Principal Business Analyst (Functional Design Lead)
Core
Senior functional authority responsible for defining end-to-end functional designs, FRDs, and component scope to ensure product coherence and alignment with business outcomes.
Role type
Principal Business Analyst (Functional Design Lead)
Builds
Complex, highly integrated financial market infrastructure products and AI-enabled capabilities
Domain
Financial markets infrastructure and data
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
High-level functional design, FRD creation, end-to-end system architecture understanding, product strategy translation, cross-component decision making, stakeholder influence, ambiguity resolution, mentoring analysts
Preferred skills
Enterprise-scale platform experience, AI-enabled product development, Agile delivery
Technologies
AI/LLM frameworks, Agile tools
Responsibilities
Define high-level functional designs and FRDs; translate product goals into functional behaviors and workflows; arbitrate cross-component functional conflicts; provide functional direction to BAs and engineering teams; mentor analysts on functional analysis; review detailed specifications for alignment with design intent
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities
