Director, Guidewire Architecture

Old Republic Commercial Risk; Center Square (PA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

Old Republic Commercial Risk is seeking a Guidewire Architect to collaborate with senior Technology and Business leaders and apply broad Guidewire architecture experience to support a strategic initiative. You will lead the design and deployment of Guidewire solutions (Policy, Billing and Claims), establish governance, and help align Guidewire capabilities with business needs.

The role is hybrid, based in Blue Bell, PA, with on-site days and opportunities to mentor teams while advancing cloud,

Qualifications

• Extensive Guidewire architecture experience across modules.
• Experience with Guidewire Cloud and Center components.
• Mentored developers and led architecture governance.
• Proven ability to align technology strategy with business goals.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and deployment of Guidewire solutions (Policy, Billing and Claims).
• Establish governance to ensure successful Guidewire implementations.
• Communicate Guidewire strategy and align IT initiatives with enterprise goals.
• Develop target-state architecture and roadmaps for modernization.
• Prototype new technologies and drive DevSecOps practices.
• Collaborate with senior leaders to set architecture priorities.

Skills

Guidewire architecture

Guidewire Cloud

Policy Center

Billing Center

Claim Center

Mentorship

Agile transformation

Cloud security

AWS

Technical leadership

Job description

As a Guidewire Architect within our architecture organization, you will collaborate with senior Technology and Business leaders and apply your broad Guidewire architecture experience by helping to support a strategic Guidewire initiative. You will provide consulting and be a champion for helping to establish Guidewire architecture practices that will help align capabilities within Guidewire to fit the needs of our business groups.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Lead the design and deployment of Guidewire solutions (Policy, Billing and Claims) leveraging best practices and architectural principles.
• Help to establish governance and control processes to ensure successful and healthy Guidewire implementations
• Demonstrate a strong passion for following and sharing Guidewire's Cloud roadmap and highlight opportunities and challenges to complement our initiatives
• Architecture responsibility within a major segment of Technology Architecture in support of the Architecture Modernization
• Works with the Senior leadership within Technology and Business to develop architecture priorities and direction to enable business imperatives
• Displays strong thought leadership in pursuit of modern architecture principals and technology modernization driving continuous technology transformation to minimize technical debt
• Hands-on prototyping of new technology solutions
• Defines target state technology architecture and roadmaps
• Ensures alignment of IT initiatives with the target state
• Prepares and delivers comprehensive communications to convey architectural direction and how it aligns with enterprise strategy
• Optimizes talent strategy to ensure proper mix of resources and attracts and recruits best talent
• Continuously improve efficiency and effectiveness of the Guidewire platform
• Perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Requirements

• Architecture experience
• Previous experience with Guidewire Cloud, Policy Center, Billing Center and Claim Center
• Provided mentorship to developers
• Organizational and transformational experience in an agile operating model
• Establishes strategic technology direction and architecture vision for an organization
• Strong proven Software Engineering experience
• Developed technology target state, roadmaps that aligned to Short- and Long-term business goals
• Proven track record of influencing senior leadership
• Insurance technology experience
• Current deep experience with AWS, APIs, accelerators, DevSecOps
• Cloud Architecture Certification (AWS, GCP, or Azure) or strong architecture experience on Cloud would be preferred
• Good understanding of security
• Experienced with large scale technology platforms

Work Environment

• Hybrid (3 days onsite per week in Blue Bell, PA)