Business Project Senior Analyst

cigna; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

The Cigna Group’s Provider Organization is seeking a Business Analyst to closely work with Portfolio Lead, Business Owners and Product teams to ensure successful agile delivery of initiatives.

You will be part of an energetic team driving innovations to transform provider experience and internal operations, spanning idea inception to delivery, testing and release within value streams.

Strong collaboration and analytical skills are essential to succeed in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in business analysis and agile delivery.
• Experience in Eligibility, Claims, Pre-authorization, Network, Strategy, Finance, or Change management is a plus.
• Analytical thinking to assess complex business processes and identify improvements.
• Excellent facilitation of meetings, workshops, and action tracking.
• Adaptable to fast-paced, change-driven environments with a learning mindset.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business or related field; Master’s is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Identify pain points and opportunities to improve provider or operational experience.
• Analyze and size initiative impact.
• Onboard relevant experts for prioritized initiatives.
• Ensure experts and agile teams collaborate at each step in the agile delivery journey.
• Facilitate agile ceremonies as needed.
• Collaborate with product teams to document actionable business requirements.
• Support discovery sessions led by Product teams.
• Monitor product performance and report insights.
• Assist intake submission process when needed.

Skills

BA experience

Agile delivery

Analytical thinking

Collaboration

Facilitation

Adaptability

Agile mindset

Education

Bachelor’s in Business

Master’s degree asset

Job description

About the team & role

The Business Analyst is a critical team member working closely with the Portfolio Lead, Business owners and the Product teams to ensure successful execution of key initiatives in the Provider Organization. He / she plays a central role in the day to day execution of the Provider Organization agile delivery.

The Business Analyst will be part of a very energetic and enthusiastic team leading innovative initiatives meant to exponentially transform the provider experience and internal operations. He / she will be assigned to Value Streams, offering the candidate an unique position to follow through from idea inception, intake submission, until work breakdown, delivery, testing and release.

A Value Stream is a relatively new agile concept in Cigna used to describe the sequence of steps used to deliver value to the customer (e.g. provider, client, internal employee). It includes the whole sequence to delivery of value and the people who do the work, the systems, and the flow of information and materials. Example: the sum of steps required to pay a provider claim from claim submission until payment and confirmation of payment is released can be a value stream.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with Portfolio Lead and Business Owners in identifying the pain point and potential opportunity to improve the provider or operational experience
• Support analysing and sizing the initiative impact
• For prioritized initiatives, help identify and onboard relevant experts
• Ensure experts and agile delivery teams are connected and collaborate accordingly at each step in the agile delivery journey
• Ensure experts are familiar with agile ceremonies and attend, as and when needed
• Collaborate with product teams to analyse and document business requirements, ensuring they are well-understood and actionable for delivery teams.
• Run analysis, mapping and investigations to support solution design
• Contribute to discovery sessions lead by Product teams
• Drive a culture of learning and adaptation by identifying opportunities for process refinement and actively contributing to agile best practices across teams.
• Work closely with Product teams to monitor and report product performance
• Support the intake submission process as and when needed

Skills and Competencies Required

• 5+ years of experience in business analysis, process engineering, agile delivery, with a strong track record of successful delivery of commitments.
• Experience in one of these areas is a plus: Eligibility, Claims, Pre-authorization, Network, Strategy, Finance, Change management

• Analytical Thinking: Ability to assess complex business processes and identify areas for improvement.
• Collaboration: Works effectively with product teams, agile delivery teams, and subject matter experts to achieve shared goals.
• Excellent facilitation of meetings, workshops, defining clear agenda, writing minutes and following up on actions agreed
• Adaptability: Thrives in fast-paced, change-driven environments and embraces a culture of learning and continuous improvement.
• Agile Mindset and certification are desirable. Understands agile methodologies and actively contributes to agile best practices and ceremonies. Training and coaching will be provided in the role.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or a related field; Master’s degree is an asset.
• Curious to learn, to grown, see the opportunity in the unknown
• Proactive, always on the look out for ways to improve our ways of working
• Was a detective in a previous life, likes to investigate and know the root cause
• Follows through on commitments and is a reliable team member

About The Cigna Group

Cigna Healthcare, a division of The Cigna Group, is an advocate for better health through every stage of life. We guide our customers through the health care system, empowering them with the information and insight they need to make the best choices for improving their health and vitality. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.