Executive Director, Investment Business Analysis

Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated is a purpose-driven organization focused on life- and health-related solutions. The Executive Director, Investment Business Analysis will oversee business analysis execution across major investment initiatives, ensuring alignment with investment priorities and technology outcomes while leading a team of Directors and senior members.

Responsibilities:

• Lead business analysis delivery across a portfolio of investment initiatives, ensuring clear, complete, and governed requirements
• Oversee requirements elicitation, documentation, traceability, and approval processes across investment workflows, data, and reporting
• Direct business process modeling and optimization efforts to improve efficiency, control, and scalability within Investment Operations
• Act as a senior liaison between Investment stakeholders and Technology delivery teams to ensure alignment on scope, intent, and outcomes
• Ensure solution validation and user acceptance activities are planned and executed effectively, including walkthroughs, UAT coordination, and business sign-off
• Assess and manage business impacts of process and technology changes, including readiness, training, and adoption considerations
• Partner with Technology, Data, and Architecture teams to align requirements with platform standards, delivery sequencing, and data governance
• Identify and escalate risks related to scope clarity, requirements quality, and delivery readiness
• Contribute to the definition and refinement of business analysis standards, tools, and best practices
• Lead, coach, and develop Directors and senior team members, reinforcing accountability, quality, and execution discipline

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Information Systems, or a related field required
• 12+ Years of experience in investment operations, technology, or business analysis within an insurance company, asset manager, reinsurer, or large institutional investment organization required
• 5+ Years of experience leading teams or major delivery initiatives required
• Strong expertise translating investment business needs into functional and non-functional requirements across workflows, data, and reporting. required
• Proven experience in business process modeling, optimization, and control design in complex investment operating environments. required
• Experience supporting large-scale technology and data delivery initiatives, including platform modernization and automation. required
• Working knowledge of institutional investment systems, data platforms, and reporting tools. required
• Senior business analysis leader focused on execution quality, consistency, and delivery outcomes. required
• Trusted partner to Investment, Technology, and Data stakeholders with strong influencing capability. required
• Sound judgment in managing trade-offs across scope, timeline, and risk. required
• Effective people leader who develops high-performing teams and fosters clarity, ownership, and continuous improvement. required
• Advanced degree or professional certification (CFA, CPA, PMP, CBAP, or similar). preferred