Guidewire Software · 1 day ago
Senior Project Manager, INOW
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$128K/yr - $192K/yrGuidewire is a software company that provides a platform for P&C insurers to engage, innovate, and grow efficiently. They are seeking a customer-oriented Senior Project Manager to lead and manage enterprise programs during the implementation of InsuranceNow, ensuring successful delivery and strong customer relationships.
Enterprise SoftwareInsurTechSoftware
Responsibilities
Ability to create, maintain, and ‘own’ Project Roadmap for signed customer support efforts
Ability to track a Project budget forecast for the duration of customer support efforts
Manages dependencies and timing between work requests
Ability to draft statements of work and negotiate with customers
Provide leadership, management, and oversight of a single or multiple Implementation and Support projects
Demonstrated flexibility in delivering projects using different SDLC methods
Provide the project team direction and prioritization of activities per defined and agreed
Builds and fosters strong and trusted relationships with customers. Owns and manages customer relationships during implementation. Determines the appropriate amount of Project Management ‘on-site’ time required to maintain relationships
Manages customer expectations at both the Project Team and Executive Level through the Project Lifecycle
Holds the Guidewire team and customer team accountable to agreed-upon deliverables and associated milestones, sets expectations around impacts of delays, and manages stakeholder expectations throughout the implementation process. Escalates delays and project impacts appropriately and creates appropriate project artifacts
Captures, manages, and plans mitigation/resolution of project issues and risks
Manages internal and external team/stakeholder expectations through daily, weekly, and monthly communications with resources/stakeholders at all levels (team through C level)
Tracks project budget, risks, and issues and reports on a weekly basis, presenting to Customer Sponsor/Steering Committee at least once monthly. Provides suggestions on how to manage delivery to Customer Leadership successfully
Understands customer Production needs and determines Staffing Model, Release Plan, and Roadmap to meet these needs. Direct team as to this plan
Balances customer Production Support needs with Implementation activities to ensure overall delivery meets customer needs
Determines ‘Implementation Support’ budget approach with customer sponsors, and enforces
Travel based on customer needs; typically with new customer kickoff
East coast time zone work hours and travel (less than 25%) may be required
Qualification
Required
Large enterprise program delivery
P&C Insurance industry – carrier-side is a plus
Work in a highly matrixed organization
Proven track record of delivery success
SaaS software implementation experience
Executive level customer facing experience
Extensive Project Management experience; Must have project experience managing complex enterprise level project(s)
Experience working across multiple projects, and in a project team environment
Resource management experience
Demonstrated skill in working with implementation partners, and managing multi-functional projects including software package implementations and information architecture
Follows Agile, Waterfall, or other project management methodologies to ensure complete, documented deliverables, controls, issue resolution, risk mitigation, etc
Very strong communication skills (listening, written and verbal)
Demonstrated excellent negotiation skills within challenging situations
Ability to anticipate, mitigate, and resolve risks and conflicts across different stakeholders
Ability to function successfully within fast paced, complex projects
Experience working with onshore and offshore resources across multiple geographies
Technical knowledge of Java enterprise projects and assumes excellent usage level of Microsoft applications stack
Experience managing the migration of applications and data between on-prem versions and cloud
Demonstrated ability to lead a team with effective decision making
PMP, Prince2 or Equivalent qualification
Degree in related information technology or business background
Benefits
Health, dental, and vision insurance
Paid time off
Company sponsored retirement plan
Annual company bonus plan
Commissions
Long term incentive awards
Company
Guidewire Software
Guidewire Software provides core back-end systems software to the global property, casual and worker's compensation insurance industry.
Founded in 2001
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$624.75M2024-10-15Post Ipo Debt· $600M
2012-01-25IPO
2008-03-28Series C· $0.75M
Leadership Team
Mike Rosenbaum
CEO
Alex Naddaff
Senior Vice President
Recent News
2026-01-06
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