Japanese Bilingual Business Analyst

Overview

Japanese bilingual Business Analyst supporting strategic business and technology initiatives for the Japan market, bridging Japan business teams and global technology teams.

What you'll do

• Liaise between Japanese-speaking business users and English-speaking global teams, and lead bilingual workshops and requirement discussions.
• Gather and analyze business needs; create and translate business requirements, functional specifications, and user stories.
• Help the team understand the business requirements.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to document business processes, assess gaps between existing and target-state operations, and recommend process enhancements.
• Support backlog refinement and sprint planning, ensuring clear Japanese-English acceptance criteria.
• Help business testers validate outcomes in ST/IT/UAT.
• Communicate options, risks, and decisions to Japanese and global stakeholders and drive consensus.
• Actively use Guidewire tools, automation, and responsible AI capabilities to increase productivity and improve the quality and consistency of project outcomes.

What you'll need

• Japanese language proficiency at business level (equivalent to JLPT N2 or above).
• 5-8 years of experience as a Business Analyst or similar role on technology or transformation programs.
• Proven experience in requirements gathering, analysis, documentation, and working with Agile/Scrum teams.
• Strong English communication skills (written and verbal).
• Demonstrated ability to embrace AI and data-driven insights to drive innovation, productivity, and continuous improvement in your current role.

Nice to have

• Experience in the Property & Casualty (P&C) insurance domain.
• Guidewire experience or certification (e.g., Guidewire PolicyCenter/ClaimCenter Business Analyst or InsuranceSuite Integrations).
• Experience working with Japanese insurers or Japan insurance products.
• Exposure to data-driven or analytics-heavy initiatives.

Details

• Location: Bengaluru.
• Work mode: 3 days mandatory work from office.
• Employment type: Full-time.