Guidewire Application Manager

Responsible for planning and managing of all activities within an assigned business unit/area, including multiple application system development, maintenance, and enhancement projects utilizing a variety of mainframe and client server platforms. Manage application system developers who are responsible for leading specific projects.

Collaborate with company customers, staff, IT colleagues and others of interest to identify customer requirements, assess impacts to other data and systems, consider available technologies, compare costs and benefits and recommend solutions. Act as a general contractor on projects that span multiple systems and populate project teams with specialists in a variety of technical areas to ensure that results meet negotiated customer expectations and adhere to internal standards and strategies.

Job Description

AAA is seeking a strong & proven Applications Development Manager that will be responsible for planning and managing resources within AAA's Insurance Product Teams. The Insurance Product Teams support legacy and state of the art policy systems.

Teams are responsible for working in an agile development environment, working closely with the Product Owner on new development, maintenance and enhancement efforts, utilizing a variety of technology platforms.

What You'll Do:

Manage technical resources on agile product teams
Be responsible for the delivery and execution of system capability improvement implementations, system consolidations, as well as support activities.
Collaborate with company customers, staff, IS colleagues and vendor partners to ensure that capabilities are delivered effectively (on schedule, on budget, with quality) and in alignment with customer expectations.

What You'll Need:

Four-year college degree in Information Systems, technology or related area of computer science or equivalent work experience.
Experience managing, planning, designing and deploying technology projects and capabilities.
Experience working in the development space. Policy system development, including Guidewire Insurance Suite experience is preferred.
Strong leadership skills that can energize multi-disciplined work teams to respond to business needs.
Strong verbal and written communication skills, with an ability to express complex technical concepts in business terms.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Strong human resource management skills, including interviewing, mentoring, staff development, goal setting, and performance management.

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Benefits:

Extraordinary medical/dental/vision/life benefits
401(k) Savings plan with company match
Tuition assistance
PTO for community volunteer programs
Wellness program
Employee discounts (membership, insurance, travel, entertainment, services and more!)

Auto Club Enterprises is the largest federation of AAA clubs in the nation. We have 14,000 employees in 21 states helping 17 million members. The strength of our organization is our employees. Bringing together and supporting different cultures, backgrounds, personalities, and strengths creates a team capable of delivering legendary, lifetime service to our members. When we embrace our diversity – we win. All of Us! With our national brand recognition, long-standing reputation since 1902, and constantly growing membership, we are seeking career-minded, service-driven professionals to join our team.

Through dedicated employees we proudly deliver legendary service and beneficial products that provide members peace of mind and value.”

AAA is an Equal Opportunity Employer