Principal Solution Architect - Guidewire

IAG; Sydney; On-site; AUD 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

13% superannuation

20 days annual leave

MyLeave

Work from home options

Insurance discounts

Job summary

IAG is seeking a Principal Solution Architect - Guidewire to lead architecture across Guidewire programs, shaping the future of PolicyCenter and BillingCenter within Australia’s largest general insurance group. This permanent full-time role invites expert architects to drive cloud modernization and enterprise-scale transformations from Sydney, Melbourne, or Brisbane.

You will partner with delivery teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions, govern designs, and

Qualifications

• 10+ years' hands-on Guidewire experience across PolicyCenter and BillingCenter.
• Deep knowledge of Guidewire configuration, product models, data models, integration patterns and platform architecture.
• Experience in complex multi-brand Guidewire environments balancing governance and releases.
• Strong experience with BillingCenter payment integrations and PCI DSS considerations.
• Current Guidewire certification; Ace accreditation is highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Provide architecture leadership across Guidewire PolicyCenter and BillingCenter programs; ensure scalable, future-ready designs.
• Lead architecture for complex integration, migration, cloud transformation, and platform modernisation initiatives.
• Partner with delivery teams to translate business requirements into practical technology solutions and roadmaps.
• Support architecture governance, design reviews, decision forums, and risk management activities.
• Drive adoption of reusable architecture patterns, standards, and best practices across Retail Technology.
• Influence strategic technology decisions, underwriting improvements, and data capabilities.
• Influence evolution of Guidewire platforms and AI-enabled solutions.

Skills

Guidewire

PolicyCenter

BillingCenter

APIs

Data models

Integration patterns

PCI DSS

Guidewire certification

Tools

Jira

Architectural patterns

Job description

Principal Solution Architect - Guidewire

At IAG, we’re ready for you. We're the largest general insurance group in Australia and New Zealand. Our family of brands turns the IAG purpose of making your world a safer place into action by helping everyday Aussies and New Zealanders, supporting their ambitions and making insurance accessible.

If you're a senior Guidewire architect with deep PolicyCenter and BillingCenter expertise and a passion for shaping complex technology solutions, we'd love to hear from you.

We're seeking an experienced Principal Solution Architect to provide architecture leadership across our core Guidewire platforms, helping shape the future of Retail Technology through large-scale transformation, cloud adoption, and business-led innovation.

As aPrincipal Solution Architect - Guidewire, you will lead solution architecture across strategic Guidewire initiatives, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, supportable, and aligned with enterprise architecture principles. You'll play a key role in shaping the future of IAG's PolicyCenter and BillingCenter platforms, supporting major transformation, integration, migration, and cloud modernisation programs. This is a permanent full-time role based in Gadigal Country (Darling Park 2, Sydney), Naarm (Melbourne) or Meanjin (Brisbane).

What You'll Do

• Provide architecture leadership across Guidewire PolicyCenter and BillingCenter programs, ensuring high-quality, scalable, and future-ready solution designs.
• Lead architecture design for complex integration, migration, cloud transformation, and platform modernisation initiatives.
• Partner with delivery teams to translate business requirements into practical technology solutions and architectural roadmaps.
• Support architecture governance, design reviews, decision-making forums, and risk management activities.
• Drive the adoption of reusable architecture patterns, standards, and best practices across the Retail Technology ecosystem.
• Influence strategic technology decisions and contribute to initiatives focused on underwriting improvements, and data capabilities.
• Influence strategic technology decisions and contribute to the evolution of IAG’s Guidewire platforms, insurance capabilities and broader Retail Technology ecosystem as well as AI-enabled solutions.

What You'll Bring

• 10+ years' hands-on Guidewire experience across PolicyCenter and BillingCenter gained through engineering, technical leadership or implementation architecture roles.
• Deep knowledge of Guidewire configuration, product models, data models, integration patterns and platform architecture.
• Experience working within complex multi-brand or shared Guidewire environments, balancing governance, releases and competing priorities.
• Strong experience with BillingCenter payment integrations and PCI DSS considerations.
• Current Guidewire certification, with Guidewire Certified Ace accreditation highly regarded.
• Proven ability to design scalable, resilient Guidewire integrations using APIs, messaging, events and batch processing.
• Strong understanding of solution architecture, including architecture trade-offs, integration patterns, non-functional requirements and risk management.
• Experience integrating insurance platforms with cloud, digital and enterprise technology ecosystems.
• Ability to align solution designs with enterprise architecture, platform strategies and business objectives.
• Proven capability managing architectural risk, technical debt and solution quality.

Technical Leadership & Stakeholder Influence

• Ability to review code, configuration and technical designs, identify risks and provide guidance to engineering teams and delivery partners.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to work effectively across architecture, engineering, delivery and business teams.

What We Offer

• Boosted superannuation with 13% as standard.
• 20 days annual leave + 5 days MyLeave (extra leave for what’s important to you).
• Work from home and many more flexibility options with myFlex.
• Up to 50% off personal insurance, including home and motor insurance.
• Partner discounts on private health insurance, tech & appliances, and many more.
• Industry-leading 20 weeks paid parental leave.
• Access to LinkedIn Learning, the award-winning IAG Academy, study assistance and secondment opportunities.

*employment type eligibility criteria apply

Adjustments and Support

If you require any support or adjustments to participate equitably in our recruitment process, we encourage you to reach out to ***********@iag.com.au for a confidential conversation.

More About Us

As part of IAG you'll enjoy a world of career opportunities, a purpose-led place focused on creating connection and belonging, and where you can create meaningful impact every day and grow your career beyond the expected. That’s not just words. It’s our people promise. We're ready for you with unexpected opportunities for your career, your work-life and your ability to make a difference. We celebrate all viewpoints shaped by life experiences and culture, and are guided by the knowledge and voice of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, businesses, and communities. We collaborate on Indigenous-led solutions that enable growth and create meaningful change for our customers and employees.