Business Analyst, Life Product Technology MM34299213 12 Month Contract Hybrid in Springfield, MA The Opportunity As a Business Analyst you will be responsible for collaborating with stakeholders and the project team to understand, assess, recommend, and implement business process solutions that facilitate, improve and/or streamline existing business processes. Primary responsibilities: Understand, document, and maintain business requirements, including existing challenges/issues, and success criteria Assess feasibility with the project team and facilitate solutioning efforts Provide guidance to stakeholders on solution options Drive successful execution of the end-to-end lifecycle Provide status updates to stakeholders and project leadership team The Team As a member of our team, you will work alongside other Developers, Project Managers, Scrum Experts, Solution Architects, Delivery Leads, Stakeholders and many other roles to implement new product as well as product enhancements across diverse product portfolio. The Impact Accountability: Be the Subject matter expert for product and build partnerships with business stakeholders Business Acumen: Understand the end-to-end processes, including cross functional impacts and dependencies. Inclusion: Lead Use Case formulation, document functional/non-functional requirements, share industry best practices and knowledge, use your personal expertise to educate our business processes and requirements Resilience: Understand the impacts to admin system while planning appropriately for changes with prioritizations. Leading Others : Collaborate closely with other business areas and lend tactical support as needed with peer teams. Agility: Coordinate/Collaborate across Product, enterprise technology, and other business units, as appropriate. The Minimum Qualifications Bachelor's degree 5+ years of experience in Life Insurance Ideal Qualifications Authorized to work in the US without sponsorship, now or in the future. Strong understanding of Financial Services (life insurance and retail annuities) Technical liaison between business partners, IT Team, and applicable third-party vendors Ability to brainstorm and research/resolve issues creatively to meet objectives and long-term strategy Ability to represent as a leader in both a business and technology capacity Must be a self-starter and comfortable working autonomously and with ambiguity Ability to work with senior management, business, and IT areas to influence decision making Strong multi-tasking skills and ability to adapt to change Ability to proactively take ownership of projects and drive to completion Identify and support process improvements that provide business value Detail-oriented with demonstrated oral and written communication skills What to Expect as Part of the Team Regular meetings across Product technology team Focused one-on-one meetings with your manager Access to mentorship opportunities Networking opportunities including access to Asian, Hispanic/Latinx, African American, women, LGBTQ, veteran and disability-focused Business Resource Groups Access to learning content on Degreed and other informational platforms Your ethics and integrity will be valued by a company with a strong and stable ethical business with industry leading pay and benefits