Senior IT BA & Agile Delivery Lead — Power BI, SQL

Alliant Insurance Services; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Alliant Insurance Services in the United States seeks a seasoned Business Analyst who will leverage expertise in analysis, project coordination, and Agile delivery to support complex technology initiatives and drive process improvements.

You will mentor junior team members, coordinate with SES, Alliant teams, clients, vendors, and partners, and partner with stakeholders on requirements, backlog readiness, and release planning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Seven (7) or more years business analysis, project management, or related work experience.
• Experience with project management and Agile delivery tools to plan, track, and coordinate projects and releases.
• Insurance industry experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead business analysis, stakeholder discovery, and documentation of business requirements, functional specifications, user stories, acceptance criteria, and process workflows.
• Analyze and improve business processes, identifying opportunities for automation, efficiency, and better user adoption.
• Partner with Business Liaisons, Product Owners, and stakeholders on request intake, backlog reviews, and business priority discussions.
• Facilitate release prioritization and scope discussions using business priorities, engineering estimates, dependencies, and available capacity; support leadership decisions.
• Coordinate requirements readiness with Business Analysts, Engineering, and QA before sprint planning and development.
• Maintain project schedules, milestones, risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, and action items; proactively follow up and elevate impediments.
• Coordinate concurrent technology initiatives across SES, Alliant, external clients, vendors, and implementation partners.
• Facilitate cross-functional project meetings and communicate status, delivery expectations, and decisions to stakeholders and leadership.
• Support Agile and Scrum delivery, including backlog refinement, sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives, and Scrum Master coverage as needed.
• Coordinate UAT, business validation, release planning, implementation readiness, and post-release follow-up with participating teams.
• Collaborate with technical teams on system integrations, data exchanges, application modernization, and infrastructure initiatives.
• Use SQL to query and validate data, investigate discrepancies, and support root cause analysis and business requirements.
• Lead complex data analysis and deliver actionable insights for business decisions.
• Develop or enhance Power BI dashboards and visualizations to support strategic and operational reporting needs.
• Generate and improve recurring and ad hoc reports, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and alignment with stakeholder needs.
• Ensure project, process, and requirements documentation is accurate, current, and accessible throughout delivery.
• Mentor junior analysts and promote consistent requirements practices, documentation standards, and knowledge sharing.
• Guide cross-functional teams, facilitate resolution of competing needs, and drive accountability without requiring direct reporting authority.
• Support workload visibility and team development; demonstrate readiness for broader BA leadership responsibilities as organizational needs evolve.
• Leverage approved AI tools to support research, requirements analysis, documentation, and process improvements, while ensuring accuracy and adherence to company policies.

Skills

Business analysis

Stakeholder discovery

Agile delivery

Data analytics

Power BI

SQL

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

SQL

Job description

Alliant Insurance Services in the United States seeks a seasoned Business Analyst who will leverage expertise in analysis, project coordination, and Agile delivery to support complex technology initiatives and drive process improvements.

You will mentor junior team members, coordinate with SES, Alliant teams, clients, vendors, and partners, and partner with stakeholders on requirements, backlog readiness, and release planning.