VP, Guidewire Applications

Arch Insurance Group Inc.•Jersey City, NJ

1d•$135,500 - $271,446•Hybrid

About The Position

The VP, Guidewire Applications provides strategic leadership for Guidewire application standards, governance, delivery maturity, and workforce capability across MCE IT. The role serves as the senior Guidewire subject matter expert, establishes the Guidewire Center of Excellence, owns the Guidewire technology-debt roadmap, and is accountable for IT delivery of the Workers’ Compensation and Auto line-of-business expansion across PolicyCenter, BillingCenter, and ClaimCenter. The incumbent works independently and leads through influence across multiple delivery organizations and strategic partners. The Infrastructure team retains ownership of the Guidewire Cloud platform.

Requirements

Deep knowledge of Guidewire PolicyCenter, BillingCenter, ClaimCenter, and Guidewire Cloud application delivery
Proven success leading large, complex Guidewire implementations
Strong P&C insurance expertise
Experience establishing enterprise application governance or a Center of Excellence
Technology-debt and roadmap management
Program, vendor, financial, risk, and executive stakeholder management
Strong strategic judgment, communication, presentation, facilitation, and influence skills
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field
12 or more years of progressive enterprise application and technology leadership experience
Significant P&C insurance experience
Leadership of at least one large-scale Guidewire implementation

Nice To Haves

Workers’ Compensation knowledge
Guidewire certifications
Prior experience with Guidewire Cloud
Prior experience with partner-supported delivery models

Responsibilities

Establish and lead a Guidewire Center of Excellence covering delivery methodology, architecture and design governance, engineering standards, reusable components, quality engineering and test automation, release and environment practices, vendor governance, and continuous improvement.
Define Guidewire application standards, decision rights, governance forums, review processes, delivery measures, and exception management across multiple delivery organizations without owning ongoing run delivery.
Serve as the senior Guidewire technology SME and advise executive leadership on strategy, application health, delivery risk, major design decisions, and investment priorities.
Own and maintain the Guidewire IT technology-debt roadmap; establish a disciplined process to identify, prioritize, fund, track, and report remediation. Provide technology input into Small, Medium, and Large Initiative roadmaps.
Establish and manage role-based Guidewire training, skills assessments, certification targets, certification currency, partner capability expectations, knowledge continuity, and succession planning.
Own end-to-end IT project delivery for the Workers’ Compensation and Auto expansion across PolicyCenter, BillingCenter, and ClaimCenter, including scope, budget, schedule, quality, architecture alignment, vendors, risk, business readiness, operational transition, and executive reporting.
Partner with Infrastructure, Architecture, Security, Data, Integration, Quality Engineering, Operations, business leaders, and Guidewire partners to align application delivery with Guidewire Cloud capabilities and enterprise standards.
Evaluate and govern strategic partners, including staffing quality, certification coverage, delivery performance, technical leadership, knowledge transfer, documentation, commercial commitments, and corrective actions.
Build trusted relationships and communicate complex technology and delivery matters clearly to senior business and IT leadership; drive strategy and outcomes independently in a matrixed environment.