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Who are we:
Core Insurance Platforms (CIP) is Zurich’s global capability responsible for building, running, and evolving core insurance technology. We set a unified, scalable operating model—covering governance, standards, architecture, service delivery, and reuse—so our business units can deliver at speed and scale.
CIP is the strategic steward of Zurich’s Guidewire ecosystem, aligning platform roadmaps to business strategy while driving stability, modernization, reduced supplier dependency, and long term cost efficiency.
India delivery center is one of our global delivery and capability hub. We bring together experts in AI, engineering, analysis, quality, and architecture to deliver product & process solutions, application run services, change and transformation initiatives, and centralized platform services across both on prem and Guidewire Cloud environments. Our teams operate from multiple global delivery centers, supporting Zurich’s business units worldwide.
Release Manager & Scrum Master
Function: Group Technology Operations (GTO) – Actuarial Solutions
Location:
Hyderabad
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Summary:
Who are we:
Actuary IT Solutions is Zurich’s global capability within Finance, Investment & Treasury (FIT), responsible for running, stabilizing, and evolving shared actuarial platforms supporting IFRS and Group Reporting.
Our portfolio includes core actuarial platforms such as ACE, GNLA, GRAND and GLAD , operated as shared services with clear ownership, measurable KPIs and standardised processes. We are actively modernizing this landscape, including a major migration to AWS targeted for Go-Live in Q1 2027, to improve resilience, speed, cost efficiency and long-term sustainability.
India is an integral part of our global delivery model, working closely with international teams to support platform operations, change and transformation initiatives across the actuarial ecosystem.
Why you’ll love working here:
Enterprise-critical impact – Work on platforms supporting Zurich’s IFRS and Group Reporting.
Complex, meaningful delivery – Coordinate releases across globally used, multi-component actuarial platforms.
Transformation at pace – Play a key role in the AWS migration programme.
AI-enabled ways of working – Support AI-first engineering, testing, operations and knowledge management.
Global collaboration – Work with teams across Hyderabad, Barcelona and other global locations.
Ownership and accountability – Drive decisions, solve complex problems and deliver measurable outcomes.
If you enjoy working at the intersection of release excellence and Agile delivery leadership , this role offers the opportunity to contribute directly to platforms critical to Zurich’s financial reporting and regulatory outcomes.
Role
Purpose:
The Release Manager & Scrum Master will manage the end-to-end release lifecycle for the ACE actuarial platform while leading Agile delivery for a geo-dispersed team.
This is a dual-purpose role requiring strong ownership of release planning, coordination, governance and production readiness, alongside hands-on Scrum Master responsibilities. The role acts as a key bridge between Hyderabad and global stakeholders, requiring proactive communication, strong stakeholder management and the ability to manage complexity under pressure.
Key Accountabilities:
Release Management:
Own the end-to-end release lifecycle, including planning, scheduling, coordination and deployment across multiple environments and integrated components.
Maintain release calendars, change windows and release plans aligned with business and regulatory timelines.
Coordinate release readiness across Engineering, Testing and Business teams, ensuring required sign-offs, test evidence and change controls are completed.
Manage hotfixes, emergency releases and production incidents with structured communication and minimal business disruption.
Maintain end-to-end release traceability through Azure Dev Ops.
Take ownership of release quality, risk management and go/no-go decisions.
Scrum Master & Agile Delivery:
Facilitate all key Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, reviews,…
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