Senior Business Analyst
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Job Description - Senior Business Analyst (25AAOT10D20241008)Senior Business AnalystHartford, CT - Stamford, CT - USAWe invent the new to help the world move forward. Combining powerful analytics and deeper insights with bigger ideas and innovative solutions, we free up our clients' potential, thereby fulfilling our own. Take it seriously. Make it fun. Know it matters.Senior Business Analysts bridge the gap between business and IT by being able to communicate effectively with all stakeholders. The Senior Business Analysts will be responsible for supporting an application or multiple applications within a Delivery Team. Core responsibilities include eliciting and documenting business, functional, non-functional, and technical requirements, supporting quality assurance testing and UAT, and triaging incoming issues, defects, and enhancement requests. Senior Business Analysts will also provide senior level support of projects that impact the application(s) they support.Essential Responsibilities:

Elicit, analyze and document complex business requirements: Collaborate with stakeholders to understand their needs, translate them into clear and concise user stories, and ensure that requirements are well defined, prioritized, and aligned with project goals.

Facilitate agile ceremonies and workshops: Lead requirements gathering sessions, backlog refinement meetings, and other agile ceremonies to foster collaboration, drive consensus, and ensure that the team has a shared understanding of the product vision and roadmap.

Manage and groom the product backlog: With the business/product owners, prioritize user stories based on business value, dependencies, and technical feasibility, and continuously refine the backlog to ensure that it remains up to date and aligned with project needs.

Collaborate with development teams and subject matter experts: Work closely with developers, testers, and other team members to understand technical constraints, provide clarification on requirements, and ensure that solutions meet the defined acceptance criteria.

Build and maintain outstanding stakeholder relationships at all levels: Effectively communicate project progress, risks, and issues. Manage stakeholder expectations and address concerns.The Senior Business Analyst reports to the Head of Digital Factory Delivery.Required Skills and Abilities:

Ability to understand general business requirements and implement corresponding technical solutions.

Outstanding technical knowledge of all phases of applications systems analysis.

Ability to work with data and complex systems.

Significant experience in an insurance or technology field.

Experience with multiple SDLC methodologies, particularly Agile principles.

Familiarity with Analyst methodologies (e.g., Use Cases; Business Rule Development; User Interface Specs; Functional Specs).

Excellent interpersonal skills, outstanding communication skills (written and verbal), and team-oriented.

Detail conscious, technically motivated, creative, and user-oriented.

Able to determine and expertly communicate impacts of system functionality and technical approach on performance, scalability, and maintainability.

Ability to manage ambiguity and create accurate project estimates.

Ability to present information in an influencing manner to leadership and all business stakeholders.

Proven planning and organization skills, creating own work schedules, prioritizing workload, preparing in advance, and setting realistic timescales.

Adaptable to new/different strategies, programs, technologies, practices, cultures, etc.Location: US-CT-HartfordJob Field: Information TechnologySchedule: Full-timeJob Type: StandardAXA XL is an Equal Opportunity Employer. #J-18808-Ljbffr