Company Description
Afficiency is a rapidly growing Insurtech startup whose mission is to provide life insurance to everyone on the platforms they already trust. Located in NYC, we design life insurance products that can be purchased entirely digitally and can be easily embedded into distribution platforms or with agents who sell insurance. The company is experiencing exponential growth and is well-funded. We are looking for new team members to join us on our journey to shake up the life insurance industry. We need individuals who bring passion, curiosity, and a desire for excellence.
We are seeking a self-starter; a proactive and self-motivated individual who thrives in a dynamic environment and can independently initiate and drive projects to completion.
Job Description
About The Role
Afficiency is currently seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Technical Business Analyst to collaborate closely with the Product and Development Teams on internal and external product development initiatives. In this role, you will serve as a liaison between business stakeholders and the technical team to ensure alignment with business requirements. This team member will be incremental in facilitating effective cross-functional communication, understanding both business and technical aspects, and ensuring the successful delivery of technology solutions that meet business requirements.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with Product Owners/Managers to define requirements for functions or services across products, understanding system architecture.
- Drafting detailed requirements documentation for all aspects of the digital life insurance sales process, including UX journeys, product specifications, point of sale controls, underwriting and forms, working with SMEs and Project Managers.
- Working with a range of project artifacts including BRDs, FRDs, process maps, workflow diagrams, data mapping spreadsheets, etc, to capture all detail necessary for the implementation of client builds.
- Translate requirements into comprehensive Functional Specification Documents.
- Work closely with the Development team to ensure a clear understanding and translation of requirements.
- Deliver a monthly status report to all appropriate parties.
- Assist in the design, documentation, and maintenance of system processes.
Qualifications
Must Have
- Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related fields.
- Related Work Experience: 2-3 years preferred.
- Proven experience in Business Analysis and Systems development.
- Strong capabilities in project and user-testing management.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to plan and manage projects independent and solve complex problems.
- Highly proficient in technical writing.
- Positive attitude and strong work ethic.
Please note that this job is only hiring candidates that live in the Metro NYC area and can commute to the office 3 days during the week.
Additional Information
What We Offer
- Hybrid work environment – must be located in NYC metro area
- Competitive salary with equity options
- Robust health, dental, and vision benefits for employee and dependents
- 401k matching contributions
- Generous PTO policy
- Stipend to purchase work-from-home equipment.
- Work at a supportive and fast-growing startup with a fantastic team
- Environment to learn from other team members, grow a business from the ground up.
- Support in developing your skills and accelerating your career quickly.
- Opportunity to make an impact in the lives of tens of millions of consumers and get families the protection they need.
Work Arrangement
Hybrid-work environment must be located in the NYC metro area.
Salary
$90,000-110,000 commensurate with experience
Afficiency is an equal opportunity employer.
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What We Do
Afficiency delivers life insurance products on an all-encompassing digital platform, available for digital distributors from quote to policy all via API. Our focus is on building life insurance products that a consumer can easily understand in minutes, purchase in less than ten, in a 100% digital experience. Our solution includes cutting-edge technology, product design, reinsurance partnerships, and distribution relationships to provide an ‘all-in-one’ solution.
For Distributors:
New life insurance products can be difficult and complex. Afficiency creates products and solutions our distribution partners plug into their digital experience. Our API gateway allows our distributor partners to quickly offer our innovative digital life insurance products to their customers.
Afficiency’s proprietary likelihood to be approved score, ApprovedAPI, helps our distribution partners optimize their conversion funnels and spike approval rates by identifying and targeting prospects and clients who are likely to be approved.
For Carriers:
We provide a completely digital platform from quote to policy issue built for carriers. With our reinsurance relationships and advanced digital solution, our carrier partners can build new products quickly and gain access to our network of digital distribution. The process from development to launch happens in less than six months with limited resources required.
For Innovators:
Join our growing team. We are innovators, problem solvers, and masters of all trades - across designing, underwriting and pricing life insurance products. We are seeking passionate team members to help us further define the future of life insurance. Email [email protected]
We would love to hear from you!
