Director – Product Management @ Guidewire

Director – Product Management

Analytics Applications

Posted on 12/16/2022

INACTIVE

Locations

Burlingame, CA, USA

Experience Level

Entry

Junior

Mid

Senior

Expert

Desired Skills

Data Analysis

Data Science

Requirements

7+ years of product management experience and CS or Data Science background
Experience with Enterprise or B2B software, and analytics applications
Experienced in working with distributed development teams, across multiple locations and time zones
Are always curious and seeking to learn new things and work with our customers and development teams to discover new insights in data
Can dive into technical details, and engage with engineers to help guide key product decisions
Able to explain, advocate for and sell your product strategy both verbally and in writing
Take the long view, and can envision what your users will need years down the line
Can break a complicated vision down into incremental releases, and learn and refine each step of the way
Have a drive to ship, can overcome through challenges, and have a track record delivering product users love

Responsibilities

Be ago to resource for both internal and customer teams on data applications and analytics insight at Guidewire
Shape the vision, product strategy, roadmap for Analytics Applications at Guidewire
Work directly with customers and Guidewire account teams to help drive adoption of new applications and features, and increase the business value that is delivered
Educate internal stakeholders and executives on that vision, and it's alignment with the portfolio vision and strategy at Guidewire
Define and prioritize features that enable insurers to meet their business objectives to engage, innovate, and grow efficiently
Write product specifications to communicate those features
Champion your vision inside the company, and align with partner teams to ensure delivery of the features that are most important to Guidewire customers
Establish success criteria and objective metrics to measure adoption and business impact of your applications

At Guidewire we are proud to be able to support our customers mission to help protect the world’s most important investments. All of us benefit from having insurance to protect our homes, businesses, and other assets. Our customers are focused on being able to provide help when people need it the most, whether it is due to a natural catastrophe or an accident. Our mission is to be the platform that allows P&C insurers to provide the products and services that their customers need in order to recover from some of life’s most challenging events.

Since the beginning of Guidewire, we have been focused on this goal, and we have stayed focused on our customers’ success. A key part of the next chapter for Guidewire and our customers is being able to increase agility in a time of rapidly hanging risks, and the insight from analytics is crucial in that effort. In this role, you will be responsible for the full lifecycle for Analytics Applications. Starting with working with customers, SI Partners, and our internal teams to identify opportunities to deliver business insights that have a meaningful impact on our customers overall success as measured through KPIs like retention, quote conversion rate, business cycle times, and customer and agent satisfaction. Based on those conversations and market needs, you will define requirements, and then work with the engineering teams to deliver new Analytics Applications. Once they are delivered, you will work with our SI Partners, Delivery Services, and Account teams to help drive adoption and generate business results for our customers.

Most importantly, you will excel in an organization that truly lives our value of Integrity, Rationality, and Collegiality on a daily basis.

You are

7+ years of product management experience and CS or Data Science background
Experience with Enterprise or B2B software, and analytics applications
Experienced in working with distributed development teams, across multiple locations and time zones
Are always curious and seeking to learn new things and work with our customers and development teams to discover new insights in data
Can dive into technical details, and engage with engineers to help guide key product decisions
Able to explain, advocate for and sell your product strategy both verbally and in writing
Take the long view, and can envision what your users will need years down the line
Can break a complicated vision down into incremental releases, and learn and refine each step of the way
Have a drive to ship, can overcome through challenges, and have a track record delivering product users love.

You Will

Be ago to resource for both internal and customer teams on data applications and analytics insight at Guidewire
Shape the vision, product strategy, roadmap for Analytics Applications at Guidewire
Work directly with customers and Guidewire account teams to help drive adoption of new applications and features, and increase the business value that is delivered
Educate internal stakeholders and executives on that vision, and it’s alignment with the portfolio vision and strategy at Guidewire
Define and prioritize features that enable insurers to meet their business objectives to engage, innovate, and grow efficiently
Write product specifications to communicate those features.
Champion your vision inside the company, and align with partner teams to ensure delivery of the features that are most important to Guidewire customers.
Establish success criteria and objective metrics to measure adoption and business impact of your applications.

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 450 insurers, 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 1000+ successful projects, supported by the largest R&D team and partner ecosystem in the industry. Our Marketplace provides hundreds of add-ons 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.

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 (650) 356-4940 or [email protected]. 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, call (650) 356-4940 or e-mail [email protected] 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.

1,001-5,000 employees

Website

Recurring revenue software

Company Overview

Guidewire's mission is the be the platform insurers trust to engage, innovate, and grow efficiently. The company is building a data-backed insurance solution.

Benefits

Financial: Receive market-competitive pay and incentive programs—because you deserve it! To help future-proof your income, we offer generous support through retirement savings plans.
Health & Wellness: Keep your physical and emotional health in tip-top shape with health insurance for you and your family, an employee assistance program, annual wellness reimbursement, and access to wellness resources.
Flexible Working: Work in an environment where you’ll have the freedom and trust to make an impact, with time for your life outside of work.
Downtime: Relax and kick back through our generous paid time-off programs. Make a difference in your community with three volunteer days each year. Take your own personal day of rest with My Day. We also offer ample paid leave for all new parents.
Continual Development: We encourage self-directed learning, giving you every chance to become a better version of yourself, both professionally and personally. At Guidewire, lifelong learning is here for the taking.
Career Mobility: Your career opportunities are only limited by your own imagination. Guidewire’s community is filled with chances to expand your horizons across any of our teams or worldwide locations.

Company Core Values

Integrity: We build and maintain honest, candid, and caring relationships with clients, potential customers, partners, investors, and of course, each other!
Rationality: All we do is supported by factual evidence—whether it’s building awesome products, making decisions, or communicating with each other.
Collegiality: We’re in it together—so we’re all equal. We work in professional harmony, with respect, without arrogance, and as part of a structure where responsibility is shared and owned by all of us.