Strategic Release Manager for Guidewire & DevOps

Capgemini; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Capgemini is seeking a Release Manager in New York to plan, coordinate, and deliver complex Guidewire releases. You will govern deployments, manage pipelines, and drive go-live readiness across Dev, QA, and Ops teams in a collaborative, onsite environment.

This role requires strong communication, stakeholder management, and cross-functional leadership to ensure staging gates and checklists are met with minimal supervision.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in Guidewire Release Management, DevOps, and deployment activities.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions.
• Good understanding of Guidewire build, deployment, and release processes.
• Experience managing production deployments and go-live activities.
• Strong scripting knowledge: YAML, Shell, PowerShell, Python.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end release planning, coordination, and execution for Guidewire applications (PolicyCenter, BillingCenter, ClaimCenter, Edge APIs, Jutro).
• Oversee build, deployment, and pipeline management activities across lower and higher environments.
• Drive go-live readiness reviews, deployment planning, and production release execution.
• Validate builds, fixes, and deployment packages prior to production implementation.
• Coordinate post-production validation, checkout activities, and hypercare support following releases.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and automate deployment processes.
• Implement branching strategies, code repository standards, and version control practices (Git/Azure Repos).
• Set up automated testing, static code analysis, quality gates, and security scans.
• Troubleshoot pipeline failures and environment configuration issues.
• Optimize release processes, deployment automation, and pipeline reliability.
• Create reusable pipeline templates and DevOps automation scripts.
• Drive release governance through stage gates, readiness checkpoints, and deployment checklists.
• Coordinate across Development, QA, DevOps, Infrastructure, CloudOps, Business, and Vendor teams to ensure release readiness.
• Facilitate release status reviews, risk assessments, dependency tracking, and issue resolution.
• Ensure all release entry and exit criteria are met before progressing through deployment stages.
• Track release risks, dependencies, issues, and rollback plans.
• Provide leadership and direction during release cycles while proactively identifying and mitigating risks.
• Drive execution with minimal supervision and ensure accountability across participating teams.

Skills

Guidewire Release Management

CI/CD tools

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Release governance

Scripting (YAML, Shell, Python)

Tools

Docker/Kubernetes

Job description

Capgemini is seeking a Release Manager in New York to plan, coordinate, and deliver complex Guidewire releases. You will govern deployments, manage pipelines, and drive go-live readiness across Dev, QA, and Ops teams in a collaborative, onsite environment.

This role requires strong communication, stakeholder management, and cross-functional leadership to ensure staging gates and checklists are met with minimal supervision.