IT Business Analyst

Location:

Madison, WI (Hybrid Preferred) or New York, NY (Hybrid Preferred) | Remote U.S.

Job Type: Contract (6 Months with Likely Extensions)

Our client is seeking an experienced Business Analyst / Product Owner to support a large-scale Reinsurance Modernization initiative. This is a highly visible role that combines senior-level business analysis with project leadership, requiring an individual who can confidently engage executive stakeholders, lead reporting work streams, and drive successful delivery of complex business initiatives. The ideal candidate has extensive experience within reinsurance and property & casualty (P&C) insurance, excels in Agile environments, and has a proven track record of leading business-driven projects from requirements gathering through implementation.

• Lead business analysis activities by gathering, documenting, and validating business requirements with senior business and IT stakeholders.
• Serve as the liaison between business partners, project teams, and IT to ensure successful delivery of functional and technical solutions.
• Lead the reporting workstream, ensuring deliverables remain on schedule and aligned with project objectives.
• Facilitate stakeholder meetings including requirements sessions, project updates, demos, user training, testing, and executive status reporting.
• Translate business needs into user stories, acceptance criteria, process documentation, and technical requirements.
• Manage reporting requirement inventories, prioritize work, and track progress using JIRA.
• Coordinate with development teams to ensure solutions meet business objectives and reporting requirements.
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT), defect triage, issue resolution, and production readiness.
• Maintain comprehensive project documentation, version control, and reporting artifacts.
• Promote process improvements, reporting automation, and scalable self-service reporting capabilities.
• Collaborate with onshore and offshore teams to remove roadblocks and ensure timely project execution.
• Communicate project risks, milestones, and progress updates to executive leadership and project sponsors.

• 5+ years of Business Analysis and/or Product Owner experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading business-driven projects in Agile environments.
• Extensive experience within Reinsurance (required).
• Working knowledge of Property & Casualty (P&C) Insurance.
• Proven ability to lead reporting work streams and communicate project updates to executive leadership.
• Strong requirements elicitation, process analysis, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working closely with both business and technical teams throughout the project lifecycle.
• Experience using JIRA and Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with strong presentation abilities.
• Highly organized, self‑motivated professional capable of managing multiple priorities independently.
• Experience with Duck Creek and Power BI is a plus.

• Experience supporting insurance modernization or digital transformation initiatives.
• Background in reporting, analytics, or insurance operations.
• Experience coordinating globally distributed project teams.
• Previous consulting or contract experience within enterprise insurance organizations.

Join a high-profile modernization initiative within a global insurance organization. Work alongside experienced business and technology leaders on a strategic enterprise program. Opportunity to lead impactful business analysis and reporting initiatives with executive visibility.

Collaborative, Agile environment focused on innovation and continuous improvement. Long-term contract with strong potential for extension based on performance.