Innovation & AI Tech Business Analyst (Hybrid)

gaig; Cincinnati (OH); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) plan with company match

Paid time off and holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Commuter benefits

Job summary

Great American Insurance Group is hiring a Technical Business Analyst to join the Emerging Technology & Innovation team. This hybrid role blends business insight, technical analysis, and product direction to identify opportunities in AI, automation, cognitive intelligence, IoT, and digital image forensics.

You will translate ideas into backlog items, support PoVs and pilots, and guide concepts into scalable business capabilities and enterprise solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems, Business Analytics, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Coursework or certifications in business analysis, product management, agile methodologies, or user-centered design are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Engage business stakeholders to understand workflows, challenges, and opportunities for technology-enabled improvement.
• Research emerging technologies, vendor capabilities, and market trends to identify practical innovation opportunities.
• Translate broad ideas into clear problem statements, opportunity briefs, user stories, process flows, and actionable backlog items.
• Lead opportunities from initial concept and Proof of Value (PoV) through evaluation, business case development, and transition into scalable product, platform, and operational solutions.
• Continuously monitor emerging technology trends, startup ecosystems, vendor innovation, and industry developments while helping maintain and evolve the Emerging Technology Radar to support strategic planning and investment decisions.
• Partner with product, engineering, architecture, data, automation, vendor, and business teams to define MVP scope, requirements, dependencies, and success measures.
• Support pilots, Proofs of Value (PoVs), and implementations from concept through launch, helping guide successful initiatives from experimentation into enterprise-scale adoption while maintaining alignment to business value, operational outcomes, and user needs.
• Use AI-supported analysis, structured visuals, and practical recommendations to help stakeholders evaluate emerging capabilities and solution fit.
• Facilitate collaboration across stakeholders to remove ambiguity, align priorities, and ensure technology initiatives deliver measurable business outcomes.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Stakeholder engagement

Ambiguity handling

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in MIS / Business Analytics / Information Systems / CS

Tools

Rally

Power BI

Visio

Job description

Great American Insurance Group is hiring a Technical Business Analyst to join the Emerging Technology & Innovation team. This hybrid role blends business insight, technical analysis, and product direction to identify opportunities in AI, automation, cognitive intelligence, IoT, and digital image forensics.

You will translate ideas into backlog items, support PoVs and pilots, and guide concepts into scalable business capabilities and enterprise solutions.