Senior Business Analyst

Who we are looking for 

The Senior Business Analyst role is a hands-on, business-to-technology role integral to both the Charles River and State Street Alpha platforms. The candidate must have excellent communication, hands-on project management skills, and resource forecasting capabilities to properly plan and execute roadmaps across both internal platform teams and the products who consume the tools. This role will work side-by-side with Technical Team Leads, Platform Product Managers, Developers, and internal stakeholders to oversee the assignment, execution, and delivery of initiatives that enhance the CRIMS and Alpha platform. 

Working across multiple engineering teams for initiatives that target different strategies, the Senior Business Analyst will oversee the delivery of the “Central Auth” area of the platform, delivering a means for all products to coalesce their auth flows into one centralized identify platform, as well as house the entitlements and privileges that products will need to deliver enterprise grade solutions. This role will also triage, analyze, and prioritize incoming issues for other areas of the platform. 

The Senior Business Analyst will work closely with other areas of the organization such as Architecture, UX, and Infrastructure, solidifying the application platform with a world class user experience, and partnering with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the delivery satisfies their requirements. The BA will also work with vendors and third parties to procure services that may enhance the platform’s capabilities. 

The BA will assist PMs in managing their product backlogs, ensuring engineering teams are taking full advantage of their allotted capacity. The BA will also provide guidance and mentorship to other BAs within the Platform department on career development, performance, engagement, and professional development. The position is based in Massachusetts, USA. 

Why this role is important to us 

The team you will be joining is part of the Charles River Investment Management Solution (CRIMS), a market leader in providing a comprehensive end-to-end investment management platform covering front, middle and back office. The Charles River IMS platform offers portfolio management, compliance, order and execution management, post-trade processing, data provisioning and management, performance measurement, as well as other key capabilities important to the investment lifecycle. 

What you will be responsible for 

• Lead the design, resourcing, and execution of the CRIMS/Alpha Platform’s strategic initiatives. 

• Thoroughly understand Cloud native services and architecture to propose, specify, and plan the implementation, integration, and launch of platform systems and services. 

• Represent the application platform from a product standpoint to understand priorities, available resources, and timelines. 

• Gather requirements from internal & external parties (design, engineering, partners, vendors, etc.) and work with Product and Engineering leaders to prioritize and deliver based on company objectives and strategies. 

• Create and manage cross-team initiatives that leverage resources from many different teams and expertise – including engineering, business, QA, support, and cloud operations.