Athene Annuity And Life Company

Business Systems Architect

West Des Moines, Iowa

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 29 days ago

AgileJiraConfluenceStakeholder ManagementLeadershipCommunicationAdaptability

About the role

If you are driven to do more and love the challenge of pursuing more, Athene is your kind of company.
This is a hands-on, high-impact role in a fast-moving startup environment where curiosity, adaptability, and ownership are key.
Athene is committed to inclusion and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

As a Business Systems Architect, you'll play a critical role at the intersection of business strategy, product design, and technical execution.
You'll work directly with product leadership, developers, and external stakeholders to define business needs, design efficient workflows, and translate requirements into actionable development stories.
Partner with product owners and engineering teams to define user stories, acceptance criteria, and workflows that balance scalability, compliance, and usability.
Document and visualize process flows, data dependencies, and integration points across multiple partner systems.

Proven ability to gather requirements, analyze business processes, map data flows, and translate complex business needs into clear user stories, functional requirements, process diagrams, and acceptance criteria.
experience with financial services and recordkeeping platforms.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, plus 6+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, Product Analyst, or Product Owner in SaaS and financial technology environments, with a strong understanding of financial and operational processes.
Experienced working within Agile/Scrum environments while supporting waterfall-style discovery, stakeholder alignment, and approval processes.
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to simplify complex concepts, build consensus, and drive clarity in ambiguous situations.
Demonstrated ownership and initiative, leading analysis efforts from discovery through testing and delivery.
Proficient with JIRA, Confluence, and other Atlassian tools; experience with financial services and recordkeeping platforms.

We are driven to do more.
More for our customers and the financial professionals who offer our products.
You will find we offer more than the basics to create an inclusive and dynamic work environment at our various locations.
Our SaaS platform integrates multiple financial institutions and partner systems into a unified solution-so success in this role means understanding complex business structures and transforming that understanding into scalable product features and streamlined processes.
Facilitate requirements discovery through cross-functional discussions with customers, internal stakeholders, and technical teams.

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