Application Manager

Application Manager (Guidewire)

Hartford, CT Stamford, CT | USA

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Application Managers oversee technical teams within a Delivery Team and help to manage day‑to‑day tasks to ensure high levels of productivity, accuracy, and work priority. The Application Manager is responsible for the technical solution delivery and maintenance of the same in production.

What will your essential responsibilities include?

• Technically lead and manage Business Analysts, technical architects and developers including assignment of work.
• Assists RTE to manage SI Partners by helping to provide partner day‑to‑day direction on prioritization and decisions.
• Performs deliverable reviews and manage measurement of deliverable quality; assists to maintain development standards for design, coding, etc.
• Act as liaison between SI partner team and stakeholders.
• Ensure technical team alignment with business expectations and delivery roadmap.
• Will liaise and consult with the Solution Architecture team to ensure design alignment with AXA XL’s architecture strategy.
• Provide technical SME assistance for insurance billing and payment solutions (e.g., Guidewire, Majesco, SAP); estimate work requests at various levels of confidence.
• Partner with Release Management to coordinate release activities.
• Work with Operational Change Management team to ensure training materials and release notes are delivered.
• Assist in deployment activities as required.
• Ensure full compliance with AXA standards of the products for the business (incl. Security & Data Privacy).
• Act as liaison between SI partner team and stakeholders.
• Solid experience working in an Agile environment; assist in coordinating and participating in Agile ceremonies as required.
• Monitor Agile ceremonies and activities to ensure compliance with Digital Factory standards.

You will report to the Release Train Engineer (Delivery Lead).

We’re looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:

Required

Skills and Abilities:

• Demonstrates strong technical skills with proven experience in designing, implementing, and managing system integrations across various platforms and applications.
• Relevant years of hands‑on work experience with complex applications.
• Relevant years of experience working in an Agile environment.
• Relevant years of experience working on Guidewire platforms.
• Proficient in the use of JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket, Team City and Data Dog.
• Timely and accurate completion of deliverables in a manner that is auditable, testable, and maintainable.
• Implementation consistent with solution design and business specifications.
• Ensure technical integrity of changes made to systems.
• Adherence to development governance & SDLC standards.
• Team leadership abilities required, including experience leading and mentoring development professionals.
• Must be able to set priorities and multi‑task.
• Prior work experience with Commercial Lines of Insurance.

Desired

Skills and Abilities:

• Proficiency with multiple application delivery models including Agile, iterative and waterfall.
• Broad understanding of application development and support technologies.
• Prior work experience in an insurance or technology field (preferred).
• Prior experience working with multiple vendor partners.
• Adaptable to new/different strategies, programs, technologies, practices, cultures, etc.; comfortable with change, able to easily make transitions.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems or a related field (preferred).

Inclusion

AXA XL is committed to equal employment opportunity and will consider applicants regardless of gender, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity and origins, marital status, religion, disability, or any other protected characteristic. At AXA XL, we know that an inclusive culture enables business growth and is critical to our success. That’s why we have made a strategic commitment to attract, develop, advance and retain the most…