Guidewire Sr. Business Analyst

Guidewire Sr. Business Analyst



Location: Greenville, South Carolina, United States



Duration: Long Term Contract









Position Description:



The Property & Casualty Insurance team is looking to staff client engagements with skilled Guidewire Business Analysts. We are looking to staff using a combination of existing Property & Casualty Insurance Vertical members and new additions.



This role is located at a client site in Greenville SC. A hybrid working model is acceptable.



Your future duties and responsibilities:



As a senior BA, the person will:





Be reporting into the Program Director for performing business analysis function

Work in a fast paced cross functional agile (Scrum/SAFe) work environment

Lead requirements for Guidewire Policy Center, Integration functions.

Work with client SME to elicit business and technical requirements.

Conduct and facilitate workshops / JAD sessions, etc., with internal and client stake holders; Seek timely approvals from the client SME / stakeholders Gather requirements for External Rating modules and external vendor integrations (Lexis Nexis)

Document requirements specifications for data analysis, data mappings for Guidewire, third party integrations and transformation

Develop functional specifications in the form of User Stories, process flows, use cases, data mappings leveraging tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Rally, etc.,

Conduct user story / sprint demonstrations at the end of sprint / release

Participate in agile sprint ceremonies, daily stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews and retrospective sessions

Conduct end user training by means of workshops, training guides and operation manuals

Work with globally distributed across geographies for the purpose of delivering

Work with internal development, testing teams to support requirements clarifications throughout the project execution

Work with Requirements Manger, Scrum Master and Program Manager for various project activities








Required qualifications to be successful in this role:



Mandatory Skills:





10 - 12 years of experience in delivering wide range of technology solution across Insurance Industry

At least 5-7 years of experience in Guidewire Policy Center, Rating and Integrations

Hands on experience working on Guidewire Advance product designer, data dictionary, underwriting rules framework etc.

Experience in data analysis, data mappings for Guidewire and third-party integrations

Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills

Requirement gathering and business process understanding

Translating business needs into clear functional requirements and user stories

Working closely with business stakeholders, product owners, developers, QA, and architects

Supporting backlog refinement, acceptance criteria definition, and delivery readiness

Bringing practical understanding of Policy Center configuration and business process impacts

Helping bridge the gap between business expectations and technology execution

Contributing domain insight, especially where commercial trucking workflows, policy structures, and underwriting considerations are involved.








Nice to have:





Guidewire Policy Center functional certifications

Agile Certifications (Scrum / SAFe)

Insure Tech enthusiast








Technical Skills:





Guidewire application knowledge (Policy Center, Integrations)

Experience using management tools like Confluence, Jira, Rally, HP ALM

Expertise in using Microsoft Office suite, Visio etc.

Ability to query SQL DB and analyze results

Experience working on XML and JSON structures

Excellent Domain knowledge in Property & Casualty Insurance to understand and analyze the business needs of the customer

Detailed knowledge of Guidewire applications specifically Policy Center and Rating

Experience in documenting specifications for Rating (Rate book, rate table and rate routines),

Experience in data analysis, data mappings for Guidewire and third-party integrations

Expertise in creating functional specifications in the form of User Stories, process flows, use cases, data mappings

Experienced at gathering, defining, and organizing business and functional requirements including acceptance criteria for use by developers and tester to implement and test a functionality

Ability to lead and facilitate the requirements gathering sessions

Eliciting requirements and scope using client interviews, document review, legacy analysis, survey and translating client requirements into agile user stories

Collaboratively work closely with business product owners, Actuaries, Architect, developers and testers to ensure the solution is built in accordance to defined requirements

Identifying, capturing, resolving or escalating risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies

Strong business judgment, leadership and integrity: He/she should be a tenacious decision maker, able to bring a healthy, aggressive, yet responsible approach to business problem

Ability to work in the global delivery model and be a liaison between the client and software development team in the situation across different geographies

Experience in working in fast paced Agile (Scrum/SAFe) and multiple stakeholder environments

Exposure to Insurance Policy Data Conversion

Implementing Guidewire Policy Center - Personal Lines of Business for an US carrier is an asset.