Guidewire - Project Manager

Role: Project Manager - Guidewire

Location: Warren, NJ - 100% Onsite

Job Responsibilities:
The Guidewire Project Manager will be responsible for post-release support.
The focus will likely be UAT support, the role is combination PM support and BA.
Report status and progress metrics to internal and client stakeholders while clearly articulating project risks.
Changes that affect the scope, schedule, and resources are identified, managed, and controlled with an integrated and cohesive plan.
Manages critical projects, customer engagements or business processes.
Collaborate with testing team to ensure full testing is successfully performed -- including unit, functional, integration, regression, performance, and user acceptance -- to project standards.
Provides thought leadership, guidance, and advice in own field.
Adapts communication techniques for audiences at multiple internal and external levels.
Pro-active in managing all the details throughout the project, to ensure that all action items are accomplished on a timely and accurate basis
Prioritizes work so not only the most urgent work is completed, but also the most important
Articulate and active participant in client and internal meetings; can deliver instructions in a clear and concise manner, providing proper materials and documentation when necessary
Maintains a clear and reasonable vision of ?next steps? and the ?big picture? during meetings, conversations or whenever the parameters of a project change
Adapting to scope creep and change requests.
Supports team on scope and schedule issues
Conduct Weekly project meetings and produce daily/ weekly status reports
Work with technical teams to resolve blocking issues to deliver on client requirements
Cultivates develops and manages strong, lasting customer relationships at the senior leadership level.
Manages multiple mid to large projects or at least one complex project or program that require high levels of functional integration and some organizational change management

Required Qualifications:
Strong Insurance Knowledge, Proven experience in Guidewire development, specifically with Policy Center or Claim Center.
8+ years of experience in Guidewire Policy Center, Claims and Underwriting
Strong analytical and technical skills
Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
Hands-on experience of scope & change management related issues
Bachelors or Master s
Certified Scrum Master (CSM) is required
5+ years project management experience
Strong leadership and motivation skills
Strong oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills
Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills

Optional / Preferred Qualifications
Experience with Guidewire in the United States is desirable, as handling Workers Compensation requires compliance with varying state-level regulations.