Guidewire Technical Lead - Senior Manager

Industry/Sector
Insurance
Specialism
Guidewire
Management Level
Senior Manager
Job Description & Summary
A career within Functional and Industry Technologies services will provide you with the opportunity to build secure and new digital experiences for customers, employees, and suppliers. We focus on improving apps or developing new apps for traditional and mobile devices as well as conducting usability testing to find ways to improve our clients' user experience.
As part of our team, you'll help clients harness technology systems in financial services focusing on areas such as insurance, sales performance management, retirement and pension, asset management, and banking & capital markets.
To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.
As a Senior Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Encourage everyone to have a voice and invite opinion from all, including quieter members of the team.
• Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations.
• Initiate open and candid coaching conversations at all levels.
• Move easily between big picture thinking and managing relevant detail.
• Anticipate stakeholder needs, and develop and discuss potential solutions, even before the stakeholder realises they are required.
• Contribute technical knowledge in area of specialism.
• Contribute to an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.
• Navigate the complexities of cross-border and/or diverse teams and engagements.
• Initiate and lead open conversations with teams, clients and stakeholders to build trust.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

yoJob Requirements and Preferences:
Basic Qualifications:
Minimum Degree Required:
Bachelor Degree
Minimum Years of Experience:
7 year(s)
Preferred Qualifications:
Certification(s) Preferred:
Certifications and/or experience in Guidewire policy, billing or claims and Digital portals.
Preferred Knowledge/Skills:
Demonstrates intimate abilities and/or a proven record of success in managing system implementation and/or upgrade projects related to and/or leveraging GW Digital Portals.
Demonstrates intimate abilities and/or a proven record of success in insurance business applications such as:

• Real time knowledge and experience on enterprise system integration, preferably from Insurance domain background;
• Experience on Guidewire Cloud, Policy Center preferred. Billing Center and Claim Center considered; Experience on Guidewire cloud concepts is preferred;
• Experience in Guidewire Portals, such as ProducerEngage, CustomerEngage, VendorEngage, ServiceRepEngage;
• Knowledge in Guidewire platform (Gosu scripting / UI / Data Model);
• Experience in software architecture and design patterns. Experience on Guidewire Integration Framework concepts is preferred;
• Experience on any database Oracle / SQL Server / Postgres and well versed in SQL
• Understanding on electronic content management solution;
• Should have understanding and experience of software development best practices;
• Experience on business communication skills;
• Experience on leadership skills and leading team;
• Coordinate build, deployment, and code merge activities;
• Work with client business SMEs to understand the requirements and translate them into viable solutions;
• Maintain and fix issues in various environments like Dev, QA, UAT and Prod. Involve in unit testing and documentation; and,
• Understanding of tools on Guidewire Studio, Guidewire Cloud Console, Visual Code Studio/JetBrains, JMS, JSON, NodeJS, HTML, CSS, Rest API, Git/Bitbucket.

Demonstrates intimate abilities and/or a proven record of success in identifying and addressing client needs by:

• Building trusting relationships with clients;
• Developing an awareness of Firm service;
• Communicating with the client in an organized and knowledgeable manner;
• Delivering clear requests for information;
• Demonstrating flexibility in prioritizing and completing tasks; and,
• Communicating potential conflicts to a supervisor.

Demonstrates intimate abilities and/or proven track record in property and casualty insurance such as:

• Personal Lines;
• Commercial Lines;
• Direct and agency distribution channels;
• Insurance contracts;
• Product models;
• Policy administration;
• Claims; and,
• Billing.

Travel Requirements
Up to 80%
Job Posting End Date
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