Senior Technical Product Manager - CCS

Role: Senior Technical Product Manager - CCS

About the job:

Summary:

We are seeking a Senior Technical Product Manager to join our world-class product team. We own the cloud platform layer which supports the foundation of our leading P&C applications, and we define the key platform features that will drive performance, scalability, resiliency, and adoption. This role entails working with global teams spanning product management, P&C insurance domain experts, operations and engineering.

Job Description:

- Product Manager with a strong background in the AuthN/Z domain, including SAML, IAM, OIDC/OAuth 2.0, load balancing, cloud services, and Kubernetes.

- Strong mentoring and coaching experience as a Product Manager.

- Gain an in-depth understanding of Guidewire applications, the cloud ecosystem that enables them, the market, competition, and user requirements.

- Work collaboratively with Engineering, UX, Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Enablement teams to define and maximize the value of our solutions.

- Develop smart solutions to complex problems while collaborating as needed across regions, product areas, and functions.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to discover and test solution, and then refine and prioritize them.

- Build and communicate roadmaps and requirements with teams and the appropriate stakeholders.

- Launch new products and features, test their performance and iterate quickly.

- You will be the power user of the products you build.

- At Guidewire, we foster a culture of curiosity, innovation, and responsible use of AIempowering our teams to continuously leverage emerging technologies and data-driven insights to enhance productivity and outcomes.

We're Looking For Someone Who:

- Has a strong understanding and experience with AWS services (preferably certified as AWS Cloud Practitioner)

- Can define and articulate product roadmaps with solid use cases and associated ROI.

- Will detail feature requirements/specifications with clear acceptance criteria.

- Is able to establish a shared vision across the company by building consensus on priorities leading to product execution.

- Will collaborate with engineering and operations teams, through the design, development, testing, release, and maintenance of the product to ensure its quality and successful delivery.

- Can find and lead opportunities for revenue growth, customer adoption and improved customer satisfaction.

- Is comfortable managing product backlogs because there should be a priority for getting things done.

- Demonstrated ability to embrace AI and apply it to your current role as well as data-driven insights to drive innovation, productivity, and continuous improvement.

But It Would Be Great If The Candidate Has:

- been certified as an AWS Cloud Practitioner

- an understanding of containerization and container orchestration (Docker & Kubernetes).

- familiarity with AHA and JIRA

- can travel 5-10% of the time as and when necessary

Role Specific:

- Customer Need: Comfortable communicating with internal and external customers, understanding their underserved needs and documenting use cases

- Product Strategy: Ability to research & distill customer needs, market needs, analysts voice, SME point of view into actionable and pragmatic product strategy & requirements.

- Collaboration: Has a multiplier mindset and demonstrates ability and importance to collaborate with cross functional teams.

- Result Driven: Data driven product manager that stays ahead of market and customers

- Communication: Articulate to internal & external stakeholder both the business value level impact to GW goals.

- Motivation: Person should have deep love and appreciation for the job of a product manager.

About Guidewire:

Guidewire is the platform P&C insurers trust to engage, innovate, and grow efficiently. We combine digital, core, analytics, and AI to deliver our platform as a cloud service. More than 540+ insurers in 40 countries, from new ventures to the largest and most complex in the world, run on Guidewire.

As a partner to our customers, we continually evolve to enable their success. We are proud of our unparalleled implementation track record with 1600+ successful projects, supported by the largest R&D team and partner ecosystem in the industry. Our Marketplace provides hundreds of applications that accelerate integration, localization, and innovation.