FIT – GW PC Config - Technical Manager

Line of Service

Industry/Sector

Specialism

Management Level

Job Description & Summary

Enhancing your leadership style, you motivate, develop and inspire others to deliver quality. You are responsible for coaching, leveraging team member’s unique strengths, and managing performance to deliver on client expectations. With your growing knowledge of how business works, you play an important role in identifying opportunities that contribute to the success of our Firm. You are expected to lead with integrity and authenticity, articulating our purpose and values in a meaningful way. You embrace technology and innovation to enhance your delivery and encourage others to do the same.

Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:

• Analyse and identify the linkages and interactions between the component parts of an entire system.
• Take ownership of projects, ensuring their successful planning, budgeting, execution, and completion.
• Partner with team leadership to ensure collective ownership of quality, timelines, and deliverables.
• Develop skills outside your comfort zone, and encourage others to do the same.
• Effectively mentor others.
• Use the review of work as an opportunity to deepen the expertise of team members.
• Address conflicts or issues, engaging in difficult conversations with clients, team members and other stakeholders, escalating where appropriate.
• Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.

Years of Experience - 10 to 14 year of experience

Education Qualification: BTech/BE/MTech/MS/MCA

Job description:

• Insurance domain knowledge with Property & Casualty background

• Hands on experience in PolicyCenter, Version 8.x / above (Experience in GW Cloud is an added advantage)

• Well versed in Configuration. 

• Strong knowledge in Guidewire platform (Gosu scripting / UI / Data Model/PCF)

• Experience on any database Oracle / SQL Server and well versed in SQL

• Experience in SCRUM Agile

• Knowledge on any application server such as Tomcat / JBoss is an added advantage.

• Good written and oral communication

• Excellent analytical skill

• Exposure to SCM tool such as GIT, SVN are added advantage

Additional skills for Tech Lead and Senior Tech Leads

• Sound knowledge in software architecture and design patterns

• Must have estimation, team leading, code review and mentoring skills

• Worked on at least two Guidewire implementations

Roles and Responsibilities 

• Review estimates and suggest updates for your module

• Complete design and develop accordingly in a timely fashion

• Support testing and client queries

• Interface and communicate with the onsite team

• Participate in scrum calls and provide status reports

• Take part in Center of Excellence activities, training as required and aligning to your interest

• Support sprint planning and collaborate with other teams from different locations and client

• Analyze client requirements

• Review estimates and suggest updates

• Complete design and develop accordingly in a timely fashion

• Guide the team on tasks

• Perform design and code review

• Support testing and client queries

• Interface and communicate with the onsite team

• Participate in scrum calls and provide status reports

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

Required Skills

Optional Skills

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Government Clearance Required?

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