Guidewire (Delivery Lead/ Project Manager/ Delivery Manager)- with P&C Insurance

Job Description: 

Role: Delivery Lead/ Project Manager/ Delivery Manager with Guidewire

Duration: Long Term

Location: Warren, NJ (Local Only- Hybrid)

***P&C or Reinsurance domain experience is must. Only locals to NY/NJ are preferred.
 

Responsibilities

•    Work with technical and business leaders on Guidewire implementations and actively participating in the requirements review, assessment and high level and detailed sizing of required configuration and technical effort.
•    Ensure technical design and specifications are in line with traceable user-stories / requirements and according to Guidewire standard. 
•    Leverage available Guidewire accelerators to accelerate development activities and make reuse of proven architectural patterns, for integrations or product development activities.
•    Ensure that the delivered code is standards-based and code-reviewed with supporting artifacts and in line with business requirements and technical specifications.
•    Establish and execute traceable unit and integration tests (automated as to be agreed).
•    Facilitate for gate-checking code prior to higher environment propagations.
•    Support various life-cycle phases during / post-implementation, including production support & maintenance

Technical Qualifications

•    8+ years of experience as a Project Manager managing large, complex projects in a high-tech development environment with multi-function teams. 
•    Solid understanding of software development life cycle models as well as expert knowledge of both Agile and traditional project management principles and practices and the ability to blend them together in the right proportions to fit a project and business environment
•    A proven track record of successfully implementing software or web development projects 
•    Experience overseeing multi-function project teams with at least 10-15 team members including Developers, Business Analysts, and QA Personnel
•    Balanced business/technical background
•    Sufficient level of technical background to provide highly credible leadership to development teams and to be able to accurately and objectively evaluate complex project risks and issues.
•    Ability to provide leadership to business analysts and collaborate with customers and develop strategies and solutions of high business value
•    Very effective interpersonal skills including mentoring, coaching, collaborating, and team building
•    Strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills with an ability to manage competing demands
•    Excellent oral and written communications skills and experience interacting with both business and IT individuals at all levels including the executive level
•    Have experience of working with multiple support teams such as RMG, Recruitment team and HR
•    Have worked in onsite/ offshore model.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.