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AVP, GWPC Technical Manager

Conshohocken, PA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$160K/yr - $175K/yr

10+ years exp

Sompo is seeking an AVP, GWPC Technical Manager to join their Information Technology team. The role involves overseeing the Guidewire Policy Center platform and leading a development team to enhance commercial insurance products while ensuring system stability and performance.

Health InsuranceInsuranceRisk Management

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Serve as the application owner for the Guidewire Policy Center platform, overseeing its architecture, performance, and scalability to support Policy Submission and transaction processing

Lead a high-performing development team in designing, developing, and delivering new Commercial Insurance products while ensuring system stability and availability

Explore and implement cutting-edge technologies, including advancements in Guidewire and AI integration, to enhance policy processing efficiency, reduce overhead, and improve business outcomes

Develop and enforce engineering standards around security, secure coding, logging, alerting, and automation

Lead efforts to identify and address production-related issues, including managing Major Incident events during business and non-business hours, ensuring quick resolution and minimal business impact

Troubleshoot availability and performance issues across multiple layers of deployment, including hardware, operating environments, networks, and applications

Partner with cross-functional teams, including Project Management, Business Architecture, Product, Operations, and Testing, to scope, plan, and deliver projects

Act as a key technical liaison for the Policy Center team, building strong relationships with business stakeholders, IT groups, and vendors

Oversee the maintenance, support, and enhancement of the Guidewire Policy Center ecosystem, including integrations with financial systems, claim systems, portals, third-party vendors etc

Ensure the platform operates in line with SLAs in production and non-production environments

Automate deployments to test and production environments using robust release pipelines to improve efficiency, traceability, and quality

Maintain and govern technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, sequence diagrams, deployment diagrams, and production runbooks

Manage onshore and offshore teams, ensuring effective capacity planning, priority management, and adherence to development methodologies

Foster a culture of continuous improvement by mentoring team members and encouraging technical upskilling

Qualification

Guidewire Policy CenterJava-based application developmentREST/SOAP APIsProduction support resolutionP&C insurance domainFinancial planningTeam leadershipAutomationStakeholder managementTechnical documentation

Required

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field

10+ years of experience in IT, with 7+ years in Java-based enterprise application development and implementation

5+ years of experience with Guidewire Policy Center development as a Technical Lead in end-to-end commercial policy products implementations

Strong knowledge of REST/SOAP APIs, object-oriented design, orchestration platforms, message queues, and event messaging

Expertise in web servers (Apache Tomcat), relational databases (SQL Server, Postgres), enterprise integration framework and developer tools

Proven experience in automating builds, deployments, and production support resolution using industry-standard tools

Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools to troubleshoot and resolve application performance issues

Demonstrated experience in the P&C insurance domain, with a preference for Commercial Insurance and Policy implementations

Guidewire Policy Center experience and certification required

Prior experience managing technical teams across onshore/offshore models

Strong organizational, priority management, and resource planning skills

Ability to manage critical projects, deliver results within budget and timelines, and articulate technical solutions to business stakeholders

Solid financial planning and budgeting skills

Proven ability to construct sound business plans and deliver measurable value for stakeholders

Benefits

Two medical plans to choose from, including a Traditional PPO & a Consumer Driven Health Plan with a Health Savings account providing a competitive employer contribution

Pharmacy benefits with mail order options

Dental benefits including orthodontia benefits for adults and children

Vision benefits

Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

Company-paid Life & AD&D benefits, including the option to purchase Supplemental life coverage for employee, spouse & children

Company-paid Disability benefits with very competitive salary continuation payments

401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with competitive employer contributions

Competitive paid-time-off programs, including company-paid holidays

Competitive Parental Leave Benefits & Adoption Assistance program

Employee Assistance Program

Tax-Free Commuter Benefit

Tuition Reimbursement & Professional Qualification benefits

Company

Sompo

We’re Sompo, a global provider of property, casualty, and specialty insurance and reinsurance.

Founded in 1999

Hamilton, Hamilton, BMU

5001-10000 employees

https://www.sompo-intl.com/

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