Location: Hybrid position - London, UK.
Job Summary
We are seeking a Lead Product Consultant with extensive years of experience with professional development skills to join our team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in Guidewire - PolicyCenter. This role involves working in a hybrid model with a day shift. Experience in Property & Casualty Insurance is a plus. The candidate will play a crucial role in driving product success and ensuring alignment with business goals.
Role Responsibilities
- Review design document created by developers and signoff on design solution
- Reviews User story estimations done by developers
- Drives technical solution sessions for Sprint User stories from Configuration and Integration perspective
- Analyses technical interdependencies between various squads, captures and help resolve the technical issues
- Provides inputs to PO to plan future sprint user stories
- Guides developers in leveraging Out of box Guidewire functionality and any decisions on custom solutions
- Provide architectural leadership and system integration approach in view of the target system landscape for ongoing/ planned projects
- Provide technical leadership to selection of frameworks, patterns
- Analyze architectural and performance issues and review solution
- Peer review of developed code and provides approval on Pull request raised by developers
- Works with DLG Technical leaders to set technical guidelines and processes for the project
- Participate and provide technical inputs/guidance in defect triage meetings
Essential Skills: Guidewire – Policy Center
Domain Skills: Property & Casualty Insurance
Leadership and Professional development Skills(Execution Excellence, Managing Teams, Build Collaborative Relations ,Innovation ,Effective Communication ,Strategic Orientation ,Client Focus ,Managing Change)
Nice to Have Skills:
Guidewire – Claim Center Guidewire
Functional Skills: Profitability Management ,Delivery Excellence ,Estimation & Resource Planning ,Solution Structuring ,Operations Management, Pursuit Management ,Root Cause Analysis, COTS Product Knowledge ,Knowledge Management ,Requirements Management ,Test & Defect Management, Domain-Industry Knowledge ,Proposal Writing ,Project Management
Qualifications: Guidewire Certified Professional
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