Consultant, Business Capability Team Analysis (Remote)

If you’re passionate about helping people protect what matters most to them at a Fortune 100 company with nearly $70 billion in annual sales, as well as innovating and simplifying processes and operations to provide the best customer value, then Nationwide’s Property and Casualty team could be the place for you! At Nationwide®, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers and partners are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care.

This will be a G band Product Analyst role open for AWD. This role will focus on leading business configuration validation. This position will be testing systems and creating processes, development, troubleshooting, automation, ect.

• Lead business configuration validation for AWD changes to ensure workflows, routing, business rules, and task setup align with approved requirements and operational needs.
• Perform data validation and troubleshooting to confirm expected outcomes, investigate issues, and support timely defect resolution.
• Identify configuration defects, process gaps, and root causes, and recommend scalable, sustainable improvements that strengthen quality and reduce rework.
• Support release readiness and production validation activities, including confirmation of release details, execution of validation tasks, and coordination with key AWD partners.
• Contribute to process improvement and automation opportunities by recommending configuration changes that improve efficiency, consistency, and user experience.
• Demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess business needs, interpret results, and guide sound solution decisions.
• Bring experience with business process management and workflow automation tools such as SS&C AWD / Chorus or similar platforms.
• Apply knowledge of P&C insurance operations, with the ability to connect workflow and configuration decisions to business outcomes.
• Communicate effectively across business, product, and technical teams, with strong facilitation and stakeholder partnership skills.
• Identify and Implement automation to improve test coverage

This is a remote position.

This role does not qualify for employer sponsored work authorization.

Nationwide does not participate in the STEM OPT extension program.

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Job Description Summary

Do you want to be a member of a team that aspires to lead business innovation in the insurance and financial services industry? Are you an entrepreneur at heart, able to pivot quickly and be agile in your approach? If you're passionate about fueling growth, driving improvement and solving needs in a way that haven't yet been imagined, then Nationwide's Business Capability Team management group may be the place for you!

As a Consultant, you will be responsible for providing subject matter expertise to inform business outcomes, in addition to providing competitive industry analysis for a product and journey across multiple lines of business.

You will also be a member of the broader product and journey team representing the interests of all business stakeholders. You will be responsible for measuring progress against business outcomes and timelines ensuring the technology solution aligns to the business strategy and delivers expected business benefit measured by adoption of changes. You'll provide key support and insights to the Business Capability Owner, representing the customer point of view while also examining processes and practices to determine how to best support the outcomes.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:   

• Collaborates with Business Capability Owner on prioritization and develops requirements throughout the software development lifecycle to ensure business objectives and solution vision are being met. 

• Conducts competitive analysis on customer, product landscape and business segment specific competitors across multiple lines of business and experiences. Presents findings and recommendations to Business Capability Managers and/or Owners. 

• Assesses organizational impact for organizational change management planning. Coordinates communication and training and is accountable for overall business readiness. Provides recommendations to the Business Capability Manager and/or Owner and agile team. 

• Keeps up on the latest industry trends as well as customer needs and behaviors. 

• Serves as a source of expertise for direction, mentoring and guidance for less experienced analysts. 

• Participates in agile ceremonies, daily stand ups, show and tells, iteration planning and retrospectives. 

• Partners with Business Capability Manager to define KPIs that measure effectiveness of the product and journey with customers. Works with team to identify areas focus and provides insights to product and journey owner for prioritization. 

• Leads and execute design and development on business configurable tools where applicable in support of operational partners. 

May perform other responsibilities as assigned.   

Reporting Relationships: Reports to Director/AVP. 

Typical Skills and Experiences:   

Education: Bachelors degree in business, IT or related field with advanced degree preferred. 

Experience: Typically, 7 or more years of demonstrated experience delivering initiatives and conducting customer research to inform value-based solutions.  Experience delivering work in an agile environment, leveraging product-centric principles and managing large scale initiatives with multiple dependencies. 

Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: Deep knowledge of insurance industry.   In depth understanding of agile planning practices and customer centric design.    Strong command of verbal and written communication skills in addition to facilitation techniques.  Ability to analyze quantitative and qualitative information and summarize for consumption by all levels.  Ability to develop recommendations and influence the strategic vision and multi-year product roadmap.  Strong business process design skills and ability to communicate findings in a clear and concise manner.  Ability to work interpedently and manage large, complex tasks that span different subject matters. 

Other criteria, including leadership skills, competencies and experiences may take precedence.  

Staffing exceptions to the above must be approved by the hiring manager’s leader and Human Resource Business Partner. 

Values: Regularly and consistently demonstrates Nationwide Values. 

Job Conditions:   

Overtime Eligibility: Not eligible (Exempt) 

Working Conditions: Normal office environment. 

  

ADA: The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of this job.  Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties.

We currently anticipate accepting applications until 06/19/2026. However, we encourage early submissions, as the posting may close sooner if a strong candidate slate is identified before the deadline.

Benefits

We have an array of benefits to fit your needs, including: medical/dental/vision, life insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date, nine paid holidays, 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off, 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off, 401(k) with company match, company-paid pension plan, business casual attire, and more. To learn more about the benefits we offer, click here.

Nationwide is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels challenged, appreciated, respected and engaged. Nationwide prohibits discrimination and harassment and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic (or classification) protected by applicable law.

This position could be filled within any of the lower 48 U.S. states.

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Nationwide pays on a geographic-specific salary structure and placement within the actual starting salary range for this position will be determined by a number of factors including the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; the scope, complexity and location of the role as well as the cost of labor in the market; and other conditions of employment. If a Sales job, Sales Incentives, based on performance goals are possible in addition to this range. Note on Compensation for Part-Time Roles: Please be aware that the salary ranges listed below reflect full-time compensation. Actual compensation may be prorated based on the number of hours worked relative to a full-time schedule.

The national salary range for Consultant, Business Capability Team Analysis : $108,000.00-$200,000.00

The expected starting salary range for Consultant, Business Capability Team Analysis : $108,000.00 - $162,000.00