We are seeking a highly experienced Lead Business Analyst with deep expertise in the Insurance Property & Casualty domain, spanning commercial and specialty lines beyond standard commercial property. The ideal candidate will be a strong communicator, fluent in AI prompting, and able to work US Eastern Time hours with some overlap with Europe. You will play a critical role in the Submission Management Platform, collaborating with business and technical stakeholders to drive prompt engineering, business rule creation, and documentation.
Responsibilities
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Collaborate with the client on incoming items, offering feedback on prioritization and ensuring alignment with project leadership
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Develop a strong understanding of the client's business and product landscape, including insurance workflows and requirements
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Review and analyze submission documents to identify patterns that inform prompt creation
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Apply best practices in AI prompt engineering to extract data elements from submission emails
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Translate business requirements into clear, actionable prompts and business rules
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Clarify requirements with business partners at the client within the defined scope
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Create, revise, and maintain business rules and detailed user stories related to prompt engineering and business logic
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Develop placeholders for technical user stories to support comprehensive planning and prioritization
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Take ownership of documentation, user stories, and knowledge transfer related to business logic and prompt engineering
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Set up and manage boards and teams in Azure to track work and assignments
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Support QA and development teams with business context and subject matter expertise, bridging knowledge gaps in insurance topics
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Guide business partners through UAT, analyzing, clarifying, and answering business-related questions
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Organize and facilitate stand-ups, partnering with the Delivery Manager to provide status updates to the client
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Assist with production deployment runbooks and Wiki documentation related to business processes
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Provide first-response triage for production issues, acting as the primary point of contact for business teams
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Create Change Control Board (CCB) requests with detailed business context
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Conduct post-production validation and communicate release notes to business users
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Provide ongoing production support
Requirements
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A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience
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At least one year of experience leading and managing teams
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Deep knowledge of the insurance value chain, particularly from submission through policy issuance, including quoting and binding
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Knowledge of specialty products, especially Excess lines such as Excess Casualty, Professional Liability, Medical Liability, and Products and Contractors
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Ability to facilitate and lead requirement gathering sessions
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Skilled at building relationships with key business stakeholders
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Experience with user story elaboration, backlog refinement, and prioritization, acting in a product owner capacity
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Experience working with development teams to define and deliver end-to-end features
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Ability to define acceptance criteria for user stories and collaborate with QA teams to test features
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Experience providing first-level operational support to business users and underwriters across various segments
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Experience monitoring Teams channels for production issues and performing initial triage
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Fluency in AI prompt engineering and related best practices
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Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills
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Proficiency in creating user stories, business rules, and supporting documentation
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Familiarity with Azure DevOps or similar tools for work tracking and team management
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Ability to support QA, UAT, and production processes using business expertise
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English proficiency at B2 level or higher, with strong written and verbal communication skills
Nice to have
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Experience using GenAI tools for requirement management
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Strong planning and organizing skills
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Familiarity with Scrum practices
We offer
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International projects with top brands
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Work with global teams of highly skilled, diverse peers
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Healthcare benefits
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Employee financial programs
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Paid time off and sick leave
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Upskilling, reskilling and certification courses
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Unlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning library and 22,000+ courses
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Global career opportunities
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Volunteer and community involvement opportunities
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EPAM Employee Groups
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