Product Analyst

Description

Aspida is a tech-driven, nimble insurance carrier. Backed by Ares Management Corporation, a leading global alternative asset manager, we offer simple and secure retirement solutions and annuity products with speed and precision. More than that, we’re in the business of protecting dreams; those of our partners, our producers, and especially our clients. Our suite of products, available through our elegant and intuitive digital platform, focuses on secure, stable retirement solutions with attractive features and downside protection.

A subsidiary of Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES) acts as the dedicated investment manager, capital solutions and corporate development partner to Aspida. For more information, please visit  or follow them on Linked In.

Sometimes, a group of people come together and create something amazing. They don’t let egos get in the way. They don’t settle for the status quo, and they don’t complain when things get tough. Instead, they see a common vision for the future and each person makes an unspoken commitment to building that future together. That’s the culture, the moxie, and the story of Aspida.

Our business focuses on annuities and life insurance. At first, it might not sound flashy, but that’s why we’re doing things differently than everyone else in our industry. We’re dedicated to developing data-driven tech solutions, providing amazing customer experiences, and applying an entrepreneurial spirit to everything we do. Our work ethic is built on three main tenets:
Get $#!+ Done, Do It with Moxie, and Have Fun. If this sounds like the place for you, read on, and then apply at

Aspida is seeking a Product Analyst to help shape, define, and deliver digital products and business capabilities that support our annuity products, distribution partners, internal operations teams, and end customers. In this role, you will partner closely with Product Managers, technology teams, designers, business stakeholders, and operational teams to turn business objectives and user needs into clear, actionable requirements. You will play a critical role in the product development lifecycle by eliciting requirements, documenting user stories, mapping workflows, analyzing solution options, identifying dependencies, and supporting Agile delivery from discovery through release.

The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, curious, collaborative, and comfortable operating at the intersection of business, technology, and user experience. You should enjoy asking thoughtful questions, organizing complexity, translating ideas into structured documentation, and helping teams deliver high-quality digital experiences.

This role is a great fit for someone with business analysis, product owner, product specialist, or technology delivery experience who wants to grow within a modern product organization. You will work closely with Product Managers and may act as a Product Owner delegate during sprint ceremonies, helping manage backlog readiness, story refinement, acceptance criteria, and delivery execution. This role reports to the Sr.

Director of Product and is required to be onsite at our Durham office 3 days a week.

Product Discovery & Requirements

• Partner with Product Managers to elicit, document, and refine business, functional, and non-functional requirements for digital products, platform capabilities, operational workflows, and system enhancements.
• Translate business objectives, user needs, stakeholder feedback, and product direction into detailed, engineering-ready requirements.
• Facilitate requirements-gathering sessions, stakeholder interviews, process walkthroughs, and working sessions with business, operations, compliance, technology, design, data, and vendor teams.
• Create clear documentation, including business requirements documents, product requirements documents, user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, decision logs, and supporting artifacts.
• Identify edge cases, dependencies, assumptions, risks, open questions, and downstream impacts early in the delivery process.
• Support Product Managers in breaking down larger…