Lead Business Analyst – Insurance & Agile Delivery

Saicon; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Saicon in Omaha, NE seeks a senior Business Analysis Leader to guide a team of analysts and shape BA practices across insurance programs. You will own complex requirements, translate them to functional specs, and drive agile delivery with Product Owners.

The role partners with business and technology teams, emphasizing process improvements and strong QA collaboration. The ideal candidate has 8+ years in business analysis (2+ years in leadership), insurance domain experience, and proven

Qualifications

• 8+ years of business analysis experience, including 2+ years leading or mentoring BA teams (formal or team-lead capacity)
• Insurance industry experience required, ideally property and casualty (P&C) at a carrier
• Strong command of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and user-story writing with clear acceptance criteria
• Experience with application lifecycle management tools such as Azure DevOps, JIRA or Rally
• SQL knowledge for data analysis and requirements validation
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with all levels of the organization and with outside parties, including vendors

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a team of Business Analysts; assign work and review deliverables
• Establish and maintain BA standards and templates for requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows and business rules
• Personally elicit, analyze and document complex requirements and translate them into specifications and user stories
• Support Agile ceremonies and help Product Owners refine, prioritize and sequence the backlog
• Serve as liaison between business teams, SMEs and technology and manage expectations on scope and timelines
• Analyze current-state processes and define improvements to processes and products
• Work with QA to ensure test cases map to acceptance criteria and support UAT planning
• Monitor workload and report BA progress and risks to IT leadership

Skills

Team Leadership

BA Standards

Requirements Ownership

Agile Delivery

Stakeholder Management

Process Improvement

QA Collaboration

Capacity & Reporting

SQL Knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, information systems or related field

Tools

Azure DevOps

JIRA

Rally

Job description

Saicon in Omaha, NE seeks a senior Business Analysis Leader to guide a team of analysts and shape BA practices across insurance programs. You will own complex requirements, translate them to functional specs, and drive agile delivery with Product Owners.

The role partners with business and technology teams, emphasizing process improvements and strong QA collaboration. The ideal candidate has 8+ years in business analysis (2+ years in leadership), insurance domain experience, and proven