Lead Business Functional Analyst, VP

As a Lead Business Functional Analyst (VP) at Deutsche Bank in Pune, India, you will play a vital role in shaping the product strategy, maintaining a clear roadmap, and driving high-quality delivery across cross-functional teams. You will collaborate closely with business, technology, and control partners to bring impactful solutions to life while fostering a collaborative, outcome-oriented culture. **Key Responsibilities:** - Own and manage the product backlog, lead the refinement process, and own the value realization and measurement for product goals through various metrics and KPIs. - Collaborate with developers, QA, and business stakeholders to gather requirements, drive development of the solution, manage dependencies across teams and value streams, and align teams against a common vision. - Manage and analyze the product in the marketplace, define and develop future releases, and manage the business case for change initiatives. - Conduct detailed data analysis to support decision-making, validate requirements, troubleshoot issues, and define minimal viable products (MVP). - Write and maintain high-quality Epics, Features, and User Stories with clearly defined acceptance criteria, including facilitating and contributing to backlog grooming, sprint planning, and other ceremonies. - Create and maintain comprehensive documentation, including requirements, process flows, and user guides, ensuring accuracy, up-to-date information, and accessibility to relevant stakeholders. - Use data querying and analytical techniques to support data understanding and create reports and actionable intelligence. - Guide and support a small team, providing coaching, feedback, and task coordination. **Qualifications Required:** - Over 10+ years of hands-on experience in technical and functional analysis, ideally within financial services or banking. - Strong expertise in reference data (party, account), payments, messaging protocols (including SWIFT), and data governance. - Solid understanding of data technologies such as APIs, data flows, data models, multi-tier systems, and integration challenges. - Demonstrated excellence in product backlog management and experience working with cloud or hybrid platforms. - Strong working proficiency in tools like Jira, Confluence, BigQuery, and programming languages like Python and SQL for Cloud/Big Data environments. - Strong understanding of data governance, data quality, and master/reference data management. - Excellent communication skills to interact confidently with senior stakeholders and technical teams. - Proven ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment and lead junior team members. - Ownership mindset with a focus on delivering high-quality, production-ready solutions. - Excellent communication and documentation skills, with the ability to interface and converse at both junior and senior levels and with technical and non-IT staff. Deutsche Bank Technology is a global team of highly skilled technologists working across multiple hubs, aiming to engineer innovative, secure, and scalable solutions at the forefront of financial services. The AFC Technology within the organization builds and maintains essential tools to help prevent, detect, and mitigate financial crime, enabling the global AFC function by delivering systems aligned with stringent regulatory requirements and robust risk-management standards. Disclaimer: The above job description is provided as per the details mentioned in the job description and may contain information specific to the job role at Deutsche Bank. As a Lead Business Functional Analyst (VP) at Deutsche Bank in Pune, India, you will play a vital role in shaping the product strategy, maintaining a clear roadmap, and driving high-quality delivery across cross-functional teams. You will collaborate closely with business, technology, and control partners to bring impactful solutions to life while fostering a collaborative, outcome-oriented culture. **Key Responsibilities:** - Own and manage the product backlog, lead the refinement process, and own the value realization and measurement for product goals through various metrics and KPIs. - Collaborate with developers, QA, and business stakeholders to gather requirements, drive development of the solution, manage dependencies across teams and value streams, and align teams against a common vision. - Manage and analyze the product in the marketplace, define and develop future releases, and manage the business case for change initiatives. - Conduct detailed data analysis to support decision-making, validate requirements, troubleshoot issues, and define minimal viable products (MVP). - Write and maintain high-quality Epics, Features, and User Stories with clearly defined acceptance criteria, including facilitating and contributing to backlog grooming, sprint planning, and other ceremonies. - Create and maintain comprehensive documentation, including requirements, process flows, and user guides