Principal Business Analyst – IT

Principal Business Analyst – IT page is loaded## Principal Business Analyst – IT locations:
Atlanta, Georgia, USAtime type:
Full time posted on:
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End Date:
February 28, 2026 (11 days left to apply) job requisition :
834631

Job Posting End Date:
February 27

Our Fortune 500 company is driving a digital transformation and looking for forward-thinking innovators to disrupt how our industry thinks about and uses technology. As one of the world's leading employee benefits providers, we help millions of people gain affordable access to benefits that help them protect their families, their finances and their futures.

We are seeking individuals to join our team of talented IT professionals who share never-ending passion and an unwavering focus on our customer experience. Team members comfortable working in an agile, fast-paced, and delivery-focused environment thrive in our environment where we value an entrepreneurial spirit and those who challenge the status-quo.

Unum is changing, and we’re excited about what’s next. Join us.## General

Summary:

Unum Group seeks Principal Business Analysts in Atlanta, GA.Applicants who are interested in this position may apply at  () for consideration.
* Responsible for the creation and maintenance of an annual or bi-annual capability roadmap for that domain consisting of the highest priority business deliverables
* Responsible for the realization of capabilities as features on product backlogs
* Collaborates with the business leaders, IT Leadership, Chief Product Owner(s) and Product Owner(s) to ensure the capabilities deliver the expected return on investment and are prioritized accordingly
* Collaborates with architects to create digital business capabilities that are innovative and highly capable. May be involved in the definition of external partnership engagement/agreements.
* Co-ordinates or participates in tool, technology and service selection, risk assessments and sun setting in conjunction with technical and business stakeholders ensuring consistency with existing business needs and architectural sustainability.
* Leads discussions with Business Analysts, Product Owners, Leaders of Agile Teams and the corresponding management and teams to ensure alignment of priorities. Helps team translate strategic themes and roadmaps to tangible deliverables which can become backlog items
* Promotes the development of a strong customer experience
* Provides coaching and mentoring for Senior Business Analysts and Business Analysts and ensures consistency of business analyst artifacts and quality of business analysis. Develops and presents business cases for high level initiatives for approval, funding and prioritization
* Takes responsibility for Business strategy for that domain through analysis and ensures that feature definitions will deliver the capabilities identified on the short to midterm roadmap
* Collaborates with Test Engineers to define and articulate capability acceptance criteria
* May serve in a Scrum Master role for an agile team
* Effective facilitation of cross team priorities and alignment of short term priorities
* Completes business architecture deliverables as part of broad capability team to ensure clarity of direction
* Optimizes the user experience across multiple business applications including cloud/third party solutions

Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business Analytics, Systems Architecture, or a related field plus 5 years of related experience. Requires 5 years of experience with the following:
Analyzing and supporting business applications across multiple platforms including mainframe, distributed systems, and cloud-based environments;
Working with insurance-related systems such as policy administration, product configuration, billing, claims processing, and reporting platforms;
Business process analysis and mapping across at least 5 distinct enterprise systems, including integration points and data flow between systems;
Defining and implementing business rules and global configurations for quoting, underwriting, and proposal generation systems;
Coordinating with solution architects and technical teams to define…