Business Architect / Product Owner ( Life & Annuity Insurance domain)

Position: Business Architect / Product Owner-Life & Annuity Insurance domain

Location: Dallas, TX (Onsite – 4 Days per Week Mandatory)

Employment Type: Contract

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Business Architect / Product Owner with a strong background in the Life & Annuity Insurance domain. The ideal candidate will act as a bridge between business stakeholders and technology teams, driving requirements gathering, product vision, business process improvements, and solution delivery initiatives.

While titled as a Business Architect, this role is closely aligned with a Senior Business Analyst/Product Owner profile, requiring strong business analysis, stakeholder management, and domain expertise in Life & Annuity operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand strategic objectives and translate them into actionable business and functional requirements.
• Drive product backlog management, prioritization, and requirement refinement activities.
• Conduct business process analysis and identify opportunities for optimization and transformation.
• Create business requirements documents (BRDs), user stories, process flows, use cases, and functional specifications.
• Partner with technology, architecture, and delivery teams to ensure solutions align with business goals.
• Facilitate workshops, requirement gathering sessions, and stakeholder reviews.
• Support UAT planning, execution, and business sign-offs.
• Provide domain expertise across Life & Annuity products and operations.
• Ensure alignment between business strategy, product roadmap, and implementation activities.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, Product Owner, or Business Architect.
• Strong experience within the Life & Annuity Insurance domain.
• Proven experience managing product backlogs and working in Agile environments.
• Expertise in requirements gathering, stakeholder management, and business process modeling.
• Strong understanding of insurance policy administration, claims, underwriting, servicing, and related Life & Annuity processes.
• Experience translating business needs into functional requirements and user stories.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working directly with insurance carriers, TPAs, or insurance technology platforms.
• Knowledge of digital transformation and modernization initiatives within Life & Annuity organizations.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum frameworks and tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar.

Key Skills

• Business Analysis
• Product Ownership
• Business Architecture
• Requirements Gathering & Documentation
• Stakeholder Management
• Agile/Scrum Methodologies
• User Story Creation
• Process Mapping & Optimization
• Life Insurance
• Annuities
• Policy Administration

Location Requirement

• Must be willing to work from the Dallas office 4 days per week.

Candidate Profile

• The ideal candidate is a seasoned Business Analyst/Product Owner with deep Life & Annuity domain expertise who can engage with senior business stakeholders, define business requirements, and successfully drive product and transformation initiatives from concept through delivery.