Business Analyst - Real Assets, AVP

State Street•Burlington, MA

4d•$80,000 - $140,000

About The Position

Charles River for Private Markets is seeking a Business Analyst, Real Assets to help execute the strategy and development of its real assets offering. Reporting directly to the Head of Product, this role enhances the infrastructure and real estate product offering and works jointly with product, engineering, and delivery teams to create customer value through the Charles River for Private Markets platform. The Business Analyst will analyze, enhance, and deliver real assets product capabilities across internal teams, customers, and stakeholders. The role represents customer needs, aligns features with business objectives, supports product decisions through customer insights, and communicates the product roadmap to internal and external stakeholders. It also requires coordination across teams to define and deliver product requirements. The ideal candidate has a real assets investment background, strong business acumen, and the communication skills to facilitate executive-level discussions, justify decisions, and advocate for product direction. The position includes travel for client engagements as required, approximately 20%, including internationally.

Requirements

At least 3 years of real estate and/or infrastructure investment management background.
Understanding of the private markets or alternative investment lifecycle, from manager due diligence through investment monitoring, analytics, and reporting.
Ability to work as part of a global, distributed organization.
Highly driven, determined, and business-oriented.
Strong executive presence and sophistication to build credibility with senior professionals and provide leadership, guidance, and direction to a team.
Demonstrated commitment to quality and attention to detail in delivering assigned responsibilities.
Ability to travel as required for client engagements, approximately 20%, including internationally.

Nice To Haves

Enterprise SaaS experience.
Progress toward a CFA or CAIA designation.
Experience using JIRA or other agile development tools.

Responsibilities

Analyze, enhance, and deliver new real assets product enhancements across internal teams, customers, and stakeholders.
Collaborate with existing real asset clients and account managers to represent the voice of the customer.
Ensure features and products are aligned with business objectives.
Lead client calls and workshops to gather customer insights and inform product decisions.
Prioritize, communicate, and support complex and conflicting opportunities and market needs.
Engage with cross-functional heads to align the organization around product execution.
Own communication of the end-to-end real assets product roadmap to internal and external stakeholders.
Work with product teams on timely and complete requirements gathering, definition, decomposition, and design.

Benefits

Retirement savings plan (401K) with company match.
Insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and optional additional coverages.
Paid time off, including vacation, sick leave, short-term disability, and family-care responsibilities.
Employee Assistance Program.
Incentive compensation, including eligibility for annual performance-based awards, with exclusions for certain sales roles.
Eligibility for certain tax-advantaged savings plans.
Paid volunteer days and a matching gift program.
Employee networks.
Flexible work program and work-life support.
Development programs and educational support.