VLink Inc

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Hi, This is shipra and I’m a professional Recruiter with VLink. Job Title: Guidewire Business Analyst Location: Webster, MA(Onsite role) Duration: Long Term Your future duties and responsibilities . Report to the Program Director and perform core business analysis functions . Operate in a fast-paced, cross-functional Agile environment (Scrum/SAFe) . Lead requirements gathering for Guidewire PolicyCenter and integration functions . Collaborate with client SMEs to elicit business and technical requirements . Facilitate workshops and JAD sessions; obtain timely stakeholder approvals . Gather requirements for external rating modules and vendor integrations (e.g., LexisNexis) . Document specifications for data analysis, mappings, and transformations across Guidewire and third-party integrations . Develop functional specifications (user stories, process flows, use cases, data mappings) using tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Rally . Conduct sprint demonstrations and participate in Agile ceremonies (stand-ups, planning, reviews, retrospectives) . Deliver end-user training through workshops, guides, and operational manuals Required qualifications to be successful in this role . 10 – 12 years of experience in delivering wide range of technology solution across Insurance Industry . At least 5-7 years of experience in Guidewire PolicyCenter, Rating and Integrations . Hands on experience working on Guidewire Advance product designer, data dictionary, underwriting rules framework etc. . Experience in data analysis, data mappings for Guidewire and third-party integrations . Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills Nice to have: . Guidewire PolicyCenter functional certifications . Agile Certifications (Scrum / SAFe) . InsureTech enthusiast Technical Skills: . Guidewire application knowledge (PolicyCenter, Integrations) . Experience using management tools like Confluence, Jira, Rally, HP ALM . Expertise in using Microsoft Office suite, Visio etc. . Ability to query SQL DB and analyze results . Experience working on XML and JSON structures . Excellent Domain knowledge in Property & Casualty Insurance to understand and analyze the business needs of the customer . Detailed knowledge of Guidewire applications specifically PolicyCenter and Rating . Experience in documenting specification for Rating (Rate book, rate table and rate routines), . Experience in data analysis, data mappings for Guidewire and third-party integrations . Expertise in creating functional specifications in the form of User Stories, process flows, use cases, data mappings . Experienced at gathering, defining, and organizing business and functional requirements including acceptance criteria for use by developers and tester to implement and test a functionality . Ability to lead and facilitate the requirements gathering sessions . Eliciting requirements and scope using client interviews, document review, legacy analysis, survey and translating client requirements into agile user stories . Collaboratively work closely with business product owners, Actuaries, Architect, developers and testers to ensure the solution is built in accordance to defined requirements . Identifying, capturing, resolving or escalating risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies . Strong business judgment, leadership and integrity: He/she should be a tenacious decision maker, able to bring a healthy, aggressive, yet responsible approach to business problem . Ability to work in the global delivery model and be a liaison between the client and software development team situation across different geographies . Experience in working in a fast paced Agile (Scrum/SAFe) and multiple stakeholder environments