Guidewire PolicyCenter BA

Apt; New Jersey; On-site; USD 95,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Apt is seeking a Guidewire PolicyCenter Business Analyst to support the delivery of PolicyCenter initiatives by translating business requirements into functional solutions. The role emphasizes eliciting needs, documenting user stories, and guiding stakeholders through agile ceremonies in a U.S. context.

The analyst will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure requirements are understood and implemented, while identifying process improvements across the project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience with Standards Based Templates (SBT).
• 8+ years of experience with Workers' Compensation.
• 5+ years of experience in Guidewire PolicyCenter and x centers.

Responsibilities

• Gather, analyse and translate business requirements into functional solutions.
• Create user stories, functional specs and acceptance criteria.
• Facilitate requirements workshops and stakeholder discussions.
• Collaborate with developers, tech leads and QA to ensure alignment with business expectations.
• Support backlog refinement, sprint planning and Agile ceremonies.
• Provide functional guidance on PolicyCenter capabilities and processes.
• Support functional testing, defect investigation and UAT.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement throughout the project lifecycle.

Skills

Standards Based Templates (SBT)

Workers Compensation

Tools

Guidewire PolicyCenter

Job description

The Guidewire PolicyCenter Business Analyst will support the successful delivery of Guidewire PolicyCenter initiatives, ensuring business requirements are effectively gathered, analysed and translated into functional solutions aligned with stakeholder needs.

This will include:

• Engage with business stakeholders to gather, analyse and document business and functional requirements for Guidewire PolicyCenter.
• Translate business requirements into detailed user stories, functional specifications and acceptance criteria to support development activities.
• Facilitate requirements gathering workshops and stakeholder discussions to clarify business needs, processes and priorities.
• Analyse and document PolicyCenter business processes, including submissions, policy changes, renewals and cancellations.
• Collaborate with developers, Technical Leads and QA teams to ensure requirements are understood and implemented in line with business expectations.
• Support backlog refinement, sprint planning and other Agile ceremonies to facilitate the delivery of agreed requirements.
• Provide functional guidance on Guidewire PolicyCenter capabilities, configuration and associated business processes.
• Support functional testing, defect investigation and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) to ensure delivered functionality meets business requirements.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and support the resolution of functional issues throughout the project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• 8+ Experience working with Standards Based Templates (SBT)
• 8+ Experience working with Workers Compensation
• 5+ Experience in Guidewire PolicyCenter and x centeres