Lead Business Analyst - Financial Services

Epam Systems; Hyderabad, Chennai District, Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,400,000 - 3,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Epam Systems in Hyderabad seeks a Lead Business Analyst to lead requirements gathering and product discovery for Wealth Management initiatives. You will translate vision into epics, stories, and acceptance criteria while aligning stakeholders and maintaining backlog clarity.

The role requires 10-15 years industry experience with 8+ years in business analysis, a CS degree, and a product ownership background to drive business outcomes and effective stakeholder communication.

Qualifications

• 10–15 years of industry experience with 8+ years in business analysis and requirements management.
• Bachelor's degree in CS; master's is a plus.
• Product management background with ownership experience.
• Domain experience in financial services, preferably wealth management.
• Strong business judgment and client viewpoint representation.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with onsite product owner to align on vision and roadmap.
• Identify and specify product capabilities, features, and functions.
• Create epics and stories with success criteria.
• Detail stories with business logic and outcomes.
• Control scope and prioritize epics and stories.
• Join sprint reviews and provide feedback.
• Capture feedback and prioritize backlog items.
• Support incident triaging as needed.
• Serve as go-to contact for business questions.

Skills

Business analysis

Requirements management

Product ownership

Financial services domain

Communication

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science

Master's in Computer Science (plus)

Job description

We are hiring a Lead Business Analyst to lead requirements and product discovery in Financial Services, ideally within Wealth Management initiatives. You will translate vision into epics, stories, and acceptance criteria while aligning stakeholders and keeping scope and priorities clear in the backlog.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the onsite proxy product owner to align on product vision and product roadmap
• Identify and specify product capabilities, features, and functions
• Create epics and stories and define their success criteria
• Detail stories with business logic and targeted business outcomes
• Control product scope and prioritize capabilities, epics, and stories
• Join sprint review demos and deliver feedback to the team
• Capture feedback and ensure it is incorporated and prioritized in the backlog
• Support incident triaging as needed
• Act as the go-to contact for business questions and clarifications

Requirements

• Broad industry experience (10-15 years total), with 8+ years focused on business analysis and requirements management
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a similar discipline; master's degree in computer science is a plus
• Product management background with experience supporting product ownership
• Domain experience in financial services, preferably in wealth management
• Sound business judgment and ability to represent business and end client viewpoints
• Strong communication and presentation abilities