Senior Business Process Analyst

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Kemper is one of the nations leading specialized insurers. Our success is a direct reflection of the talented and diverse people who make a positive difference in the lives of our customers every day. We believe a high-performing culture valuable opportunities for personal development and professional challenge and a healthy work-life balance can be highly motivating and productive. Kempers products and services are making a real difference to our customers who have unique and evolving needs. By joining our team you are helping to provide an experience to our stakeholders that delivers on our promises.

As we continue evolving how we deliver value across the enterprise were looking for a Senior Business Process Analyst to help drive a culture of continuous improvement.

In this highly collaborative role youll partner with leaders Scrum Masters and cross-functional teams to analyze performance data facilitate process and value stream mapping and recommend solutions that improve how work is planned prioritized and delivered. Youll help connect strategy to execution by enabling leaders to measure outcomes eliminate waste improve flow and maximize business value. Youll also develop communications training and change management resources that help teams confidently adopt new ways of working.

By helping teams continuously improve how they work not just what they deliver youll contribute to building a more agile customer-focused organization where continuous improvement is embedded into how we plan deliver and improve every day.

Position Responsibilities

Continuous Improvement

• Partner with technology teams to understand needs document requirements and translate opportunities into actional improvement initiatives.
• Assess organizational performance team workflows and delivery practices to identify opportunities to improve flow reduce waste and increase business value.
• Facilitate process mapping value stream mapping and workflow analysis to support improvement initiatives and organizational change.
• Facilitate retrospectives problem-solving sessions and continuous improvement workshops that drive measurable outcomes.
• Support Portfolio Management and initiatives by helping teams continuously improve planning prioritization and delivery practices.

Analytics & Insights

• Develop dashboards and reports that measure operational performance value delivery and organizational health.
• Analyze trends and performance metrics to provide actionable insights and recommendations.
• Create executive dashboards presentations and recommendations that communicate organizational performance and improvement opportunities.
• Ensure data quality and continuously enhance reporting capabilities.

Agile Enablement

• Partner with Scrum Masters to pilot evaluate and scale Agile ways of working across the company.
• Monitor adoption flow and outcome metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of practices.
• Capture lessons learned and recommend improvements that help teams continuously mature.
• Support the development documentation and continuous improvement of enterprise standards templates and ways of working.

Organizational Change Management

• Develop communications that build awareness encourage adoption and reinforce Lean thinking and a culture of continuous improvement.
• Create training materials job aids presentations FAQs and reference guides.
• Support change management activities that enable successful adoption of new practices and ways of working.
• Gather stakeholder feedback and measure organizational readiness and adoption.

Collaboration

• Build strong partnerships across business technology PMO and transformation teams.
• Facilitate meetings document decisions and track improvement initiatives.
• Support leadership by providing insights recommendations and materials for operational and strategic reviews.

Why Youll Love It Here

• Make a meaningful impact by helping shape how our organization works improves and delivers value.
• Work alongside leaders Scrum Masters and cross-functional teams to solve complex challenges through Lean thinking and data-driven insights.
• Grow your expertise in continuous improvement Agile practices analytics and organizational change while helping build a culture of innovation and continuous learning.

Position Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in business Information Systems Project Management Organizational Development or related field.
• At least 5 years of experience in business analysis portfolio management PMO Agile or organizational transformation.
• Strong analytical facilitation communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience developing dashboards reports executive presentations and training materials.
• Experience applying lean techniques including process mapping value stream mapping root cause analysis and continuous improvement facilitation.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel PowerPoint Microsoft 365 Jira and ServiceNow.
• Experience with Lean Portfolio Management SAFe Scrum or Kanban is required.
• Experience with Power BI and Organizational Change Management (Prosci or similar) is preferred.
• Six Sigma green or blackbelt desired.
• This position works at the Kemper office.

The range for this position is $89000 to $148100. When determining candidate offers we consider experience skills education certifications and geographic location among other factors. This job is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus and Kemper benefits (Medical Dental Vision PTO 401k etc.).

Kemper is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin veteran disability status or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We are committed to supporting diversity and equality across our organization and we work diligently to maintain a workplace free from discrimination. Kemper is focused on expanding our Diversity Equity and Inclusion efforts to align with our vision mission and guiding principles. Kemper does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Kemper and Kemper will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.

Kemper will never request personal information such as your social security number or banking information via text or email. Additionally Kemper does not use external messaging applications like WireApp or Skype to communicate with candidates. If you receive such a message delete it.

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