Guidewire Project Manager

We are seeking an experienced Guidewire Project Manager to lead end-to-end delivery of Guidewire Insurance Suite implementation and enhancement initiatives within the Property & Casualty (P&C) Insurance domain. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record managing large-scale Guidewire projects, strong stakeholder management skills, and experience leading distributed teams in Agile environments.

• Extensive experience managing Guidewire Insurance Suite implementations, including Policy Center, Billing Center, and Claim Center.
• Strong understanding of Property & Casualty (P&C) Insurance business processes, including policy administration, claims, and billing.
• Proven Project Management experience delivering large-scale implementation, upgrade, or transformation programs.
• Experience managing Guidewire integrations, data migration, and cloud/on-premise deployments.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and leadership skills.
• Experience working within Agile/Scrum and hybrid delivery models.

• Lead end-to-end delivery of Guidewire programs, ensuring successful execution of scope, schedule, budget, and quality objectives.
• Manage Guidewire implementations, upgrades, and transformation initiatives.
• Drive project planning, sprint execution, milestone tracking, release management, and delivery governance.
• Ensure adherence to SDLC processes, Agile methodologies, and project management best practices.

• Serve as the primary point of contact for business, IT, and executive stakeholders.
• Facilitate project status meetings, steering committee reviews, and executive reporting.
• Proactively manage risks, dependencies, issues, and escalations.
• Lead cross-functional teams including Guidewire developers, business analysts, QA teams, and integration specialists.
• Coordinate onsite, offshore, and third-party vendor teams to ensure successful project execution.
• Foster collaboration and alignment across all project stakeholders.

• Identify project risks and develop mitigation strategies.
• Ensure compliance with insurance industry standards, security requirements, and governance policies.
• Oversee defect management, testing activities, and UAT sign-off processes.
• Track project budgets, forecasts, resource utilization, and delivery costs.
• Support scope management, change requests, and project financial planning.

• PMP, SAFe, Scrum Master, or Agile certifications.
• Experience working in large-scale insurance transformation programs.
• Experience with Tier-1 insurance carriers or global insurance organizations.
• Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, MS Project, and related project management tools.
• Knowledge of Dev Ops, CI/CD, and release management practices.

• Strong ownership mindset and execution discipline.
• Excellent client-facing and relationship management skills.
• Ability to translate business requirements into executable project plans.
• Proven success delivering Guidewire programs on time and within budget.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to manage distributed and multi-vendor teams.