Lead Business Functional Analyst, AVP

Position Overview

Job Title: Lead Business Functional Analyst, AVP

Location: Pune, India

Role Description

We are looking for a dynamic and visionary Lead Business Functional Analyst (AVP), who can own our product features endtoend-from defining the scope to delivering measurable value. In this leadership role, you will shape the product strategy, maintain a clear and actionable roadmap, and drive highquality delivery across crossfunctional teams.
You will also work closely with business, technology, and control partners to bring impactful solutions to life while fostering a collaborative, outcomeoriented culture. This is an opportunity to influence decisionmaking and contribute meaningfully to Deutsche Bank's mission of creating worldclass AntiFinancial Crime (AFC) technology.
Deutsche Bank Technology is a global team of highly skilled technologists working across multiple hubs. Our mission is to engineer innovative, secure, and scalable solutions at the forefront of financial services. We deeply value technical excellence, diverse talent, and a culture of continuous learning.
Within this organisation, AFC Technology builds and maintains the essential tools that help Deutsche Bank prevent, detect, and mitigate financial crime. We enable the global AFC function by delivering systems aligned to stringent regulatory requirements and robust riskmanagement standards.

What we'll offer you

As part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that you'll enjoy,

Best in class leave policy.
Gender neutral parental leaves
100% reimbursement under childcare assistance benefit (gender neutral)
Sponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education
Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members
Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents
Accident and Term life Insurance
Complementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above

Your key responsibilities

Your role will include management and leadership responsibilities, such as:

Owning and managing the product backlog, leading the refinement process and owning the value realisation and measurement for product goals through various metrics and KPIs
Collaborating with developers, QA, and business stakeholders to gather requirement, drive development of the solution, managing dependencies across teams and value streams, and to help align teams against a common vision
Ongoing management and analysis of the product in the marketplace, definition and development of future releases and manage the business case for change initiatives
Conducting detailed data analysis to support decision-making, validate requirements, troubleshoot issues, and define minimal viable products (MVP)
Writing and maintaining 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. Ensure that documentation is accurate, up-to-date, and accessible to relevant stakeholders
Employing data querying and analytical techniques to support the understanding of data and creation of reports and actionable intelligence.
Guiding and supporting a small team, providing coaching, feedback, and task coordination

Your skills and experience

Over 10+ years of handson 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-APIs, data flows, data models, multitier systems, and integration challenges
Demonstrated excellence in product backlog management and experience working with cloud or hybrid platforms
Strong working proficiency on tools like Jira, Confluence, Big-query, programming languages (including Python, SQL), for Cloud / Big Data environment
Strong understanding of data governance, data quality, master/reference data management
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to interact confidently with senior stakeholders and technical teams
Proven ability to work independently in a fastpaced environment and lead junior team members
Ownership mindset with a focus on delivering high-quality, production-ready solutions.
Excellent communication and documentation skills, with demonstrable ability to interface and converse at both junior and senior level and with both technical and non-IT staff

How we'll support you

Training and development to help you excel in your career
Coaching and support from experts in your team
A culture of continuous learning to aid progression
A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs

About us and our teams

Please visit our company website for further information:

We strive for a in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.
Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.
We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.