Senior Business Analyst - Direct Venture

Wawanesa; Canada; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Leave top-up

Generous vacation

Pension plan

Job summary

The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company in Canada is actively seeking a Senior Business Analyst for its Direct Venture team. The role focuses on shaping business analysis for a new direct insurer, bridging member experiences with processes, rules and capabilities.

You will connect members, the business and technology, turning ideas into tangible outcomes through detailed analysis, backlog shaping, and collaboration with Product Owners and delivery teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business or related field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of business analysis experience in agile delivery environments.
• Strong facilitation, communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex business analysis across multiple processes and areas.
• Plan and facilitate workshops, interviews and walkthroughs.
• Analyze current and future state processes using data and insights.
• Define rules, epics, user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Collaborate with legal, compliance, risk and controls to capture requirements.
• Align stakeholders and communicate intents, dependencies and trade-offs.
• Support Product Owners in backlog refinement and prioritization.
• Serve as primary contact for business questions and impact assessments.
• Raise risks and issues early and inform stakeholders of progress.
• Coordinate business acceptance testing and measure success post-implementation.
• Identify process impacts and support change management and readiness.
• Coach junior analysts and contribute to BA standards and templates.

Skills

Business analysis

Agile delivery

Facilitation

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business

Tools

Jira

Confluence

AI-assisted tools

Job description

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Senior Business Analyst - Direct Venture

Job ID:10458

Employment Type:New Role

Work Environment: We offer a hybrid work environment that offers flexibility to our employees in balancing in‑office (2 days per week OR 15 hours per week in a Wawanesa office) and remote work.You may work from any of the following locations: Winnipeg, MB; Wawanesa, MB; Vancouver, BC; Calgary, AB; Edmonton, AB; Lethbridge, AB; Toronto (North York), ON; Kitchener, ON; Ottawa, ON; Montreal, QC; Quebec City, QC, Moncton, NB; Dartmouth; NS.

Working Business Language: English. This role is considered a head-office role and will be required to communicate with internal stakeholders across Canada where the primary business language utilized is English.

Salary: At Wawanesa, salary is only one component of a holistic, comprehensive and competitive offering that we provide to our employees. In addition to salary, full‑time and part‑time permanent employees are eligible for an annual bonus plan, leave of absence top‑up programs and provided with generous vacation time, personal days, premium free benefits and pension plan.

The salary offered for this role is determined with consideration to various factors, including but not limited to: your work location, local labour market conditions, external market salary data, internal pay equity and the knowledge, skills, experience and anticipated proficiency in the role. The salary offered is estimated to be within the following range: $100,000- $120,000. Candidates with salary expectations outside of the range are still encouraged to apply.

About The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company
Founded in 1896, The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company is one of Canada’s largest mutual insurers, fully owned by its more than 1.8 million members. Headquartered in Winnipeg, Wawanesa is the parent company of WSI™, a specialty insurer delivering tailored solutions built around unique needs; Wawanesa Life, a provider of life insurance products; and Western Financial Group, a leading national distributor of personal and commercial insurance.

Wawanesa is committed to helping communities thrive in a changing world. The company invests more than $4 million annually in charitable initiatives, including $2.5 million each year to support people and communities on the front lines of climate change. Learn more at wawanesa.com.

We are currently seeking dedicated, driven, and enthusiastic individuals who thrive in a dynamic environment, embrace change, and are eager to gain diverse experience while advancing their careers as part of a growing team.

Job Overview

We’re building something new. Want to help turn ideas into reality?

Our Direct Venture team at Wawanesa is growing, and we’re looking for multiple Business Analysts to join us. You’ll have the opportunity to help design how a new direct insurer works, from the member experience through to the processes, rules and capabilities that make it all happen.

We’re looking for people who are naturally curious, love solving problems and aren’t afraid to dig into the details. You’ll connect the dots between members, the business and technology, helping take an idea from “what if?” to something real.

The Senior Business Analyst ensures business processes and syste ms are built on a clear, shared understanding of business and member needs. Partnering with Product Owners and delivery teams, the role leads analysis for complex initiatives, shapes and refines the backlog, and maintains business intent from discovery through implementation. The incumbent also serves as a resource to analysts and supported business areas.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead business analysis for complex initiatives spanning multiple processes, systems, or business areas, working independently through ambiguity.
• Plan and facilitate workshops, interviews, and process walkthroughs with stakeholders and subject matter experts.
• Analyze current- and future-state processes using member feedback, journey insights, and operational data to identify gaps and improvement opportunities.
• Define business rules, epics, user stories, and clear, testable acceptance criteria in partnership with business owners.
• Work with legal, compliance, risk, and control partners to identify requirements early and ensure they are reflected in delivery.
• Facilitate alignment when stakeholder needs conflict and communicate business intent, recommendations, dependencies, and trade-offs.
• Support Product Owners in shaping, refining, and prioritizing the backlog and breaking initiatives into delivery‑ready features and stories.
• Serve as a primary contact for business questions, resolving ambiguity and assessing the impact of new requests and changes.
• Raise risks, issues, and dependencies early and keep stakeholders informed of progress and decisions.
• Confirm solutions meet acceptance criteria and business intent; plan and coordinate business acceptance testing.
• Define success measures and review member and operational results after implementation to confirm intended outcomes.
• Identify impacts to processes, procedures, and roles, and support change management, training, and operational readiness.
• Coach less experienced analysts and contribute to business analysis standards, templates, and continuous improvement.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5+ years of business analysis experience, including work in agile delivery environments with Product Owners and delivery teams.
• Experience analyzing requirements for complex business systems and processes.
• Strong facilitation, analytical thinking, communication, stakeholder management, and problem‑solving skills.
• Proficiency with tools such as Jira and Confluence and comfort using AI‑assisted tools in day‑to‑day work.
• Experience in property and casualty insurance or another regulated financial services environment is an asset.
• Business analysis certification (e.g., CBAP or CCBA) or insurance designation (e.g., CIP) is an asset.

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Diversity Equity, Inclusion& Belonging
At Wawanesa, we are committed to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) and believe that our strength lies in the diversity of our people – this is supported by having a representative workforce.

We welcome applications from all qualified candidates, including racialized persons, women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, gender-diverse and neurodiverse individuals, and anyone who can contribute to the further diversification of thought and ideas.

We aim to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all candidates. If you require accommodations during any stage of the recruitment process, please reach out in confidence to [e-mail] .

Please note that the recruitment process for this position may involve the use of AI tools to screen, assess, or select applicants. All final decisions are taken or reviewed by human recruiters and human hiring leaders in compliance with all applicable legislation.