Analyst, Application Development – Product & Inforce Systems

What you'd do

• Develop and maintain comprehensive working knowledge of assigned Life & Annuity product, inforce, illustration, policy administration, and related application environments.
• Independently analyze business and technology needs and translate them into clear requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, test scenarios, and implementation plans.
• Perform impact analysis for product changes, inforce enhancements, platform upgrades, regulatory requirements, integrations, production issues, and modernization initiatives.
• Evaluate complex system and process issues, identify root causes and dependencies, and recommend effective solution approaches using available business and technical information.
• Apply sound judgment to determine appropriate actions and exceptions within established policies, procedures, architectural standards, and delivery practices.
• Own assigned analysis and delivery activities from initial discovery through testing, implementation, release readiness, and post-production support.
• Advise business and technology stakeholders on application capabilities, system impacts, dependencies, risks, testing considerations, and implementation options.
• Coordinate activities across internal teams and vendor partners, proactively managing dependencies, open questions, risks, testing needs, and delivery commitments.
• Partner with Product & Inforce leaders, product owners, architects, developers, quality engineering, infrastructure, security, vendors, and business stakeholders to resolve complex delivery and production issues.
• Create and maintain process documentation, system documentation, runbooks, decision records, and knowledge-transfer materials that strengthen organizational understanding of Product & Inforce systems.

What they want

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Business, Finance, or a related field and 5 or more years of related experience; advanced degree and 2 or more years of related experience; or 9 or more years of total equivalent relevant work experience.
• Demonstrated experience in Life & Annuity insurance, financial services technology, actuarial systems, illustration systems, product systems, policy administration, business systems analysis, product implementation, or related technology delivery.
• Working knowledge of Life & Annuity products and one or more related domains such as inforce processing, illustrations, policy administration, actuarial systems, product configuration, commissions, or distribution systems.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze complex business processes, system logic, data flows, calculations, rules, integrations, dependencies, and downstream impacts.
• Experience independently developing requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, process documentation, test scenarios, implementation plans, or production-support analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate complex issues, work effectively with incomplete information, identify alternatives, and recommend practical solutions.
• Experience coordinating work across business stakeholders, application teams, vendors, architecture, infrastructure, security, and quality engineering.
• Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving, written and verbal communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to independently manage assigned deliverables while escalating significant risks, exceptions, and decisions appropriately.
• Must have lawful authorization to work in the United States without current or future visa sponsorship.