Guidewire Technical Lead

Guidewire Technical Lead

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Are you looking for a caring, collaborative, values-driven workplace with inspiring teammates and leaders? Do you have the ambition and desire to be the best and thrive at the most impactful global insurance provider in the world? Look no further than Zurich Canada.

If you bring strong Guidewire expertise and are looking to take on a meaningful new challenge, we would love to hear from you.

Zurich Canada is seeking a Guidewire Technical Lead to provide hands-on technical leadership for the implementation, evolution, and ongoing management of our Guidewire-based Policy and Claims Administration platforms, including Policy Center Cloud and Claim Center Cloud.

Reporting to the Head of IT Core Platforms, you will play a pivotal role in shaping Zurich’s Guidewire strategy. You will guide the integration of Guidewire solutions within the broader Zurich technology landscape, influence complementary modules such as Jutro, and define the roadmap for Guidewire initiatives across the organization.

This is a unique opportunity to expand your expertise and shape the future in a collaborative and supportive environment where your ideas and contributions truly matter. This posting is a newly created role.

Zurich Canada uses artificial intelligence–enabled tools to support certain aspects of the recruitment process, including the initial review and screening of applications. Artificial intelligence is not the sole basis for candidate shortlisting or selection. All hiring decisions are reviewed and made by qualified hiring professionals.

Zurich follows a hybrid work model requiring three days per week of in-person presence, which may include time in the office or market-facing engagements.

• Act as the technical authority and point of accountability for Guidewire platforms (Policy Center Cloud and Claim Center Cloud), ensuring stable, scalable, and well-governed implementations across Zurich Canada.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership and decision support to delivery teams, resolving complex Guidewire design, configuration, and integration challenges without directly owning day-to-day development.
• Partner closely with Enterprise and Solution Architecture teams to translate target-state architectures into executable Guidewire design patterns, implementation standards, and delivery guardrails.
• Define and maintain Guidewire-specific technical standards, patterns, and best practices, ensuring consistent adoption across internal teams and vendor partners.
• Guide the integration of Guidewire with Zurich’s broader technology ecosystem, including core platforms, digital channels, data, and external services, ensuring alignment with enterprise integration strategies.
• Own the technical roadmap for Guidewire capabilities, including platform upgrades, cloud optimization, use of modules such as Jutro, and adoption of new Guidewire features.
• Provide technical oversight across initiatives to proactively identify risks, dependencies, and cross-program/project impacts related to Guidewire implementations.
• Collaborate with Cyber Security, Dev Ops, and Platform teams to ensure Guidewire solutions meet Zurich’s requirements for security, resiliency, performance, and operational readiness.
• Coach and mentor Guidewire developers and technical leads, raising overall platform maturity, code quality, and problem-solving capability across teams.
• Serve as a key escalation point and trusted advisor for senior IT and business stakeholders on Guidewire-related technical decisions, trade-offs, and delivery outcomes.

Required:

• Bachelors Degree and 10+ years of progressive IT experience, with significant time spent delivering large-scale enterprise platforms within complex, regulated environments.
• OR
• High School Diploma or Equivalent and 15+ years of progressive IT experience, with significant time spent delivering large-scale enterprise platforms within complex, regulated environments.
• OR
• Zurich Certified Insurance Apprentice including an associate degree and 12+ years of progressive IT experience, with significant time spent delivering large-scale…