At Northwestern Mutual, we are strong, innovative and growing. We invest in our people. We care and make a positive difference.
What's the role?
As a Business Analyst, you will help shape the digital products in our consumer products space. We are looking for a hard-working Business Analyst to dive deep and define business requirements and technical features for one or more of the following products on the Client Website: Application Status Tracker, Online Medical History Questionnaire, Information Sharing, Contact Us/FAQ, Feedback and Important Info.
You will work on a multi-functional team of product managers, engineers, designers and business subject matter experts in an agile methodology to deliver user experience and business value outcomes. The ideal candidate has a desire to learn the business, understand the end-to-end processes and be part of contributing to large, strategic efforts. The role will require an eye for working with data.
Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Business Expertise: Partners with peer group, business partners and product management to learn business area/domain, while continuing to learn and grow knowledge across the enterprise.
• Current State, Future State and Gap Analysis: Document and assess current state in a few processes, or single business area / domain. Assist with task-based work items in more complex situations.
• Gather Requirements: Responsible for fact-based requirement gathering, including all system, technical and intake requests.
• Author User Stories and/or Features: Author user stories and/or features independently with low to medium complexity while participating in some task-based work in higher complexity situations. Assist throughout the development process as needs arise.
• Test Plan Review: Assist with coordinating and reviewing test plans for smaller or non-complex efforts. Independently provide execution on testing as needed (UAT, checkouts, etc.)
• Project Management : Ability to use project management principles to successfully complete and advance work

Bring Your Best! What this role needs:

• 1-3 years prior experience in industry or business
• Ability to lean on strong communication skills to influence outcomes while approaching conflict with organizational savviness
• Domain expertise via previous internships or similar roles in the past.
• Certifications demonstrating mastery of role specific competencies
• Deep familiarity of agile & scrum development environments
• Solves problems in straightforward situations; analyzes possible solutions using technical experience and judgment and precedents
• Experience with risk new business processes and/or underwriting a plus
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

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This job is not covered by the existing Collective Bargaining Agreement.
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