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About the Role

This position defines detailed business requirements that can be directly utilized in development to adapt Guidewire products to the needs of the Japanese market. As a Business Analyst, you will lead the process of creating business scenarios, defining acceptance criteria, and verifying that implemented features meet the original business requirements.

Responsibilities

• Define detailed, developable business requirements reflecting specific changes needed for Guidewire products, focusing on requirements tied to actual product features rather than just business intentions.
• Create user stories with clear acceptance criteria based on business requirements, ensuring they contain specific and actionable information for developers.
• Define data requirements, workflow requirements, and system integration requirements for each feature.
• Document business rules, process flows, configuration requirements, data mappings, type list values, and business scenarios at a level required by the development team.
• Lead or support requirement gathering sessions with customers and stakeholders.
• Conduct business-level validation of completed user stories and UX designs to ensure they meet original business objectives before acceptance.
• Perform business-level User Acceptance Testing (UAT), identifying and assisting in the resolution of defects.
• Collaborate with the Quality Assurance team to ensure requirements are testable and test cases reflect actual business scenarios.
• Translate business requirements into functional specifications and contribute to the creation of customer-facing documentation.
• Proactively leverage the internal expert network within the partner company to validate requirements, without relying on escalations to Guidewire.
• Share knowledge of the insurance industry with other team members as needed.

Requirements

• Deep and specialized knowledge of the Japanese Property & Casualty Insurance industry, enabling identification of requirement gaps based on actual insurance business processes.
• Over 3 years of experience as a Business Analyst in technology implementation projects.
• Experience in defining business requirements (process maps, use cases, data mapping) for software projects using Agile development methodologies.
• Japanese and English reading, writing, and speaking proficiency sufficient for independent communication with Guidewire global teams.
• Experience in creating business scenarios directly based on the actual behavior of Guidewire products, specifically defining product changes rather than just restating general business needs.
• Experience in business or IT roles within or for Japanese P&C insurance companies.
• Proven ability to independently validate requirements by leveraging the expert network within the partner company.

Skills

• Business Analysis
• Requirement Definition
• User Story Creation
• Acceptance Criteria
• Data Requirements
• Workflow Requirements
• System Integration
• Business Rules
• Process Flows
• Configuration Requirements
• Data Mapping
• Type List Values
• Business Scenarios
• Requirement Gathering
• User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• Quality Assurance Collaboration
• Functional Specifications
• Customer Documentation
• Agile Development Methodologies
• Guidewire Products
• Property & Casualty Insurance
• Japanese Language Proficiency
• English Language Proficiency
• AI-powered requirement definition support tools

Location

• Japan

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• 3+ years of experience as a Business Analyst
• Experience with Guidewire projects

Education Level

• Guidewire Business Analyst certification (preferred)
• Formal education/training in Business Analysis techniques (desirable)

About the Company

• Partner company utilizing Guidewire products