Summary
As a Senior Architect, you are a trusted Guidewire leader across Guidewire’s most complex customer implementations. You’ll guide overall solution strategy, lead architectural governance, and ensure delivery success by aligning client goals with scalable, maintainable Guidewire solutions.
You will act as a cross-functional thought partner—working closely with Engagement Managers, customer executives, developers, and product teams. Your experience and influence will shape critical decisions, drive technical standards, and support continuous improvement across projects.
This is a key role for someone who excels in architecture, leadership, and building confidence with stakeholders across large-scale, enterprise programs.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
Business Architecture
Ace Certified in more than one Product and knowledgeable on how all the products interact
Sets project or team-based standards for requirements definition and design, then advises on their application and ensures compliance
Investigates and implements tools, techniques, and processes for managing configuration and requirements items and verifies that related information is complete, current, and accurate
Runs elaboration sessions to capture requirements beyond InsuranceSuite such as data, reporting, analytics, forms, integrations, etc.
Defines requirements and validates specifications that leverage Guidewire Products and technology to meet customer business objectives
Leverages AI tools to drive productivity improvements and drives innovation in the application of AI to enhance the delivery of Guidewire’s products and services
Business Consulting Leadership and Governance
Act as Guidewire lead for a functional / technical workstream
Provide mentorship and oversight to BA team members, ensuring alignment with base functionality
Review and approve requirements definitions
Ensure alignment of requested enhancements with customer business goals
Anticipate application risks and proactively develop mitigation strategies
Support Guidewire and customer teams in troubleshooting complex system issues
Strategic Client and Stakeholder Engagement
Act as a trusted advisor to customer business and leadership teams
Present proposed solutions and roadmaps to senior stakeholders with clarity and confidence
Support pre-sales and proposal efforts by reviewing alignment of the proposed solution to the customer’s value proposition
Collaborate with Product, R&D, and Cloud teams to resolve product questions and surface roadmap needs
Internal Impact and Enablement
Contribute to internal architecture standards, playbooks, and reusable solution assets
Mentor junior Architects and help develop business architecture leadership across the PS organisation
Participate in business architecture forums and knowledge-sharing sessions across regions
Represent Professional Services in cross-functional strategic initiatives or internal pilots
KPIs & Success Metrics
Architectural Excellence – Solutions that maximize use of base functionality while meeting business goals across large or complex programs
Stakeholder Confidence & Influence – Trusted advisor status with clients, evidenced by positive feedback and solution adoption
Delivery Support & Risk Mitigation – Reduced delivery issues due to effective oversight and early risk identification
Key Skills & Experience
Experience in enterprise software business architecture, with relevant delivery experience
German language skills
Deep expertise in Guidewire implementation experience and product functionality (PolicyCenter, ClaimCenter, BillingCenter)
Proven ability to define business application solutions across multiple workstreams or regions
Demonstrated ability to develop requirements that maximize use of base functionality
Effective communicator with customer program management, architects, and development teams
Proficiency in Agile delivery and hybrid cloud implementation strategies
Involvement in pre-sales, including reviewing value delivery of proposed solution
Ability to lead and inspire others through collaboration
Travel for onsite client engagements as required (up to 50%).
Demonstrated ability to embrace AI and apply it to your current role as well as data-driven insights to drive innovation, productivity, and continuous improvement.
Preferred Skills & Experience
Multiple Guidewire certifications (PolicyCenter, ClaimCenter, BillingCenter BA)
Experience leading requirements definition for a track of Guidewire Cloud Products
Expertise in Guidewire Cloud Products
Knowledge of insurance enterprise systems and core domain processes
Experience leading digital transformation or cloud migration programs
Contributions to internal frameworks, accelerators, or best practice assets
Prior experience mentoring architects or building internal communities of practice
Relevant industry certification or formal learning certificated in either business analysis or business architecture (CBAP, CBA etc.)
Strong knowledge of insurance domain concepts and workflows
About Guidewire
Guidewire is the platform P&C insurers trust to engage, innovate, and grow efficiently. We combine digital, core, analytics, and AI to deliver our platform as a cloud service. More than 540+ insurers in 40 countries, from new ventures to the largest and most complex in the world, run on Guidewire.
As a partner to our customers, we continually evolve to enable their success. We are proud of our unparalleled implementation track record with 1600+ successful projects, supported by the largest R&D team and partner ecosystem in the industry. Our Marketplace provides hundreds of applications that accelerate integration, localization, and innovation.
For more information, please visit www.guidewire.com and follow us on Twitter: @Guidewire_PandC.
Guidewire Software, Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to an inclusive workplace, and believe that a diversity of perspectives, abilities, and cultures is a key to our success. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, marital status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability. All offers are contingent upon passing a criminal history and other background checks where it's applicable to the position.