Product Analyst - Product Lifecycle Management (Quote-to-Bill)

Details

Bloomberg's Quote-to-Bill (Q2B) organization supports the systems, processes, and controls that enable Bloomberg to bring products to market, establish commercial relationships, and manage the lifecycle of those relationships at scale.

The Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) team partners across Product, Engineering, Sales, Finance, Legal, Compliance, Commercial Execution, and other business functions to ensure products, commercials, workflows, and operational processes work together effectively throughout the Quote-to-Bill lifecycle.

The team focuses on reducing risk, strengthening controls, improving operational efficiency, and creating a more seamless experience for stakeholders across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and document end-to-end Quote-to-Bill workflows, business processes, and system interactions.
• Gather, clarify, and document business requirements for product enhancements and process improvements.
• Create and maintain current-state and future-state workflow documentation, process maps, user journeys, and business requirements.
• Identify workflow friction, operational inefficiencies, process gaps, control weaknesses, and operational risks.
• Assess the operational impact of new products, product enhancements, and commercial changes, including workflow implications, dependencies, risks, and required process updates.
• Evaluate the impact of proposed product, commercial, and process changes on upstream and downstream workflows, systems, controls, and stakeholder experiences.
• Partner with Product Owners to translate business needs and workflow analysis into user stories, requirements, acceptance criteria, and product recommendations.
• Analyze operational issues and stakeholder feedback to identify root causes and distinguish tactical issues from broader product or process opportunities.
• Support document management, document processing, product onboarding, ordering workflow setup, and related process changes across the Quote-to-Bill lifecycle.
• Support product discovery by helping teams understand user needs, business impacts, workflow dependencies, and process constraints.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Finance, Legal, Compliance, Sales, and Operations teams to align requirements and support delivery.
• Participate in testing, validation, and rollout activities.
• Use operational data, workflow analysis, and stakeholder insights to support prioritization, roadmap planning, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• High attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
• Experience gathering requirements and documenting business processes and workflows.
• Ability to analyze complex processes and identify inefficiencies, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Experience translating business needs into requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to build strong relationships across business and technology teams.
• Comfort working in ambiguous environments with evolving priorities and requirements.
• Curiosity about how products, systems, processes, and operational workflows connect across an organization.
• Experience in Product Analysis, Business Analysis, Product Operations, Commercial Operations, Revenue Operations, Contract Operations, or related disciplines is desirable.
• Experience documenting workflows, process maps, business requirements, and user journeys is desirable.
• Experience identifying process risks, control gaps, and opportunities for operational improvement is desirable.
• Experience supporting product discovery, backlog management, roadmap planning, or product delivery activities is desirable.
• Experience using operational data, issue trends, and user feedback to inform product decisions is desirable.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams across business and technology organizations is desirable.
• Familiarity with enterprise platforms supporting product onboarding, commercial operations, contracting, billing, subscriptions, or related business processes is desirable.

Benefits

Benefits may include merit increases, incentive compensation for exempt roles, paid holidays, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, short- and long-term disability benefits, 401(k) matching, life insurance, and wellness programs.