- 7+ years of business analysis experience in Property and casualty insurance industry
- Strong Technology experience with policy administration solutions, Guidewire experience is a plus
- Experienced with SAFe Agile SCRUM methodology and business analysis methodologies; working knowledge of business analysis documentation standards.
- Hands-on experience writing user stories is required.
- Knowledge and experience leveraging both IT solutions and business process improvements.
- Experience operating and interfacing with business management, including negotiation and presentation skills.
- Proven track record of creating clear, concise deliverables that reflect a deep understanding of business needs and the out of the box software functionality.
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Understands communication channels and escalates appropriately.
- Experience supervising small teams.
- Strong initiative; able to self-manage. Comfortable with ambiguity and able to work through it to get the right things done.
- Must be able to see tasks through to completion without significant guidance.
- Personal time management skills and ability to meet individual and team deadlines.
Duties and responsibilities:-
- Lead requirements definition for complex projects. Identify and translate business needs into clearly defined requirements, and create documentation inclusive of business use cases, process flows, data flows, traceability matrices and report mock-ups.
- Plan, facilitate, and conduct requirements gathering sessions, meetings, and presentations.
- Lead review sessions for completed business/functional requirements with key business users focused on gaining consensus and final business approval.
- Build strong relationships within the business units and support functions to understand the business needs.
- Collaborate with development and testing teams to provide subject matter expertise as needed
- Participate in all needed SAFe Agile ceremonies