About this role
Are you a technology enthusiast impressed by aircraft and ships, or fascinated by nature and agriculture? Do you want to contribute to the renewable energy transition or serve as a cyber guardian? If your answer is yes, we invite you to explore our exciting opportunity. Our team works across all these innovative domains and is actively expanding!
About the Role
As IT Business Analyst, you'll drive the requirement engineering of our cutting-edge tools and platforms. We're seeking someone with an entrepreneurial spirit, pragmatic mindset, and intellectual curiosity who is focused on achieving meaningful progress.
Key Responsibilities
- Gather and analyse business requirements in close collaboration with the Product Manager
- Translate complex business terminology into technical language and vice versa
- Create clear, concise requirements and acceptance criteria that are unambiguous, complete, consistent, and verifiable
- Design and optimize user journeys to enhance overall experience and efficiency
- Facilitate communication between technical teams and business stakeholders
- Create tangible metrics for tracking user adoption and business impact
- Present technical progress to a broader business audience
About the Team
If tackling complex challenges in a wide range of industries excites you, then join our innovative team, where you are at the forefront of creating new ingenious solutions in a collaborative way.
Our team is an empowered tech counterpart for business units, responsible for the design and implementation of inventive data projects. We develop new analytics capabilities and improve Swiss Re's risk assessment capabilities.
Joining us, you will learn not only how insurance premiums are modelled and how data analytics can enrich business but also improve in stakeholders' management, agile development practices and tools used to drive impactful projects.
About You
We're seeking enthusiastic professionals who can lead effectively with both functional and operational expertise. You should be an excellent communicator who builds trust-based relationships within your squad and among various partners. Your analytical mindset and attention to detail will be crucial in translating complex business needs into actionable technical requirements.
We are looking for candidates who meet these requirements:
- Previous experience with business analysis, requirements engineering, and software quality assurance
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with meticulous attention to detail
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences
- Demonstrated ability to work with tight deadlines and adapt priorities as organizational objectives evolve
- Experience presenting applications and demonstrations to internal and external stakeholders
- Familiarity with agile development methodologies (e.g., Scrum) and collaboration tools like Azure DevOps and Confluence
These are additional nice to haves:
- Educational background in quantitative field (e.g. mathematics)
- Experience in the Re-/Insurance industry
- Hands-on experience with software quality assurance methodologies, tools, and processes
- Knowledge of data analytics and visualization techniques
- Experience with process improvement methodologies
For Slovakia the base salary range for this position is between EUR 2,200 and EUR 3,700 per month (for a full-time role). The specific salary offered considers:
- the requirements, scope, complexity and responsibilities of the role,
- the applicant’s own profile including education/qualifications, expertise, specialisation, skills and experience.
In addition to your base salary, Swiss Re offers an attractive performance-based variable compensation component, designed to recognise your achievements. Further you will enjoy a variety of global and location specific benefits.
Eligibility may vary depending on the terms of Swiss Re policies and your employment contract.
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About Swiss Re
Swiss Re is one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer, working to make the world more resilient. We anticipate and manage a wide variety of risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime. Combining experience with creative thinking and cutting-edge expertise, we create new opportunities and solutions for our clients. This is possible thanks to the collaboration of more than 14,000 employees across the world.
Our success depends on our ability to build an inclusive culture encouraging fresh perspectives and innovative thinking. We embrace a workplace where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive and develop professionally regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, skillset, thought or other characteristics. In our inclusive and flexible environment everyone can bring their authentic selves to work and their passion for sustainability.
If you are an experienced professional returning to the workforce after a career break, we encourage you to apply for open positions that match your skills and experience.
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About Swiss Re
The Swiss Re Group is a leading wholesale provider of reinsurance, insurance and other insurance-based forms of risk transfer. Dealing direct and working through brokers, its global client base consists of insurance companies, mid-to-large-sized corporations and public sector clients. From standard products to tailor-made coverage across all lines of business, Swiss Re deploys its capital strength, expertise and innovation power to enable the risk taking upon which enterprise and progress in society depend.
Founded in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1863, Swiss Re serves clients through a network of over 70 offices globally and is rated "AA-" by Standard & Poor's, "Aa3" by Moody's and "A+" by A.M. Best. Registered shares in the Swiss Re Group holding company, Swiss Re Ltd, are listed in accordance with the Main Standard on the SIX Swiss Exchange and trade under the symbol SREN.
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What you'll do
- As an IT Business Analyst, you will gather and analyze business requirements while facilitating communication between technical teams and business stakeholders. You will also design user journeys and create metrics for tracking user adoption and business impact.
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