C2C - Hiring || Business Analyst with Guidewire Policy Center Functional Lead || Chicago, IL (Hybrid Onsite)

Hi, Hope you’re doing well. My name is Yashasvi, and I am a Team Lead from Empower Professionals Inc. We are sourcing a Business Analyst with Guidewire Policy Center Functional Lead experience for locations in Chicago, IL (Hybrid Onsite). The contract is for a minimum of 12 months and can be extended further. Role: Business Analyst with Guidewire Policy Center Locations: Chicago, IL (Hybrid Onsite) Duration: 12+ Months Contract Note: Candidate needs to be in the office 3-4 Days every week. Local or candidates from adjacent states only. Role Summary: • The Guidewire Policy Center Functional Lead is responsible for leading the functional design and delivery of Guidewire Policy Center solutions across the policy lifecycle including New Business Endorsements Renewals Rewrites Cancellations Reinstatements and Underwriting functions. • The role acts as the primary bridge between business stakeholder’s product owners’ architects developers and QA teams to ensure business requirements are translated into scalable and effective Policy Center solutions • Responsibilities commonly include leading requirements workshops defining solution approaches managing functional teams supporting Agile delivery and ensuring successful implementation outcomes Key Responsibilities: Functional Leadership: • Lead functional workstreams for Guidewire Policy Center implementation and enhancement programs • Manage a team of Business Analysts and Functional Consultants • Own end to end functional solutioning across Policy Center modules • Establish functional delivery standards templates and best practices • Mentor junior functional analysts and support knowledge transfer activities Requirements Solution Design • Facilitate stakeholder workshops to gather and refine business requirements • Perform business process analysis and gap assessments • Translate requirements into • Epics • Features • User Stories • Acceptance Criteria • Functional Specifications • Lead solution discussions and recommend appropriate Policy Center configurations • Ensure solutions maximize Guidewire out of the box capabilities before considering customization Policy Center Functional Expertise • Provide leadership across • Policy Administration • Submission • Quote • Bind • Issue • Policy Change • Cancellation • Reinstatement • Renewal Product Model • Products • Coverages • Conditions • Exclusions • Modifiers • Costs Underwriting • UW Rules • UW Issues • Authority Profiles • Referral Workflows Rating • Rating structure • Rating worksheets • Premium calculations • Integration with rating engines Producer Agency Management • Producer hierarchies • Authority structures • Security models • Agency administration Document Forms • Policy forms • Correspondence • Document generation requirements Agile Delivery Leadership • Participate in PI Planning and Sprint Planning activities • Support backlog refinement and story elaboration • Manage crossteam dependencies and functional risks • Drive sprint demonstrations and business reviews • Support release planning and deployment readiness Testing Quality Assurance: • Review and approve test scenarios and test cases • Support SIT UAT and defect triage activities • Ensure requirements traceability from design through testing • Validate delivered functionality against business objectives • Support production validation activities postdeployment Integration Data Collaboration • Collaborate with integration teams on • BillingCenter integrations • ClaimsCenter integrations • Portals • Rating engines • Thirdparty data providers • Support data mapping and conversion activities • Review interface requirements and business rules • Ensure endtoend business process continuity across systems Stakeholder Management • Serve as the primary liaison between business and delivery teams • Provide regular status updates to project leadership • Facilitate requirements signoff and solution approvals • Drive issue resolution and decisionmaking forums • Build strong relationships with underwriting operations product compliance and technology stakeholders Required Qualifications Education • Bachelors degree in Business Insurance Information Technology or related discipline Experience • 10 years in PC Insurance • 7 years of Guidewire PolicyCenter experience • Multiple endtoend PolicyCenter implementations • Experience in Agile and SAFe delivery environments • Experience leading distributed onshoreoffshore teams Domain Expertise • Strong understanding of • Policy Administration • Underwriting • Product Configuration • Rating • Agency Management • Renewals • Policy Lifecycle Management Preferred Qualifications: • Guidewire PolicyCenter ACE Certification • Experience with Guidewire Cloud implementations • Knowledge of BillingCenter and ClaimCenter • Experience with Commercial Lines and Personal Lines products • Familiarity with ISO bureau content and regulatory requirements • Experience with data migration and conversion programs Key Skills Functional • Requirements Management • Process Modeling • Business Analysis • Product Modeling • Underwriting Operations • Rating Concepts • Insurance Domain Expertise Leadership • Team Leadership • Stakeholder Management • Risk Management • Conflict Resolution • Executive Communication Tools: • Guidewire PolicyCenter • Jira • Confluence • Azure DevOps • Visio • Microsoft 365 Success Metrics: • Requirements quality and completeness • Sprint predictability and delivery performance • UAT success rate • Production defect leakage • Stakeholder satisfaction • Functional team utilization and maturity • Delivery of business outcomes within scope budget and timeline Yashasvi Hasija Sr. Technical Recruiter |Empower Professionals ...................................................................................................................................... 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