Business Analyst

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* Job Title:

** Sr Business Analyst

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* Location:

** Remote (US)

** Pay Range:**  $60-$65/hr

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** 9-12 Month Contract (potential extension/conversion)

** Position Summary*
* A member of an Agile Development team, the Senior Business Analyst brings value to an organization by ensuring strategic alignment between business needs and technical solutions, successfully delivering high-quality products. The Senior Business Analyst fosters strong stakeholder relationships and collaborates with business partners to define product features necessary to support their needs and deliver value to their customers. The role is responsible for product development through the software development lifecycle.

This Senior Business Analyst leads discussions with business partners to elicit requirements and supports the development team in understanding the expected outcome and the value of the product being requested. This role will create user stories, delivery roadmaps, user journey mappings and other documents, leveraging different techniques to support the delivery of the most viable product. This role leads scope definition and management, and prioritization conversations and will perform analysis of processes and systems to help drive these discussions.

Their effective leadership and organizational skills are critical to the timely and efficient completion of maintenance, enhancement and large-scale initiatives. This role will provide leadership and at times executive level summaries of product status, scope and value.

The Senior Business Analyst will be a champion for all established processes, including Agile Scrum and Agile methodologies, and will support the rollout of future process improvements. The role will promote best practices within the technical team, and is responsible for Sprint Reviews, providing system demonstrations, incorporating feedback and preparing release communications. Additionally, their deep understanding of the specialty insurance market enables them to develop innovative solutions that address unique risks and challenges, driving overall business success.

** Responsibilities*
* · Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including business leaders, customers, and development teams.

· Conduct detailed business analysis to identify and understand the business needs of stakeholders.

· Leverage knowledge of business objectives, products, workflows, processes, and industry trends to help the team develop innovative solutions that deliver value to end users and address unique risks and challenges.

· Define and communicate actionable product vision, strategy, and roadmap to both business and delivery teams, collaborating closely to ensure design solutions that deliver value to the end user and ensure timely, accurate product delivery.

· Develop and document business requirements, personas, use cases, user journey mappings, wireframes or other needed documentation to facilitate discussions and document the product.

· Maintain a Product Backlog that is refined, prioritized, and ready for delivery team consumption.

· Facilitate team effectiveness by answering questions, providing clarification and assisting delivery team members with their understanding of the request and the expected outcome.

· Ensure the Acceptance Criteria is defined for each story.

· Lead successful product delivery using Agile frameworks across maintenance, enhancements, and major initiatives, promoting best practices, continuous improvement, and effective collaboration with employees and vendor partners.

· Build upon knowledge of the company's business environment and how assigned business and/or service units contribute to the company's strategic objectives.

· Maintain current knowledge of insurance industry developments and stay updated with the latest trends and developments in the market.

· Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and industry standards.

· Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support the implementation of solutions.

· Gather and incorporate feedback from customers and stakeholders to continuously improve the product.

· Track and report on project progress, helping to identify…