Senior Technical Business Analyst

Company: Northwestern Mutual
Location: Franklin
Posted on: May 7, 2025

Job Description:

About the role:The Senior Business Analyst on the Apply team will help to define and build the tools used by advisors and clients during the purchase experience, specifically focused on the digital application tools used to purchase a new product. Work on a multi-functional team of product managers, engineers, designers and domain experts in an agile methodology to deliver on outcomes!About the team:The Apply team is working on creating a seamless experience for Northwestern Mutual life insurance customers! This visible work includes preparing a fully Digital Application platform for migration of all Service Request Center (SRC)-based applications.Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Business Expertise: Provide or develop deep expertise in the Apply experience with a broad understanding of the related and dependent business areas. Articulate this knowledge as an expert at the department level and/or provide insight at the enterprise level.
• Current State, Future State and Gap Analysis: Independently assess and document current state across multiple processes, business areas and domains while consulting and mentoring other Business Analysts. Think strategically in understanding business drivers to define "target state" solutions.
• Gather Requirements: Lead requirement gathering for larger efforts and across multiple business domains or from other business analysts. Guide and mentor in requirement gathering skills to other Business Analysts.
• Author User Stories and/or Features: Working independently with medium to high complexity and sometimes across multiple teams. Act as an authority throughout the development process as needs arise. Incorporate technical detail suitable to an engineering audience into user stories and features.
• Test Plan Reviews: Support solution delivery by coordinating and facilitating the business test planning and test execution by authoring, participating in, and ensuring business sign-off of testing processes for medium and large efforts.
• Leadership: Work independently and may coordinate work for others and/or provide mentorship. May provide business direction, guidance, and decisions to development and delivery teams.
• Project Management: Use advanced project management skills to lead, complete and advance work.Qualifications
  • 4-5 Years prior Experience demonstrating business analysis; significant experience gathering technical requirements and writing user stories and features for engineering teams
  • Knowledge and abilities to position themselves as the communications expert and go to resource for key information and decisions making.
  • Experience in financial services, specifically purchase or apply experience, a plus.
  • Deep familiarity of agile & scrum development environments.
  • Experience solving sophisticated problems; taking a new perspective on existing solutions; exercising judgment based on the analysis of multiple sources of information.Compensation Range:Pay Range - Start:$76,650.00Pay Range - End:$142,350.00Geographic Specific Pay Structure:195 - Structure 110: 84,350.00 USD - 156,650.00 USD195 - Structure 115: 88,130.00 USD - 163,670.00 USDWe believe in fairness and transparency. It's why we share the salary range for most of our roles. However, final salaries are based on a number of factors, including the skills and experience of the candidate; the current market; location of the candidate; and other factors uncovered in the hiring process. The standard pay structure is listed but if you're living in California, New York City or other eligible location, geographic specific pay structures, compensation and benefits could be applicable, click here to learn more.Grow your career with a best-in-class company that puts our clients' interests at the center of all we do. Get started now!Northwestern Mutual is an equal opportunity employer who welcomes and encourages diversity in the workforce. We are committed to creating and maintaining an environment in which each employee can contribute creative ideas, seek challenges, assume leadership and continue to focus on meeting and exceeding business and personal objectives.FIND YOUR FUTUREWe're excited about the potential people bring to Northwestern Mutual. You can grow your career here while enjoying first-class perks, benefits, and our commitment to a culture of belonging.
    • Flexible work schedules
    • Concierge service
    • Comprehensive benefits
    • Employee resource groupsPandoLogic. Category:Technology, Keywords:Business Systems Analyst, Location:Franklin, WI-53132

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