expected outcomes.
• Work with Operations teams to incorporate operational workflows, controls and exception handling into product requirements.
• Support Agile delivery activities including backlog refinement, sprint planning and sprint reviews.
• Define detailed acceptance criteria covering positive, negative and edge-case scenarios to enable QA and UAT/CUAT execution.
• Participate in testing activities and support validation of delivered functionality against business intent.
• Ensure product requirements address data quality, auditability, operational transparency and control considerations.
• Contribute to the definition of dashboards, status indicators and monitoring frameworks that support daily operational validation and issue detection.
• Assist with documentation and communication of field definitions, status meanings and operational behaviors to reduce ambiguity and risk.
• Identify opportunities to simplify workflows, enhance usability and improve operational efficiency.
• Support ongoing evolution and maturity of Alpha Index HUB capabilities in alignment with broader Alpha product and platform initiatives.

What you'll need

• 15+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, with level determined by role (BA, BA II, Senior BA).
• Experience working in a product-led or Agile/Scrum delivery environment.
• Proven experience producing BRDs, user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail.
• Ability to translate complex technical and data concepts into clear business requirements.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor messaging to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Effective stakeholder management and collaboration skills.
• Hands-on experience writing and reviewing SQL queries to support data analysis, validation and issue investigation.
• Working knowledge of running, monitoring and validating processes in the Charles River Development (CRD) environment, including awareness of upstream/downstream dependencies, batch processing and operational workflows.

Nice to have

• Experience with financial services, index, benchmark or market data platforms.
• Familiarity with large-scale data pipelines, dashboards or operational monitoring tools.
• Understanding of data governance, controls and audit considerations.

Details

• Location: Hyderabad, India.
• Reports into the Alpha Product Organization.
• Works in close partnership with Alpha Index HUB Product Owners, Engineering leads, QA teams and Operations stakeholders.
• Embedded within product delivery cadence, including sprint planning, refinement and release activities.