Guidewire UAT Lead

About the role

This role can be fully remote or hybrid (in‑office days Tuesday‑Thursday) if located near one of our offices in Merrill, WI; Milwaukee, WI; Mechanicsburg, PA; or Madison, WI. The Guidewire UAT Lead leads business user acceptance testing (UAT) activities supporting the implementation of Guidewire PolicyCenter and related systems for commercial property and casualty insurance operations. Serving as the primary coordinator between business and technology teams, the role ensures system functionality aligns with approved business requirements and operational needs. Responsibilities include establishing UAT structure, governance, processes, and reporting; collaborating with underwriting, insurance product, technology product, quality assurance, and implementation teams to define requirements, develop testing strategies, manage testing execution, facilitate issue resolution, and ensure business readiness prior to production deployment; and providing leadership and influence across cross‑functional teams without direct supervisory authority. The CM Group includes Church Mutual Insurance Company, S.I., CM Regent Insurance Company, CM Vantage Specialty Insurance Company, and CM Indemnity Insurance Company.

Responsibilities

• Lead UAT strategy, planning, preparation, execution, and completion for Guidewire PolicyCenter and related integrations supporting commercial property and casualty insurance products.
• Partner with underwriting, insurance product, technology product, business analysis, quality assurance, development, and implementation teams to establish UAT scope, schedules, resource requirements, entry and exit criteria, and business sign‑off expectations.
• Facilitate working sessions with underwriting and product subject matter experts to define and refine business requirements, workflows, referrals, product rules, and expected system behavior.
• Translate approved business requirements into acceptance criteria, end‑to‑end business scenarios, test cases, test scripts, expected outcomes, and reusable regression testing assets.
• Establish and maintain a