Job Description

Responsibilities

• Manage small projects from start to finish independently, being responsible for the scope, complexity and impact, driving execution plans, and ensuring delivery meets business outcomes.

• Coordinate work between 2–3 related functional areas, working closely with Engineering, Customer Success and internal teams to ensure successful project execution.

• Identify common risks and define a remediation plan aligning the different stakeholders to make data-informed decisions.

• Build and maintain basic project schedules, highlighting key tasks, milestones, and dependencies across projects, teams, and systems.

• Provide meeting notes for the team and regular updates of the project health for the key stakeholders and sponsors.

• Work with senior TPgMs on the coordination of dependencies, blockers or risks ensuring alignment on priorities, timelines, and deliverables throughout the project lifecycle.

• Assess the effectiveness of existing processes and suggest small tweaks to save time.

• Onboard new teammates and turn repeat questions into quick guides.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field. Master's degree.

• Minimum 1 year of experience managing small projects.

• Experience leading projects using Cloud Technologies. Knowledge of Guidewire Cloud is a plus.

• Understanding of agile tools and concepts.

• Proficient communication and interpersonal skills.

• Professional Program/Project Management certifications a plus.

• Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, Monday, Aha, or other project tracking and reporting tools is a plus.

Disability Accommodations and Guidewire’s Appeals Process. Guidewire provides accommodations to the hiring process to create a fair opportunity for candidates with disabilities to contend for open positions. Accommodation requests should be directed to Accommodations@guidewire.com. If things do not go as hoped, we invite you to use our appeals process. Guidewire promises to independently review any denied accommodation and any decision not to offer you the position. The appeals process is the same in either case. Within five business days of receiving a notice of denial of an accommodation, or receiving a notice of your non-selection for a vacancy, e-mail Accommodations@guidewire.com to make an appeal. Guidewire will assign a new decision-maker to review the request and/or hiring decision, who will then notify you in writing of a decision within 10 business days.

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