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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.

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