Senior Manager Guidewire Practice (Technical)

Wipfli Advisory LLC•Fitchburg, WI

21h•Hybrid

About The Position

Wipfli is seeking a Senior Manager Guidewire Practice (Technical) to join its team at our Madison, WI office location. The ideal candidate who fills this position will work with clients to lead, analyze, research, communicate, architect, design and implement the technology solutions for a variety of functional domains including Insurance, E-Commerce and CRM. In addition, the person will provide technical leadership in Guidewire Suite, in-house developed systems and integration and implementation of cloud technologies preferably Guidewire Cloud solutions. The person should be able to lead and handle globally distributed teams assembled to deliver software solutions to clients and to take accountability for the solution design and technical delivery by following Industry standards and Agile principles. The person should be skilled in aligning insurance business needs with Guidewire technologies, which are widely used in the insurance sector for core system solutions. This could involve expertise in analyzing and translating requirements into implementations within Guidewire modules like Policy Center, Billing Center, or Claim Center. Knowledge in Guidewire configuration, integration, and customization would likely be essential.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related field (or foreign equivalent).
At least 8 years of progressive software development experience.
8 years of experience in Architecting, Designing and implementation of insurance policy administration systems.
At least 8 years of using Guidewire Policy Center and Guidewire Claim Center.
8 years of experience in integrating systems using Webservices, JMS, Batch processing, Integration views and Plugins.
8 years of experience working with Guidewire Edge Portals, preferably Producer Engage, Customer Engage portals.
6 years of experience working with Java, Spring, Hibernate, Gradle, Maven, Kubernetes and Oracle.
7 years of experience in crafting complex SQL queries.
8 years of experience in addressing and resolving time critical issues in Guidewire applications.
8 years of practicing and implementing SAFe Agile principles.
4 years of experience with front-end web development using JavaScript frameworks like Angular, React, NodeJS.
8 years of experience in fulfilling responsibilities including planning and recommending on-board and work allocation and feedback for team members.
8 years of software architecture experience including coding critical elements of architectural design.
8 years of experience managing offshore teams to navigate cross-cultural environments, coordinate remotely, and handle complex projects.
5 years of experience designing and building web applications for availability, scalability, performance, and disaster recovery in Cloud (Azure, AWS).
5 years of experience providing technical directions to a distributed team executing the solution architecture and system design.
Guidewire Cloud Ace certifications in Configuration and Integration.
Guidewire Cloud trainer certification.

Responsibilities

Lead, analyze, research, communicate, architect, design and implement technology solutions for clients in Insurance, E-Commerce and CRM.
Provide technical leadership in Guidewire Suite, in-house developed systems, and integration/implementation of cloud technologies, preferably Guidewire Cloud solutions.
Lead and manage globally distributed teams to deliver software solutions.
Take accountability for solution design and technical delivery following Industry standards and Agile principles.
Align insurance business needs with Guidewire technologies.
Analyze and translate requirements into implementations within Guidewire modules (Policy Center, Billing Center, Claim Center).
Utilize expertise in Guidewire configuration, integration, and customization.
Plan and recommend on-board and work allocation and feedback for team members.
Counsel clients on the pros/cons of proposed architectures.
Provide technical directions to a distributed team executing solution architecture and system design.