Technical Lead | Senior Manager | Guidewire

PwC; Sydney; Remote; AUD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

PwC Australia is seeking a Technical Lead/Senior Manager for Guidewire who will lead a team delivering end-to-end Guidewire implementations for Insurance clients. You’ll blend technical depth with strategy to resolve complex issues from concept to execution, working within PwC’s human-led, tech-enabled culture.

You’ll own integration knowledge across PolicyCenter, Billing Center and Claim Center, with emphasis on Guidewire Cloud concepts, digital channels, and data technologies.

Qualifications

• Experience with enterprise integration in an Insurance domain.
• Proven Guidewire Cloud experience; PolicyCenter preferred.
• Hands-on with Guidewire Digital and data tech.
• Strong architecture and design pattern skills.
• Proficiency with Guidewire platform tools and REST/JSON.

Responsibilities

• Lead Guidewire implementations for Insurance clients.
• Coordinate build, deployment and code merge activities.
• Drive architecture decisions and best practices.
• Collaborate with SMEs to translate requirements into solutions.
• Mentor and lead a high-performing delivery team.

Skills

Enterprise system integration

Guidewire Cloud

PolicyCenter

Billing Center

Claim Center

Guidewire Digital

Integration

Data Technologies

Jutro

Data Studio

REST API

SQL/Databases

Software architecture

Design patterns

Gosu scripting

PCFs

GIT/Bitbucket

Stakeholder engagement

Team leadership

Tools

Guidewire Cloud Console

Visual Code Studio/JetBrains

Job description

Technical Lead | Senior Manager | Guidewire

Our Guidewire team focuses on delivering Guidewire implementation services to Insurance clients. We deliver end to end Guidewire suite implementations, blending technical skills and strategy to advise top ASX organisations, not-for-profit companies and private clients with spectacular results. And we’re looking for a leader to take our team to the next level, as we help to resolve complex business issues from strategy to execution within our vast community of solvers.

Use the know-how you've gained in major Guidewire implementations to grow our Guidewire practice in PwC Australia. With new problems to solve, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to create change. We work from anywhere, so your strong communication skills and team leadership abilities will get a workout. As a leader in the team, you’ll make a real impact in a workplace that’s human-led and tech-enabled.

As an expert in Guidewire PolicyCenter, you’ll lead a team that will help clients harness technology systems in financial services focusing on areas such as insurance, sales performance management, retirement and pension, asset management, and banking & capital markets. In our Guidewire team, you’ll also be responsible for, but not limited to:

• Real time knowledge and experience on enterprise system integration, preferably from Insurance domain background
• Experience on Guidewire Cloud, PolicyCenter preferred. Billing Center and Claim Center considered. Experience on Guidewire cloud concepts is preferred
• Experience in Guidewire Digital, Integration and Data Technologies (Jutro, Data Studio, Explore, Integration Gateway, etc)
• Experience in software architecture and design patterns
• Knowledge in Guidewire platform technologies and tools (Guidewire Cloud Console, Gosu scripting, PCFs, Data Model, Visual Code Studio/JetBrains, JMS, JSON,NodeJS, HTML, CSS, Rest API, Git/Bitbucket)
• Experience on any database Oracle / SQL Server / Postgres and well versed in SQL
• Understanding of key platforms that integrate with Guidewire e.g. electronic content management solutions, finance solutions, middleware, etc.
• Strong understanding and experience of software development best practices
• Strong business communication skills
• Demonstrated leadership skills and team leading
• Experience with coordinating build, deployment, and code merge activities
• Experience working with client business SMEs to understand the requirements and translate them into viable solutions
• Experience in technical problem solving and triaging including design and development defects

It’s time to move forward. And upward.

You want to lead teams with impact and create meaningful change in a place with the flexibility and reward you need to make your life work away from the office.

We’ll give you a career-defining leadership role that:

• Encourage everyone to have a voice and invite opinion from all, including quieter members of the team.
• Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations.
• Initiate open and candid coaching conversations at all levels.
• Move easily between big picture thinking and managing relevant detail.
• Anticipate stakeholder needs, and develop and discuss potential solutions, even before the stakeholder realises they are required.
• Contribute technical knowledge in area of specialism.
• Contribute to an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.
• Navigate the complexities of cross-border and/or diverse teams and engagements.
• Initiate and lead open conversations with teams, clients, and stakeholders to build trust.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

We're an inclusive bunch, and we try to make life easier - for our clients, our teams and our communities. If you need reasonable adjustments when applying, just let us know.