Start Date : November 15, – June 30,
Term : 7.5 Months
Extension option(s) : 6 Months
Must Haves :
- 10+ years experience in business analysis with a focus on insurance, accounts, claims
- 10+ years facilitating agreement between several stakeholders with different opinions to obtain business requirements
- 7+ years in an Agile environment with exposure to SCRUM, and Lean methodologies
Nice to Have :
Experience with Guidewire products, specifically, Policy Centre and Billing CentreResponsibilities
Provide support to the technical teams and business clients throughout the enterprise by conducting in-depth analysis.Maintain effective working relationships with the business to discuss and resolve issues, understand and document current state and business and system processes, identify future needs and opportunities to fully support business data and report needs.Participate in daily SCRUMs, forums, product demos and working groups varying in scope and complexityWork on business requirement documentation, system requirements, system use cases, user stories, reports and presentation materials.Provide input / feedback for Sprint planningFill SCRUM master role if requiredPerform testing activities as per defined Sprints schedulePerform other related duties as assigned or required.Knowledge & Skills
Working with Agile practices and associated skills including user story writing and defining user acceptance criteriaWorking with Guidewire products, specifically, Policy Centre and Billing CentreAnalyze a broadly-defined area and using functional decomposition to define high-level epics and storiesCreate a well-organized, value-driven framework to provide the required business value in the Product Backlog.Write individual stories that are very clear and concise and are easy to understand and implement by the development team.Identify related user stories and epics, group them into themes as necessary and document the interrelationship and associated business process flowsAbility to understand complex technical concepts and present them in simple terms to non technical team members and clients.Proven experience with end-to-end business process mapping, business and technical requirements analysis, business planning, modeling, verification and methodology and product development.Strong communication, interpersonal, and presentation skillsAnalytical, evaluation and problem-solving skills, to assess client requirements and translate these into functional and information documentation (e.g. re process / IT requirements and changes).Skills include conflict management, negotiation and facilitation skills to assist in resolving issues, diffuse conflicts and handle escalated sensitive issues from team members and to alert project sponsors of serious repercussions.