FSO - Tech Cons - Platforms - P&C Insurance - Guidewire - Technical Consultant - Senior Manager

About the role

EY’s FSO (Financial Services Organization) team is seeking a Senior Manager in the Guidewire practice to lead the delivery, transformation, and optimization of Guidewire programs across multiple client engagements. The role involves shaping target-state digital architectures, driving market activation for Guidewire services, and building senior client relationships.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of large, multi-release Guidewire programs across multiple client engagements – from inception through hypercare – including environment strategy, release planning, and cutover execution for PolicyCenter, BillingCenter, ClaimCenter and Digital portals.
• Define and own target-state architectures integrating core Guidewire applications, digital portals, rating, CRM, document management, data, and financial systems using APIs, micro-frontends, messaging, and Guidewire accelerators.
• Establish non-functional requirements, performance engineering strategies, and accessibility standards, and oversee data conversion, migration, reporting, and analytics design across all channels.
• Drive market activation for EY's Guidewire services – including pipeline development, offering design, pursuit support, pricing, proposals, and go-to-market asset creation – while building and sustaining senior client relationships and serving as a trusted advisor on transformations.
• Develop and operationalize reusable Guidewire assets and accelerators, including packaging and publishing them for availability in the Guidewire Marketplace.
• Build and manage delivery teams, budgets, roadmaps, governance, risk management, vendor coordination, user acceptance testing, training, release readiness, and production support operating models.
• Provide strategic input into EY's Guidewire practice strategy, innovate delivery processes, and contribute to thought leadership, points of view, and eminence in the marketplace.
• Mentor and develop top-performing teams, foster a collaborative and inclusive culture, and ensure compliance with EY's risk management, independence, and security standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Technology or a related field, with 10+ years of relevant work experience at a Property and Casualty Insurance carrier or consulting firm; or a master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Technology or a related field with 8+ years of equivalent experience.
• A minimum of 5 years in a leadership role managing large, multi-workstream Guidewire or digital transformation programs, including budget, delivery, and people accountability.
• Previous application experience in any of the following: Guidewire, JUTRO, REACT JS, Angular, Enterprise Webservices, OneShield, Exigen, MajescoMastek, DuckCreek, FirstBest, Business Objects, Cognos, Informatica, FIGMA.
• Guidewire certifications across PolicyCenter, BillingCenter, ClaimCenter, Integration, Cloud, and/or Digital.
• Experience with management reporting enhancement, business intelligence/decision support, data warehousing/enterprise data design and management, or enterprise application integration.
• Experience performing impact analyses and driving end-to-end solutions across connecting systems and digital channels.
• Experience with cloud and DevOps tooling for Guidewire (AWS or Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, SonarQube) and observability platforms.
• Experience leading global delivery teams and Agile delivery frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, and/or SAFe).
• Experience publishing Guidewire Marketplace assets or contributing to Guidewire PartnerConnect initiatives.

Qualifications

• Guidewire Leadership: Deep expertise in architecting, developing, and customizing Guidewire applications, including Guidewire PolicyCenter, BillingCenter, ClaimCenter and Jutro Digital Platform.
• Guidewire Architecture: Strong understanding of Guidewire's architecture, micro-frontends, Advanced Product Designer, Authentication/Authorization, APIs, and configuration; ability to architect customized solutions that adapt into existing application eco-systems.
• Accelerator & Marketplace Strategy: Proven ability to develop and operationalize Guidewire assets and accelerators, including packaging and publishing them for availability in the Guidewire Marketplace.
• Demonstrate advanced technical capabilities and engineering leadership that support the insurance technology system implementation process at scale.
• Remain current on new developments in services capabilities and industry knowledge, and translate them into client value and EY offerings.
• Lend specific subject-matter knowledge to the strategy, design, and integration phases of each program, helping to give specificity to the appropriate architecture, data model, system design, and interfacing requirements.
• Advise C-suite and senior client stakeholders on a variety of business process services that help identify, assess, manage, and measure the organization's capabilities; team with client technology professionals or third-party strategic alliances to provide implementation of technology solutions.
• Lead client engagement teams with diverse skills and backgrounds; foster an innovative, inclusive, team-oriented work environment, and act as a people developer and career counselor.

Benefits

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Technology or a related field, with 10+ years of relevant work experience at a Property and Casualty Insurance carrier or consulting firm; or a master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Technology or a related field with 8+ years of equivalent experience.
• A minimum of 5 years in a leadership role managing large, multi-workstream Guidewire or digital transformation programs, including budget, delivery, and people accountability.
• Previous application experience in any of the following: Guidewire, JUTRO, REACT JS, Angular, Enterprise Webservices, OneShield, Exigen, MajescoMastek, DuckCreek, FirstBest, Business Objects, Cognos, Informatica, FIGMA.
• Guidewire certifications across PolicyCenter, BillingCenter, ClaimCenter, Integration, Cloud, and/or Digital.
• Experience with management reporting enhancement, business intelligence/decision support, data warehousing/enterprise data design and management, or enterprise application integration.
• Experience performing impact analyses and driving end-to-end solutions across connecting systems and digital channels.
• Experience with cloud and DevOps tooling for Guidewire (AWS or Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, SonarQube) and observability platforms.
• Experience leading global delivery teams and Agile delivery frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, and/or SAFe).
• Experience publishing Guidewire Marketplace assets or contributing to Guidewire PartnerConnect initiatives.