Business Analyst Lead

Business Analyst Lead Bangalore,Karnataka, India The Analyst Lead is accountable for the Analysis practice within the Solution Delivery Center.S/he will be responsible for staffing and allocations, overall performance of analysts across projects, maintenance and production support, and the implementation of analysis best practices, guidelines and standards as determined by the enterprise.All Analysts in the Solution Delivery Center will report into the Analyst Lead. DISCOVERyour opportunity What will your essential responsibilities include? ·Understands the business and GT strategies and how the application and project portfolio within the Solution Delivery Center contributes to the achievement of those strategies and associated goals. ·Manages the analysis resource pool including the hiring and allocation of resources to ensure the right resources are provided at the right time to support successful delivery. ·Partners with Peers to plan, solve problems and implement organizational change. ·Maintains a current view of people supply versus demand, aligning this to the needs of the business. ·Provide vision and goals for team. ·Guides analysts on issue resolution and provides escalation framework via governance. ·Ensure utilization of recognized analysis tools and techniques, processes and resources while adhering to AXA XL's approved methodology. ·Standardizes on common methods. ·Provide mentorship and appropriate training to analysts, as needed. ·Provide accurate information on the status of projects. ·Apply technology to reduce manual tasks and continually improve on the company’s requirements process. ·Build and maintain lasting relationships with all business stakeholders. ·Ensure Analyst deliverables are met across sprint project and application teams /squads within domain for each release. ·Participate in product design reviews ensuring quality practices are included in the SDLC. You will report to the Head of Solution Delivery. SHARE your talent We’re looking for someone who has these abilities and skills: Required Skills and Abilities: ·Ability to understand general business requirements and implement corresponding technical solutions. ·Extensive business and or systems analysis experience. ·Experience leading and working with large, dynamic, virtual teams, across time zones and offshore with high resource utilization and productivity, including where teams are highly matrixed – both in centralized and decentralized environments. ·Perform analysis on key strategic initiatives alongside leading the analyst team. ·Has effective understanding of the business and uses it to affect change. ·Ability to manage business demand against current capacity. ·Effective understanding of software development principles and methodologies. ·Extensive knowledge and experience with Analysis principles, best practices and methods. ·Planning and execution oriented with ability to provide creative solutions and analytical decision making. ·Must be able to assist in project initiation efforts which including assisting with definition of high-level scope, estimating work effort and defining proper skillset to fulfill demand. ·Understands problems from all perspectives and analyze available options and constraints. ·Experience in budget management, financial planning and estimation. ·Experience with multiple SDLC methodologies, particularly Agile principles. ·Excellent written and verbal communication skills. ·Excellent conflict management skills. ·Ability to present information in an influencing manner to senior leadership and all business stakeholders. Desired Skills and Abilities: ·Ability to provide creative solutions. ·Analytical decision making. ·Stakeholder management. ·Proven planning and organization skills, creating own work schedules, prioritizing workload, preparing in advance and setting realistic timescales. ·Adaptable to new/different strategies, programs, technologies, practices, cultures, etc.Comfortable with change, able to easily make transitions. FIND your future AXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, is known for solving complex risks. For mid-sized companies, multinationals and even some inspirational individuals we don’t just provide re/insurance, we reinvent it. How? By combining a comprehensive and efficient capital platform, data-driven insights, leading technology, and the best talent in an agile and inclusive workspace, empowered to deliver top client service across all our lines of business − property, casualty, professional, financial lines and specialty. With an innovative and flexible approach to risk solutions, we partner with those who move the world forward. Inclusion & Diversity