Guidewire Technical Lead – Senior Manager

PwC UK; Manchester; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in the UK is seeking a Guidewire Technical Lead to oversee the implementation and optimisation of Guidewire solutions. The successful candidate will drive stakeholder engagement, lead technical configurations, and resolve issues effectively. With a strong background in insurance industry processes and extensive Guidewire experience, they will play a key role in aligning solutions to business strategies. A proactive approach to problem-solving and adaptability in dynamic projects is essential for this role.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in Guidewire implementations (PolicyCenter, ClaimCenter, and/or BillingCenter).
• Strong understanding of insurance industry processes and terminology.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills in Agile and Waterfall.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with users, PMs, and technical teams to translate business needs into technical specifications.
• Lead the technical design across workstreams for configurations and customisations.
• Support BA teams, facilitate workshops, and document requirements when needed.
• Configuration oversight: guide Guidewire module configurations with technical teams.
• Issue resolution: act as escalation point for technical issues across teams.
• Documentation: prepare and maintain specifications, processes and user guides.

Skills

Guidewire

Insurance domain

Stakeholder mgmt

Leadership

Change management

Job description

About The Role

The Guidewire Technical Lead plays a pivotal role in driving the successful implementation, configuration, and optimisation of Guidewire solutions within an organisation. The Technical Lead brings deep expertise in Guidewire modules (such as PolicyCenter, ClaimCenter, or BillingCenter), facilitates requirements gathering, and leads technical design and delivery. The role ensures the solution capabilities in our Guidewire programmes align to strategy and customer outcomes, anticipates future releases to deliver value and meet business needs, and involves technical leadership, mentoring, and collaboration with stakeholders to deliver scalable, high‑quality insurance applications.

What Will Your Day Look Like

• Stakeholder engagement: collaborate with users, PMs, and technical teams to translate business needs into technical specifications.
• Solution design: lead the technical design across workstreams, ensuring configurations and customisations meet objectives and industry best practices.
• Requirements gathering: support BA teams, facilitate workshops, and document business and technical requirements when customisation is required.
• Configuration oversight: oversee configuration of Guidewire modules with technical teams to apply requirements accurately.
• Issue resolution: act as the primary escalation point for technical issues, troubleshoot and collaborate with cross‑functional teams.
• Documentation: prepare and maintain specifications, process flows, and user guides.

This Job Is For You If

• Extensive experience in Guidewire implementations (PolicyCenter, ClaimCenter, and/or BillingCenter).
• Strong understanding of insurance industry processes, terminology, and ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with experience in Agile and Waterfall.
• Strong problem‑solving, attention to detail, and leadership of technical analysts.
• Background in business process reengineering or change management, with adaptability in fast‑paced projects and proactive challenge resolution.

What You’ll Receive From Us

No matter where you may be in your career or personal life, our benefits are designed to add value and support, recognising and rewarding you fairly for your contributions.