Director, Guidewire Architecture - Blue Bell, PA

PMA Companies; Whitpain Township (PA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

PMA Companies seeks a Guidewire Architect to collaborate with senior Technology and Business leaders, applying broad Guidewire architecture experience to support a strategic initiative. You will provide consulting and champion Guidewire architecture practices to align capabilities with business needs.

Responsibilities include leading design/deployment of Guidewire solutions, establishing governance, and driving modernization with Cloud/DevSecOps practices.

Qualifications

• Guidewire architecture experience required.
• Experience with Guidewire Cloud, Policy Center, Billing Center and Claim Center is preferred.
• Mentored developers and led architecture initiatives.
• Experience in agile operating models and driving technology direction.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and deployment of Guidewire solutions (Policy, Billing, Claims).
• Establish governance and control processes for Guidewire implementations.
• Prototyping of new technology solutions and cloud roadmap alignment.
• Define target state technology architecture and roadmaps.
• Communicate architectural direction to stakeholders and align with enterprise strategy.

Skills

Guidewire

Cloud architecture

AWS

DevSecOps

Security

Leadership

Mentorship

APIs

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)

Alternate Location(s)

• Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, United States
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States