Senior Lead Business Analyst

Jobgether; United States; Remote; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Fully remote within the United States

HSA when enrolled in HDHP

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off and holidays

Job summary

Partner Company seeks a Senior Lead Business Analyst based in the United States to drive customer implementations of a cloud-based Loss Control SaaS for P&C insurance. You will guide discovery, solution design, configuration, testing, and go-live while improving risk inspections, audits, and underwriting decisions.

You will mentor other BAs, collaborate with onshore/offshore teams, and help raise delivery standards. This fully remote role offers ownership of enterprise projects.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in business analysis, 3+ years as Senior/Lead on enterprise software implementations; insurance exp preferred.
• Knowledge of P&C insurance operations, underwriting, loss control, and audits.
• Strong requirements gathering, user stories, acceptance criteria, process mapping, and specs.
• Experience configuring or directing configuration of a highly configurable SaaS platform.
• REST and SOAP web services knowledge for integrations and delivery.
• Relational DB concepts and data mapping experience.
• Client-facing delivery experience with project budgets tracking.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery sessions to document current and future-state workflows.
• Translate needs into requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and specs.
• Identify use cases, edge cases, dependencies, and resolve questions with PMs.
• Manage scope and trace requirements from SOW to delivery; resolve deviations.
• Design platform configuration; define requirements for data migration, integrations, reporting.
• Plan and support testing, including UAT and test scenarios.
• Create customer documentation and end-user training materials.
• Mentor other analysts and promote consistent delivery methods.

Skills

Stakeholder communication

Facilitation

Conflict resolution

User stories & acceptance criteria

REST/SOAP integrations

Insurance domain knowledge

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/Business

CPCU

AINS

CBAP

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Azure DevOps

SharePoint

Job description

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Lead Business Analyst based in the United States. The Senior Lead Business Analyst will drive customer implementations of a cloud-based Loss Control platform for the Property and Casualty (P&C) insurance industry. This role combines deep insurance knowledge with strong business analysis and solution delivery expertise. You will guide clients from initial discovery through solution design, configuration, testing, and go-live. Your work will help insurers improve risk inspections, loss control surveys, premium audits, and underwriting decisions. Working across customer, product, project management, and technical teams, you will translate complex business needs into practical, scalable solutions. You will also influence delivery standards, contribute to product improvements, and mentor other business analysts. This fully remote opportunity offers the chance to take ownership of enterprise projects while helping modernize insurance operations.

Accountabilities

• Lead customer discovery sessions to understand loss control, inspection, premium audit, and underwriting workflows, documenting current and future-state processes.
• Translate business needs into clear requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, and functional specifications for configuration and development teams.
• Identify missing use cases, edge cases, dependencies, and unresolved questions early, driving them to resolution.
• Manage requirements-level scope by tracing requirements from the Statement of Work (SOW) through solution design and delivery, identifying deviations and coordinating appropriate resolutions with Project Managers.
• Design and direct platform configuration, working with technical teams to define requirements for integrations, data migration, and reporting.
• Plan and support testing activities, including test scenarios and User Acceptance Testing (UAT), ensuring solutions meet requirements before go-live.
• Develop clear customer documentation and training materials to support end-user adoption.
• Identify additional customer needs and communicate potential expansion opportunities to Services leadership, Product Management, and Sales.
• Mentor and review the work of other business analysts, contribute to consistent delivery methods and templates, and build advanced platform expertise.
• Collaborate with onshore and offshore teams, including customers, Project Managers, configuration and development teams, Quality Assurance, Product Management, and Support.
• Adapt to changing business priorities, new technologies, and additional project responsibilities as required.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of business analysis experience, including 3 or more years as a Senior or Lead Business Analyst on enterprise software implementations; insurance experience is preferred.
• Knowledge of Property and Casualty (P&C) insurance operations, particularly underwriting, loss control, risk inspections, or premium audits.
• Strong experience gathering and documenting requirements, writing user stories and acceptance criteria, mapping business processes, and producing functional specifications.
• Experience configuring or directing the configuration of a highly configurable Software as a Service (SaaS) platform.
• Working knowledge of REST and SOAP web services and their role in integrations and software delivery.
• Understanding of relational database concepts and data mapping.
• Experience in professional services or client-facing delivery environments, including tracking time against project budgets.
• Strong communication, facilitation, and conflict resolution skills, with the ability to lead customer discussions, challenge assumptions, and manage scope effectively.
• Excellent organization, time management, and follow-up skills, with the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects independently.
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Additional advantages: Experience with commercial lines underwriting, risk engineering, loss control field operations, survey vendor management, inspection ordering, or premium audit workflows.
• Additional advantages: Experience with insurance carrier implementations, legacy system replacements, data migration, field mapping, and data validation.
• Additional advantages: Familiarity with .NET-based SaaS platforms and requirements traceability, scope management, or change control practices.
• Additional advantages: Experience with Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, SharePoint, or similar tools.
• Additional advantages: Exposure to AI-assisted business analysis, workflow automation, or insurance digital transformation.
• Additional advantages: Industry or professional certifications such as CPCU, AINS, or CBAP.

Benefits

• Annual base salary range of $95,000–$125,000, with final compensation depending on experience, location, education, skills, responsibilities, internal equity, and market considerations.
• Fully remote working arrangement within the United States.
• Comprehensive employee benefits package, with most coverage beginning on Day One.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Employer-funded Health Savings Account (HSA) when enrolled in an eligible high-deductible health plan.
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Flexible time off, paid sick days, and 11 paid holidays.
• Paid parental and bonding leave.
• Career anniversary leave.
• Additional voluntary benefits.
• Opportunities to develop specialist platform expertise, take ownership of customer implementations, influence product direction, and grow professionally within a remote-first environment.