Job Role: Guidewire Project Manager

Location: NJ, NY, or CT (Hybrid onsite 02 days per week)

Year of Experience: 12+ Years

Type: Contract

Role Summary:

The Guidewire Project Manager will lead end-to-end delivery of Guidewire Insurance Suite implementation and enhancement programs. This is an on-site role requiring strong stakeholder management, delivery governance, and hands-on program control across Guidewire PolicyCenter, BillingCenter, and ClaimCenter implementations. The role involves close collaboration with client business teams, system integrators, and offshore delivery teams to ensure timely, quality, and cost-effective execution.

Key Responsibilities

Delivery & Program Management:

• Own end-to-end delivery of Guidewire programs including scope, schedule, budget, and quality.
• Manage large-scale Guidewire implementations, upgrades, or transformation initiatives.
• Drive project planning, sprint execution, milestone tracking, and release management.
• Ensure adherence to delivery governance, SDLC, and Agile/Scrum methodologies.

Stakeholder & Client Management:

• Act as the primary on-site point of contact for client stakeholders, including business, IT, and leadership teams.
• Facilitate steering committee meetings, status reviews, and executive reporting.
• Manage expectations, risks, dependencies, and escalations proactively.

Team & Vendor Coordination:

• Lead and coordinate cross-functional teams including Guidewire developers, integration teams, QA, and business analysts.
• Manage offshore and near-shore delivery teams, ensuring alignment with on-site priorities.
• Coordinate with third-party vendors, system integrators, and platform partners.

Risk, Quality & Compliance:

• Identify project risks and issues early and implement mitigation plans.
• Ensure compliance with insurance domain regulations, security standards, and internal controls.
• Drive quality assurance, defect management, and UAT sign-off processes.

Financial & Commercial Management:

• Track project financials including budget, burn rate and forecasts.
• Support change requests, scope management, and commercial discussions.

Required Skills & Qualifications

Technical & Domain:

• Strong hands-on experience managing Guidewire Insurance, Suite implementations (PolicyCenter, BillingCenter, ClaimCenter).
• Solid understanding of P&C insurance domain processes (policy lifecycle, claims, billing).
• Experience with Guidewire integrations, data migration, and cloud/on-prem deployments.

Project & Leadership Skills:

• Proven experience in Agile and/or hybrid delivery models.
• Excellent planning, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong leadership ability to manage multi-vendor and distributed teams.

Tools & Methodologies:

• Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, MS Project, or similar tools.
• Knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and release management is a plus.

Preferred Qualifications:

• PMP, SAFe, or Agile certifications.
• Prior on-site client-facing role in large insurance transformation programs.
• Experience working with Tier-1 insurers or global insurance clients.

Key Success Factors:

• Strong on-site presence and client relationship management.
• Ability to translate business requirements into executable delivery plans.
• Proactive risk management and delivery predictability.
• High ownership mindset with strong execution discipline.