Specialist, Technology Analyst

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• Partners with the business and other technology professionals to understand business needs and outcomes.
• Translates multiple business outcomes into solut

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If you're passionate about being part of a dynamic organization that enables a Fortune 100 company with nearly $70 billion in annual sales to drive innovation and adopt new technologies that deliver business results, then Nationwide's Technology team could be the place for you! At Nationwide®, "on your side" goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we're looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care. The Specialist, Technology Analyst will support the All-Wheel Drive (AWD) line within Nationwide. This role will support the AWD application and primarily focus on build efforts for the AWD IT team within Claims & Shared Services (CSS) BSA's. AWD supports a broad range of business areas across Nationwide, including Personal Lines, Commercial Lines, Claims, Money Services, Trial Division, Underwriting, and others. The team helps business partners manage and improve workflow processes within their areas. This role offers broad exposure across Nationwide in a shared services organization, partnering with multiple BSA, business, and IT teams. It supports a critical enterprise application with many integrations, providing an opportunity to lead requirements strategically, grow technical and business knowledge, apply AI skills, and help shape the future requirements strategy for a growing team. Technical/Competency Skills Required: 1. Strong technical background with familiarity in Java, web services, Harness, and GitHub to support conversations with development teams and understand system impacts. 2. Solid understanding of the SDLC and project lifecycle, with the ability to support both Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies. 3. Proven requirements leadership skills, including the ability to create context diagrams, define project-level requirements, and translate business needs into technical requirements, user stories, and team-ready task cards. 4. Advanced working knowledge of Jira and R4J to manage requirements, stories, traceability, and day-to-day delivery work. 5. Ability to learn new tools quickly, including AI and automation tools, and apply them to build repeatable, efficient requirements processes for a growing team. Top Responsibilities in this role: 1. Attend daily meetings and effectively manage multiple projects and priorities throughout the day. 2. Demonstrate strong organizational and time-management skills while helping lead and prioritize the requirements analyst team. 3. Partner with business analysts and business operations to translate business needs into clear, measurable IT requirements and well-defined story cards. 4. Support the team through entry and exit reviews to ensure solutions align with documented requirements. 5. Provide thought leadership on requirements strategy and the use of AI to improve automation, efficiency, and repeatable processes. 6. Serve as a team lead and partner closely with the Tech Lead, Agile Lead, Test Lead, Product Owner, and SEPM while building strong working relationships across diverse communication styles. This role will work a hybrid schedule requiring you to come into the Columbus, Oh office 2 days (Wednesday and Thursday) per week. This role does not qualify for employer sponsored work authorization. Nationwide does not participate in the STEM OPT extension program. #LI-AM1 Job Description Summary If you're enthusiastic about delivering secure technology solutions to support a company providing extraordinary care to its customers, then Nationwide Technology is the place for you. Nationwide's industry-leading technology workforce embraces an agile work environment and a collaborative culture to deliver outstanding solutions and results. If that sounds like something you aspire to, we want to hear from you! As a Technology Analyst you will partner with the business to understand business needs and outcomes as well as provide all types of analysis skills related to understanding and meeting business outcomes. They translate business outcomes into solution requirements using techniques such as facilitation and visual management. A Technology Analyst should have broad technology and analysis experience including: facilitation with large stakeholder groups, managing the complete requirements lifecycle, conducting structured analysis using both quantitative and qualitative techniques, analyzing data and application suites, and problem-solving using a collaborative style. Technology Analysts are engaged in work efforts at all scales ranging from minor defect fixes and enhancements to development of new applications. You will also work on all types of solution approaches (e.g. custom development, package implementation) and domains (e.g. all application types, data warehouses, Web, and Cloud). Job Description

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