Job Title: Guidewire Solution Architect

Location: Markham, ON, CANADA (Work from home may be considered)

1. Solutions and Assurance:

- Design and deliver solutions for Guidewire Insurance Suite (PolicyCenter, ClaimCenter, BillingCenter, Contact Manager) that meet standards for availability, security, resilience, and performance.
- Develop Guidewire design and migration strategies, including legacy policy conversion, with clear cost, benefit, and risk analysis to support investment decisions.
- Ensure end-to-end solution integration across platforms, including transition states, while balancing short-term and long-term goals with stakeholders.
- Communicate complex technical concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences and document solution debt for future resolution.
- Identify risks, propose mitigation strategies, and participate in post-implementation reviews to continuously improve solution design.

1.Technical Leadership:

- Stay current with Guidewire platform and integration advancements; evaluate and recommend adoption of new features, including Guidewire Cloud Platform.
- Define and enforce architecture best practices and standards; conduct reviews to ensure compliance and quality.
- Produce and peer-review design artifacts supporting service, security, and engineering needs.
- Mentor and coach team members, fostering knowledge sharing and technical growth.

1. Design Community membership:

- Contribute to Solution Architecture community by leading or supporting initiatives that enhance design practices.
- Continuously develop technical skills to help leverage emerging technology trends.

1. Problem Solving & Change Leadership:

- Drive project-based problem solving, applying technical expertise to resolve issues and recommend design solutions aligned with policy and process.
- Adapt to change proactively, proposing improvements and influencing design decisions to meet evolving business needs.

1. Collaboration & External Engagement:





- Build strong relationships with internal teams including project managers, platform specialists, and architects.
- Maintain liaison with suppliers and technology partners to stay current on emerging trends and ensure specialist knowledge remains up to date.

What you'll bring

1. Commercial Insurance Expertise

- Extensive experience in underwriting, policy lifecycle, rating, endorsements, renewals, audits, and claims.
- Strong understanding of commercial product structures (multi-location, multi-line, schedules, packages, additional interests, risk-specific coverages).
- Deep knowledge of submission intake modernization, including ingestion of unstructured documents, automated data extraction, classification, and routing to underwriters.

1. Guidewire & Integration

- Skilled in Guidewire PolicyCenter, Workbench, and ecosystem integrations (CRM, broker systems, document repositories, pricing engines, appetite/eligibility APIs).
- Hands-on experience with Guidewire Cloud Platform and migration strategies.
- Experience in using APD and Integration Framework in solving business problems.
- Experience in architecting integration solution involving Guidewire to the ecosystem's applications including document, finance, payments exposure.
- Experience in integration architecture design and implementation.

1. Digital & Cloud Technologies

- Knowledge of digital technologies, cloud computing, and modern development practices.
- Certified in public cloud platforms (AWS or Azure).

1. Project & Technical Leadership

- Strong grasp of end-to-end project lifecycle methodologies (Agile).
- Broad technical expertise with the ability to apply solutions across diverse customer and business scenarios.
- Technology-driven mindset, focused on leveraging innovation to deliver customer value.
- Financial acumen for business case development and design decisions.
- Ability to balance strategic direction with short-term goals.

1. Soft Skills & Leadership

- Excellent communication and technical guidance skills.
- Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building capabilities.
- Leadership qualities with personal impact and influence.

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