Role Overview
- Lead the full project lifecycle for Guidewire initiatives, from initiation through delivery and closure.
- Develop and manage comprehensive project plans, including scope, timelines, budgets, resourcing, dependencies, and deliverables.
- Establish and drive effective project governance, including status reporting, risk and issue management, steering committee updates, and decision forums.
- Identify, track, and proactively mitigate risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies.
- Ensure adherence to agreed delivery methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid), while maintaining flexibility to meet project needs.
- Build and manage strong relationships with business stakeholders, IT teams, Guidewire vendors, and system integrators.
- Coordinate cross‑functional teams to ensure clear accountability, aligned priorities, and smooth execution.
- Oversee vendor performance, ensuring delivery meets contractual obligations, quality standards, and timelines.
- Communicate project status, milestones, risks, and outcomes clearly and confidently to senior leadership and executive stakeholders.
- Ensure project scope remains aligned with approved objectives and is managed through formal change control processes.
- Support release planning, cutover activities, and implementation readiness, including business go‑live planning.
- Drive post‑implementation reviews, lessons learned, and continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen future delivery.
Requirements
- 8+ years’ experience as a Technology or Platform Project Manager.
- Proven track record managing enterprise software or SaaS platform implementations (Guidewire experience strongly preferred).
- Solid understanding of insurance or financial services environments, including regulatory and governance considerations.
- Strong expertise across core project management disciplines including planning, budgeting, risk management, reporting, and governance.
- Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at senior levels.
Tech Stack
Benefits
We offer you great opportunities within a dynamically growing consulting organization. You will elaborate and deliver best practice solutions and will be able to further develop your skills. At Infosys Consulting you will discover a truly global culture that embraces diversity at all levels, working with highly dedicated and motivated colleagues, a cooperative work environment and interesting training opportunities.