Business Analyst Manager

Western National Insurance; Edina (MN); On-site; USD 112,300 - 146,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and insurance benefits

401(k) plan with 100% matching

Paid Time Off

Tuition reimbursement

Wellbeing Program

Job summary

Western National Insurance in Edina, Minnesota is seeking a full-time Product Implementation Manager. This role involves managing product initiatives, driving completion of business cases, and mentoring the implementation team.

The ideal candidate will have demonstrated leadership, communication skills, and experience in requirements gathering and process improvement. The salary range for this position is between $112,300 and $146,000 annually, depending on experience and qualifications.

Qualifications

• Ability to lead change with positive influence on people and processes.
• Prior experience leading requirements gathering and user acceptance testing.
• Proven ability to build and maintain relationships.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate work necessary for successful product implementation.
• Coach and mentor team members to achieve departmental goals.
• Identify opportunities for business process improvements.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem-solving

Organizational skills

Negotiation

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Project management tools

Job description

Description

This position is in office full time, 5 days a week and does not have an option for hybrid or remote due to the nature of the role.

Job Type

Full-time

Company Overview

Western National Insurance Group is a private mutual insurance company with over 120 years of experience serving customers’ property-and-casualty insurance needs in the Midwestern, Northwestern, and Southwestern United States. Known as “The Relationship Company®,” we define success as a measure of the relationships we’ve built over time. In everything that we do, we know that delivering a friendly and helpful interaction makes for a better experience for everyone involved.

Role Overview

Western National is seeking a Product Implementation Manager to join our team. The individual in this role will provide guidance, methodology, and formal organization for assigned projects. They will drive initiatives, provide formal organization and tracking methods for product initiatives through discovery, assessment, recommendation, approval, prioritization, and execution. They will drive completion of comprehensive business case and cost benefit analysis for proposed initiatives, responsible for drafting plans with input from Product Manager and in support of strategic direction (if assigned). They will provide daily management to the assigned product implementation or business analyst team through staffing, setting direction, performance management, training, coaching, and development. Lastly, they will provide project/product management leadership for organizational or special projects as assigned, in support of strategic objectives and company success.

Responsibilities

• Partner with product teams and leaders across the enterprise to coordinate work necessary to assess potential business processes and software implementation initiatives, ensuring successful implementation of multifaceted product initiatives and business process efficiencies.
• Proactively coach, mentor, direct, and develop individuals to achieve individual, departmental, and company goals.
• Handle the hiring, mentoring, training, performance management, and professional development of assigned individuals to build a team that is best‑in‑class at communication, collaboration, and facilitation to support and enhance the experience of our customers.
• Lead the product implementation and business analyst teams in ensuring predictable, consistent, and successful project/product delivery by standardizing, applying, and optimizing requirement elicitation and identification of test case scenarios.
• Identify opportunities to deliver business value through business process improvement, organizational change, and/or technology integration.
• Develop and implement best practices to ensure all implementation functions are fully documented, supportable, repeatable, and are in compliance with applicable regulations.
• Participate in tactical planning, resource management, and budgeting.
• Ensure self and assigned team promote and work according to the Company Core Values of Connectiveness, Empowerment, and Accountability.
• Work to maintain and improve employee engagement and job satisfaction.
• Perform special projects and other duties as assigned.
• Takes the lead and mobilizes action to resolve problems and/or improve processes swiftly. Stays engaged when necessary to avoid potential risks to scope, budget, and/or timeline.
• Applies knowledge and experience to help solve problems of broad scope and complexity.
• Consistently acts according to customers’ experience standards, including responding quickly, maintaining a positive attitude, building rapport, demonstrating empathy, managing the customer’s expectations, using the proper communication channel for the situation, and taking ownership to ensure the customer’s issue is resolved.

Qualifications

• Ability to lead change with positive influence on people and processes.
• Prior experience leading requirements gathering, analysis, user journeys, value streams, test scenario identification, and user acceptance testing.
• Demonstrated ability to lead high‑performing teams, including coaching or training in a formal setting.
• Proven ability to communicate clearly and effectively both verbally and in writing to technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships, including serving as a communication bridge between technical and business audiences.
• Proven ability to think critically and effectively communicate with customers, stakeholders, technology teams, various business units, and vendor resources.
• Exceptional ability to informally influence people and process.
• Demonstrated advanced organizational and prioritization skills.
• Proven ability to organize deliverables to accomplish multiple priorities of higher impact and risk within a specified timeframe.
• Strong problem‑solving, planning, negotiation, and execution skills.
• Sound judgment and conflict resolution skills.
• Strong leadership, organization, and facilitation skills.
• Proficient use of various core systems, office and computer equipment, and software packages.
• Expertise with tools used for project management, software development life cycle, or organizational development.
• Understanding of insurance terminology and systems.

Preferred Certifications

• IIBA or PMP designation preferred.
• Property‑and‑casualty insurance experience.
• CPCU or similar industry certification a plus.

Compensation Overview

The full hiring range for this role is $112,300 – $146,000, annually. However, the base pay offered may vary depending on the job‑related knowledge, skills, credentials, and experience of each candidate, as well as other factors such as the scope and location of the role. Candidates looking for compensation outside of the posted range are encouraged to apply and will be considered based on their individual qualifications and/or may be considered for other positions.

Benefits

• Medical insurance plan options and other standard employee benefits, including dental insurance, vision benefits, life insurance, disability insurance, and more.
• Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• 401(k) Plan (participants are eligible for 100% matching on the first 6% of their contributions)
• Wellbeing Program, including onsite fitness studio
• Paid Time Off – including holiday, vacation, and volunteer
• 100% company‑paid tuition reimbursement for approved job‑relevant coursework and access to The Institutes (Risk and insurance education)
• Paid parental leave
• Bonus opportunities

Work Environment

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

EEO Statement

Western National provides employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.