Senior Associate, Discovery Lead

Location Designation:Hybrid - 3 days per week

Role Overview:

As a Senior Associate - Discovery Lead you will support/partner with business and technology leaders to identify opportunities define requirements and drive the delivery of solutions that advance New York Lifes business objectives and strategic goals. Youll apply analytical thinking and collaboration skills to help translate complex business challenges into actionable plans ensuring alignment between business objectives and IT strategy while promoting collaboration across teams.

What Youll Do:

• Engage with business partners and technical experts to understand priorities scope impacts and assess required effort for change initiatives
• Collaborate with Agile teams architects and business workstreams to deliver high-quality analysis and solutions
• Facilitate structured interviews workshops and documentation efforts to capture requirements assumptions and business rules
• Develop workflow diagrams perform gap analyses and help evaluate options based on cost feasibility and alignment with standards
• Partner with architecture and development teams to evaluate alternative technical approaches and align with enterprise standards
• Present findings and recommendations to business and technical stakeholders in a clear persuasive manner
• Work closely with solution analysts developers and product owners to ensure business needs are met

What Youll Bring:

• A proactive and collaborative mindset with a strong attention to detail
• Ability to communicate effectively across technical and business audiences
• Eagerness to learn and apply structured analysis and modeling techniques
• Accountability in managing assigned tasks and meeting deadlines
• Comfort working in a dynamic Agile team environment

Required Skills:

• Minimum of 6 years of business or solution analysis experience in complex environments

• Strong communication and influencing skills with the ability to build trust across levels
• Proven ability to conceptualize and design high-level models and business capabilities
• Demonstrated familiarity across multiple technology domains including relational databases web services APIs and SaaS
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite especially Word PowerPoint Excel and Visio
• Experience in Agile environments and applying architectural principles to business solutions
• Understanding of technical concepts such as APIs SaaS and databases (basic level)

Preferred Skills:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Business Engineering or a related discipline
• Knowledge of life insurance applications and ACORD standards
• Familiarity with XML JSON and web serviceoriented architectures
• Experience with MuleSoft or similar integration platforms
• Background in project management and SQL query writing
• Intermediate SQL or data querying and data-mapping experience

Pay Transparency

Salary Range:$88000-$125500

Overtime eligible:Exempt

Discretionary bonus eligible:Yes

Sales bonus eligible:No

Actual base salary will be determined based on several factors but not limited to individuals experience skills qualifications and job location. Additionally employees are eligible for an annual discretionary addition to base salary employees may also be eligible to participate in an incentive program.

Our Benefits

We provide a full package of benefits for employees and have unique offerings for a modern workforce including leave programs adoption assistance and student loan repayment programs. Based on feedback from our employees we continue to refine and add benefits to our offering so that you can flourish both inside and outside of work. Click here to discover more about our comprehensive benefit options or visit our NYL Benefits Site.

Our Commitment to Inclusion
At New York Life fostering an inclusive workplace is fundamental to who we are and how we serve our communities. We have a longstanding commitment to creating an environment where individuals can contribute their best and succeed together. This foundation is rooted in our core values of humanity and integrity ensuring that every employee feels valued and supported. By embracing a broad range of perspectives and experiences we achieve greater success and fulfill our promise of providing financial security and peace of mind to families across all communities. Click here to learn more about New York Lifes leadership in this space.

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Job Requisition ID: 92964