Business Analyst - Alpha Product, AVP

Overview

Support the Alpha Index HUB product organization as a Business Analyst, translating business, operational and client needs into clear product requirements for index and benchmark data capabilities on Alpha's data platform.

What you'll do

• Partner with Product Owners to define, document and refine product requirements aligned with the Alpha Index HUB strategy and roadmap.
• Lead requirements elicitation through stakeholder interviews, workflow analysis and data analysis.
• Produce BRDs, functional and non-functional requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria that are clear, testable and traceable.
• Act as the primary liaison between Product, Engineering, QA, Operations and external vendors.
• Facilitate discussions to align on scope, dependencies, risks and expected outcomes.
• Incorporate operational workflows, controls and exception handling into product requirements with Operations teams.
• Support Agile delivery activities including backlog refinement, sprint planning and sprint reviews.
• Define acceptance criteria covering positive, negative and edge-case scenarios to enable QA and UAT/CUAT execution.
• Participate in testing and validate delivered functionality against business intent.
• Ensure requirements address data quality, auditability, operational transparency and control considerations.
• Contribute to dashboards, status indicators and monitoring frameworks for daily operational validation and issue detection.
• Document and communicate field definitions, status meanings and operational behaviors to reduce ambiguity and risk.
• Identify opportunities to simplify workflows, enhance usability and improve operational efficiency.

What you'll need

• 15+ years of experience as a Business Analyst (BA, BA II or Senior BA, level determined by role).
• 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, tailoring 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 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 and works closely 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.