Senior Associate | Guidewire BA | Hyderabad | Engineering as a Service/ Operate
About the role
Job requisition ID :: 108766
Date: Jul 23, 2026
Location: Hyderabad
Designation: Senior Associate
Entity: Deloitte LLP
Role Title: Senior Associate | Guidewire BA | Bengaluru
Location: Bangalore, Hybrid (3 days onsite, 2 days remote)
Entity: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP
About the Role
As a Business Analyst (Guidewire), you are responsible for translating business needs into high‑quality, implementable functional requirements for Guidewire initiatives across one or more value streams or business units.
You act as a senior member within Agile teams, ensuring requirements are clear, testable, and aligned to Guidewire product capabilities, while adhering to Zurich standards and functional blueprints.
This role focuses on strong execution, functional depth, and delivery reliability, with growing ownership across run and change.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Functional Analysis & Solution Definition
Analyse business requirements across Guidewire platforms:
PolicyCenter
BillingCenter
ClaimCenter
Translate business needs into:
Epics, features, and user stories
Clear acceptance criteria and functional rules
Prefer out‑of‑the‑box (OOTB) Guidewire capabilities; highlight and justify configuration or customisation needs
Identify functional gaps, dependencies, and impacts across:
Underwriting
Claims
Billing
Finance and operations
2. Business Partnership & Requirements Shaping
Work closely with:
Product Owners
Business SMEs
Delivery leads
Clarify business objectives, scope, and priorities
Support impact analysis, assumptions, and trade‑offs
Contribute input to business cases and solution options
Ensure requirements align with agreed process models and product standards
3. Backlog Management & Quality Assurance
Own the quality and readiness of assigned backlog items:
User stories
Acceptance criteria
Non‑functional requirements
Ensure stories are:
Complete
Unambiguous
Testable
Ready for development
Maintain traceability from business needs to delivered functionality
Act as the functional point of contact for story clarification during sprints
4. Agile Delivery Support
Actively participate in:
Discovery and refinement workshops
Sprint planning and backlog grooming
Sprint reviews and demos
Collaborate closely with:
Developers
Quality Engineers
Integration and release teams
Support testing activities including:
Functional validation
Integration testing
UAT support
5. Run Support & Operational Ownership
Support L2/L3 production incidents from a functional perspective
Assist with:
Root‑cause analysis
Defect triage
Functional clarification for fixes
Ensure learnings from production issues are reflected back into requirements and design
Contribute to reduced defect leakage and improved production stability
6. Standards, Reuse & Continuous Improvement
Adhere to Zurich and CIP functional standards, patterns, and blueprints
Promote reuse of:
Functional designs
Business rules
Configuration patterns
Identify opportunities to improve requirement quality, clarity, and delivery efficiency
Contribute to documentation and knowledge assets
7. Collaboration & Capability Development
Act as a role model for:
Intermediate and Junior BSAs
New team members
Share best practices in:
Requirement writing
Functional modelling
Guidewire domain knowledge
Support onboarding, shadowing, and informal mentoring as required
Required Qualifications / Must have:
4–6+ years of experience as a Business Analyst / Business Systems Analyst in enterprise environments
Strong hands‑on experience with Guidewire InsuranceSuite
Solid understanding of P&C insurance business processes
Proven experience working in Agile delivery teams
Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work effectively with both business and technical stakeholders
Preferred Qualifications / Good to Have:
Experience working across multi‑BU or shared‑service delivery models
Exposure to Guidewire Cloud transformations
Experience supporting production issues or run activities
Familiarity with integration‑driven architectures
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