Lead Business Analyst
Bowhead Specialty · New York, NY · Today
Information TechnologyFull-time
Duties And Responsibilities
- Support P&C insurance product, policy administration, claims, billing, data, and reporting initiatives.
- Partner closely with Product and Claims leadership to gather, reconcile, document, and validate business requirements.
- Translate business needs into clear, actionable requirements for technology and operational teams.
- Review and interpret P&C insurance documentation, including Declarations, Schedules, Coverage Forms, Endorsements, and related reports.
- Document product rules, workflows, data needs, system impacts, and operational requirements across policy administration, claims, billing, data, and reporting functions.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Product, Claims, Underwriting, Actuarial, Finance, Data, Reporting, IT, and Compliance.
- Identify gaps between business needs, current system capabilities, downstream reporting, and operational processes.
- Support delivery activities, including user story development, acceptance criteria, process documentation, UAT planning, test scenario development, defect review, business validation, and implementation readiness.
- Track assigned work, issues, dependencies, and deliverables in JIRA or a similar project tracking tool.
- Provide guidance to junior analysts on requirements quality, documentation standards, and best business analysis practices.
Required Qualifications And Experience
- Bachelor’s degree with 5-10 years' experience in the Property & Casualty industry.
- Minimum of 5 years of Business Analyst experience.
- Strong P&C insurance product knowledge.
- Experience supporting policy administration, claims, billing, data, or reporting initiatives.
- Ability to interpret P&C insurance documentation and translate it into business and system requirements.
- Experience writing business requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, business rules, and process documentation.
- Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with business and technical teams.
- Experience supporting testing, UAT, defect review, and implementation readiness.
Preferred Qualifications And Experience
- Experience with insurance policy administration and claims systems.
- Experience with INow (Guidewire), or similar insurance technology platforms.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum delivery environments.
- Experience supporting system implementations, product configuration, data/reporting initiatives, or operational process improvements.
- Active or prior producer license preferred.
- SQL, Jira, MS Office proficiency.
Pay
$120k - $145k based on experience, plus bonus.