IT Release Manager – Guidewire Platform

Description

Remote

Our client seeks an experienced IT Release Manager to lead release planning, coordination, governance, and execution for a large-scale Guidewire implementation and its supporting digital ecosystem. The role manages end-to-end release processes across Guidewire applications, digital platforms, integrations, environments, and enterprise systems. The position partners with Engineering, QA, Product, Platform/Dev Ops, Architecture, Infrastructure, vendors, and Business stakeholders to drive stable, predictable, and high-quality releases across the program lifecycle.

We can facilitate w2 and corp-to-corp consultants. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $85.00 to $95.00/hr. w2

• Own and manage the integrated release calendar across Guidewire and connected platforms.
• Coordinate release activities across development, QA, UAT, performance testing, and production deployment.
• Drive release readiness reviews, go/no-go checkpoints, and deployment governance.
• Manage release scope, dependencies, sequencing, and deployment timelines.
• Coordinate cross-team implementation activities across multiple work streams and vendors.
• Partner with Platform/Dev Ops teams to ensure environment readiness and deployment stability.
• Coordinate code promotions across Dev, SIT, UAT, PERF, and Production environments.
• Validate deployment plans, rollback strategies, and contingency procedures.
• Align release schedules with infrastructure readiness and testing cycles.
• Identify release risks, blockers, and cross-platform dependencies early.
• Drive mitigation planning and escalation management.
• Coordinate issue resolution across Engineering, QA, Platform, and vendor teams.
• Ensure production support readiness and operational transition planning.
• Partner with QA leadership to align SIT, UAT, regression, and performance testing.
• Ensure release criteria and quality gates are met prior to deployment.
• Coordinate validation across Guidewire Core, Digital, Integrations, Earnix, and Data/Reporting work streams.
• Provide executive-level release status reporting and dashboards.
• Facilitate release governance meetings and stakeholder communications.
• Maintain visibility into release health, risks, deployment status, and defect trends.
• Drive post-release reviews and continuous improvement activities.

• 7+ years in IT Release Management, Technical Program Management, or Delivery Management.
• Experience managing enterprise‑scale application releases across complex distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of SDLC, Agile delivery models, and Dev Ops practices.
• Experience coordinating releases across multiple environments and integrated platforms.
• Organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in fast‑paced delivery environments.
• Preferred:
  Experience with Guidewire Insurance Suite (Policy Center, Billing Center, Claim Center).
• Preferred:
  Guidewire Cloud implementation support experience.
• Preferred:
  Insurance industry experience.
• Preferred:
  Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and release orchestration.
• Preferred:
  Experience with tools such as Jira, Service Now, Azure Dev Ops, Jenkins, and Git Hub Actions.
• Preferred:
  Experience supporting SIT/UAT/PERF and production deployment activities.
• Preferred:
  Understanding of API and integration‑heavy architectures.