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Scrum Master / Agile Delivery Manager – Guidewire

Work Model: Hybrid
Primary Skills: Guidewire, Scrum Master, Agile Delivery, P&C; Insurance

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Scrum Master / Agile Delivery Manager with strong Guidewire InsuranceSuite experience to lead Agile delivery for complex insurance transformation programs.

The ideal candidate will have hands‑on experience supporting Guidewire PolicyCenter, ClaimCenter, BillingCenter, and Integration initiatives while managing cross‑functional Agile teams. The role will be responsible for driving sprint execution, backlog management, dependency tracking, risk management, release planning, and continuous improvement.

The candidate should have strong knowledge of P&C; insurance processes, Guidewire implementation programs, and Agile/Scrum practices, with excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Key Responsibilities

- Drive end-to-end Agile delivery for Guidewire implementation and transformation programs.
- Lead Scrum teams working across Guidewire PolicyCenter, ClaimCenter, BillingCenter, and Integration tracks.
- Facilitate Scrum ceremonies including Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Reviews,



and Retrospectives.
- Partner with Product Owners, Guidewire architects, business analysts, developers, QA teams, and integration teams to ensure successful sprint delivery.
- Manage epics, features, user stories, acceptance criteria, dependencies, risks, and impediments for Guidewire initiatives.
- Support roadmap and release planning across Guidewire configuration, integration, conversion, testing, and deployment activities.
- Track Agile metrics including velocity, burndown, throughput, defects, sprint predictability, and release readiness.
- Identify and remove delivery blockers while ensuring teams remain focused on sprint objectives.
- Coordinate dependencies between PolicyCenter, ClaimCenter, BillingCenter, integrations, data migration, testing, and downstream systems.
- Work closely with business and technology stakeholders to translate insurance requirements into manageable Agile deliverables.
- Support Guidewire upgrade, enhancement, implementation, and transformation initiatives.
- Coordinate SIT, UAT, regression testing, release readiness, production deployment, and post-production support activities.
- Manage risks and issues related to Guidewire releases and drive mitigation plans with appropriate owners.




- Maintain clear project documentation including sprint status, RAID logs, dependency trackers, release plans, decision logs, and delivery dashboards.
- Coach Agile teams on Scrum best practices and promote continuous improvement.
- Provide clear delivery updates to senior stakeholders covering progress, risks, dependencies, milestones, and release readiness.

Required Skills

- Strong experience as a Scrum Master / Agile Delivery Manager within technology transformation programs.
- Hands‑on delivery experience with Guidewire InsuranceSuite implementations.
- Strong knowledge of one or more Guidewire modules:
- Guidewire PolicyCenter
- Guidewire ClaimCenter
- Guidewire BillingCenter
- Guidewire Integration

- Good understanding of Guidewire Cloud and/or Guidewire InsuranceSuite implementation lifecycle.
- Strong knowledge of P&C; Insurance business processes, including Policy, Claims, and Billing.
- Experience managing Guidewire delivery across configuration, integration, data conversion, testing, deployment, and production support.
- Strong understanding of Scrum, Agile, SAFe, backlog management, sprint planning, and release management.
- Experience managing cross-functional and geographically distributed teams.
- Experience with Agile/project management tools such as Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms.
- Strong stakeholder management, communication, facilitation, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to communicate effectively with both business stakeholders and technical Guidewire teams.

Preferred Skills

- Experience managin

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