Lead IT Business Analyst – Annuity Distribution & Sales Platforms

# Lead IT Business Analyst – Annuity Distribution & Sales Platforms Cedar Rapids, IAFull-Time# Lead IT Business Analyst – Annuity Distribution & Sales Platforms Cedar Rapids, IAFull-Time Mar 13, 2026

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** Job Family
** IT - Business Analysis At Transamerica, hard work, innovative thinking, and personal accountability are qualities we honor and reward. We understand the potential of leveraging the talents of a diverse workforce. We embrace an environment where employees enjoy a balance between their careers, families, communities, and personal interests.

Ultimately, we appreciate the uniqueness of a company where talented professionals work collaboratively in a positive environment — one focused on helping people look forward and plan for the best life possible while providing tools and solutions that make it easier to get there.
** Who We Are
** We believe everyone deserves to live their best life. More than a century ago, we were among the first financial services companies in America to serve everyday people from all walks of life.

Today, we’re part of an international holding company, with millions of customers and thousands of employees worldwide. Our insurance, retirement, and investment solutions help people make the most of what’s important to them.

We’re empowered by a vast agent network covering North America, with diversity to match. Together with our nonprofit research institute and foundation, we tune in, step up, and are a force for good — for our customers and the communities where we live, work, and play. United in our purpose, we help people create the financial freedom to live life on their terms.
** What We Do
** Transamerica is organized into three distinct businesses. These include
1) World Financial Group, including Transamerica Financial Advisors,
2) Protection Solutions and Savings & Investments, comprised of life insurance, annuities, employee benefits, retirement plans, and Transamerica Investment Solutions, and
3) Financial Assets, which includes legacy blocks of long term care, universal life, and variable and fixed annuities. These are supported by Transamerica Corporate, which includes Finance, People and Places, General Counsel, Risk, Internal Audit, Strategy and Development, and Corporate Affairs, which covers Communications, Brand, and Government and Policy Affairs.

Transamerica employs nearly 7,000 people. It’s part of Aegon, an integrated, diversified, international financial services group serving approximately 23.9 million customers worldwide.  For more information, visit .
** Job Description Summary
** The Lead IT Business Analyst serves as the primary business analysis and solution partner for agent facing Go To Market (GTM) platforms that support annuity sales, education, illustration, automation, and downstream processing. This role owns end to end business analysis across user experience, calculations, integrations, automation, and batch workflows to ensure tools meet agent needs, product rules, and operational standards.
** Job Description
**** Responsibilities
* *** Business & Systems Analysis Leadership
*** Lead requirements elicitation, analysis, and documentation for agent‐facing annuity sales platforms, including illustration, education, automation, and workflow tools.
* Translate annuity product rules (e.g., FIA, RILA, VA) and sales workflows into clear functional and non‐functional requirements.
* Define current‐state and future‐state process flows, system interactions, and data flows across UI, APIs, batch processes, and automation.
* Act as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and technology teams to ensure shared understanding and alignment on outcomes.
** Agent Experience & Platform Ownership
*** Own the end‐to‐end business analysis for assigned GTM platforms, ensuring solutions deliver a consistent, intuitive, and efficient agent experience.
* Partner with UX, product, and engineering teams to validate usability, workflow efficiency, and functional completeness.
* Ensure alignment across multiple tools and channels used by agents throughout the annuity sales process.
** Technical & Solution Collaboration
*** Collaborate closely with…