Job Summary
We are looking for an experienced Guidewire QA professional with strong expertise in any of the Guidewire InsuranceSuite modules - ClaimCenter, PolicyCenter, or BillingCenter. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience in test planning, test execution, automation strategy, stakeholder management, and leading QA teams within Agile environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead discussions with business stakeholders, functional analysts, and development teams to define test strategy, test plans, and test design.
- Analyze business requirements and resolve functional ambiguities with stakeholders.
- Develop comprehensive test deliverables aligned with organizational QA standards and best practices.
- Define and manage project testing activities, work breakdown structures, and execution timelines.
- Establish QA standards, templates, and execution guidelines across the project.
- Drive test automation initiatives and continuously improve test coverage through automation.
- Lead daily Scrum meetings, coordinate QA activities, and prepare weekly project status reports for leadership.
- Conduct detailed reviews of test cases, automation scripts, and QA deliverables.
- Mentor and provide technical guidance to QA team members.
- Collaborate with onsite clients, Scrum Masters, Business Analysts, Development, Support, and cross-functional teams.
- Ensure quality assurance processes are followed throughout the software development lifecycle.
Required Skills
- Strong experience in Guidewire QA Testing.
- Hands-on experience in at least one of the following Guidewire modules:
- ClaimCenter
- PolicyCenter
- BillingCenter
- Strong understanding of Insurance domain processes.
- Experience in Functional Testing, System Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing, and UAT.
- Experience in Test Planning, Test Strategy, Test Case Design, and Defect Management.
- Knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to lead distributed QA teams and coordinate with onsite/offshore teams.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with Test Automation frameworks.
- Knowledge of API Testing and Integration Testing.
- Experience with tools such as Jira, ALM, Azure DevOps, Selenium, or similar QA tools.
- Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.