Guidewire Program Manager - Chesterfield, VA (Hybrid)

Position: Guidewire Program Manager
Location: Chesterfield, VA (Hybrid)
Duration: 12 Months

Key Responsibilities
Controls resource alignment across team and governs readiness and execution throughout the project life cycle
Ensures that all project team members have adequately prepared for the engagement including attending the Sales to Services Handoff meeting and reading the SOW and detailed estimate
Proactively manages project scope and budget and controls through effective change management
Develops and manages project plan in collaboration with the implementation team and customer
Supports Tech Lead on resource allocation
RAID Management
Working with other PM for mitigation of Risks and other cross project issues
Sets resets and manages customer expectations
Builds excellent relationships with customers and other team members clarifies roles and responsibilities deliverables timelines assignments and reports
Proactively manages any project escalations
Demonstrates working knowledge of the GW products
Conducts appropriate handoff meetings to from the services and other Teams
Concludes projects with success and improvement evaluation and lessons learned exercise
Financial and Budget Management exp



Qualifications
Educated to degree level in a relevant subject or 7 years experience in appropriate business industry or services
Credentials for PM experience is good to have PMP certification is preferred but not mandatory

Experience
5 years relevant experience and knowledge of process applications and solutions pertaining to GW product sets
2 years of SaaS software project management experience
Experience of delivering successful implementations On time on budget delivery leads to greater customer satisfaction and reference ability



Knowledge
Project Management Agile Scrum PRINCE2 PMI or PMP certified
MS Office Excel Word Power Point Visio Project etc
Awareness of Financial Services sectors
Experienced in methodologies and best practices relevant to the implementation migration of GW products
Understanding of SaaS and cloud technologies

Skills
Strong collaborator who can work across all areas of the business including system administrators subject matter experts and senior management
Leads project team members by developing and communicating a clear vision of project and customer success
Motivates and mentors team members in how to perform better as individuals and as a team
Comfortable with presenting and liaising at C level with internal and external executives

Personal Qualities
Taking the initiative
Cross Functional Collaboration
Followup Monitoring
Customer Care
Assertive Influence
Decision Making
Conceptual Thinking
Analytical and Problem Solving"

Best Regards,

Vishal

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