P&C Business Analyst/Product Owner

Business Analyst/Product Owner with knowledge of Cat Modeling and lead experience needed for an immediate 6-month contract role. Ideal candidate works 1 day a week in the office in Madison, WI or NYC but will consider fully remote on EST or CST schedule. No inquiries from 3rd parties will be considered W2 candidates only Job Description: Manage essential process documentation and lead project implementation of functional and technical solutions by collaborating with business partners and IT leadership to gather business requirements, provide expertise and guidance and help execute plans to enhance business capability, achieve results and support organizational strategic priorities. Skills and Experience: • A proven Agile leader • Thinks ahead with autonomy • Strong Business Analysis acumen and experience (5+ years) • Self-starter with the ability to work independently for results, as well as collaborate with a team • Proven ability to elicit and document requirements from senior level stakeholders both internal and external • Role is equal parts Product Owner and Business Analyst - ideal candidates need to have proven experience leading business-driven and IT projects • Excellent stakeholder management skills across Business, IT and Customer teams • Excellent oral and written communication skills, including PowerPoint • Experience with integration and end-to-end solutions including a policy administration system • Strong command of written and spoken English • Sees an issue and helps fix it without being told to • Strong documentation, influencing and leadership skills • Process and Procedure analysis and mapping experience • Has led UAT efforts and defect management resolution • Experience in Specialty Lines: o Aviation o Financial Lines o Accident & Health (Employee Stop Loss) o Cyber Technical Skills: • Experience working with an external web development vendor and internal leadership, using strong technical understanding and business acumen to help bridge the gap • Any Insurance Policy and Form experience • Any Actuarial or Policy Rating experience with MS Excel to document and define specific actuarial data attributes/elements • Any experience with external vendors to resolve defects related to web development platforms and languages • Any Insurance Data Analytics or AI experience with projects that digitize and modernize an underwriting practice • Any Generative or Predictive AI experience not required but a plus (ChatGPT, Azure, etc.) • Any API Mapping experience between Policy, Claims, and Financial Insurance Applications • Extremely proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Visio, Excel, etc.) A Day in the Life of Contractor • Acts as liaison between business and IT and help drive delivery of project • Holds daily touch base with on and offshore team members to discuss deliverables and blockers • Holds elicitation sessions to comprise requirements and user stories • Enter User Stories, Acceptance Criteria and note updates in Atlassian JIRA • Updates to ISO based Insurance forms in Word and/or LibreOffice • Creates UAT Test Plan and help business execute test cases • Triages defects with IT and vendor and help business re-test to resolve issues Vertex Solutions Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, religion, age, citizenship, sex, marital or veteran status, disability or handicap, sexual orientation or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.