Forward Deployed Business Analyst, Associate - BTO
Core
Forward Deployed Business Analyst in BlackRock's Transformation Office, combining business analysis, product discovery, and business architecture to reimagine and scale operating models using AI-enabled prototyping.
Role type
Senior IC business analyst (transformation & product discovery)
Builds
Testable solution hypotheses, functional prototypes, and target operating models for business users and engineers
Domain
Financial services / Enterprise transformation
Required skills
Business architecture, operating-model design, prototype-led problem solving, AI-enabled development environments, iterative delivery, financial services experience
Preferred skills
Hands-on ownership, cross-functional partnership, stakeholder influence
Technologies
AI-enabled development environments
Responsibilities
Translate ambiguous business problems into testable solution hypotheses; Build structured business context covering terminology, entities, relationships, and controls; Decompose business processes into explicit logic for technology teams; Create functional prototypes using AI to validate future-state processes; Shape target operating model including data ownership and governance; Partner with business experts, product managers, and engineers; Develop measurable project objectives and communicate outcomes to stakeholders
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC