Senior Outbound Product Manager - Data Access

Summary

Guidewire Cloud Platform


As a Senior Outbound Product Manager working on the Guidewire Cloud Platform, you will build products that enable Guidewire customers to develop, build, test, deploy, and manage any Guidewire application in the cloud with ease. In particular, you will be responsible for defining the business strategy and the requirements for the data access aspects of the Guidewire Cloud Platform. Our cross-functional product teams drive vision, roadmap, discovery, execution, and delivery of products that enable Insurers to innovate quickly, easily, and at scale.

The platform product area (GWCP) is a relatively new part of Guidewire that is rapidly growing to meet customer and business demand. This role will have the opportunity to strongly influence the product and team, and to develop new strategies.

Guidewire’s culture is defined by integrity, collegiality, and rationality where each team member is valued for who they are and what they bring. Our mission every single day is to learn, share, and collaborate while delivering the best product experience for our customers.


The role requires working from the office 10 days per month (every Tuesday and Wednesday, and Monday-Thursday during the in-office week of each month).

Job Description

What will you do:

• Gain an in-depth understanding of the cloud ecosystem that enables Guidewire applications, the market, competition, and user requirements.

• Work with Customers to understand their needs, business drivers and to identify opportunities or potential insights out of their data housed in Guidewire Data Platform in conjunction with data housed in their own systems.

• Seek opportunities to generate new revenue streams for the Guidewire Cloud Platform with a focus on platform features supporting various aspects of accessing the data on the platform (including Guidewire Data Platform functionalities and various data-access features like read replicas, exporting database snapshots, etc.) 

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to discover and evaluate opportunities, and prioritize and refine solutions. 

• Work collaboratively with other Product managers, Go To Market, Sales, Marketing, Engineering, UX, Operations, Enablement and other Business teams to define and maximize the value of our solutions. 

• Envision smart solutions to complex problems while collaborating as needed across regions, product areas, and functions. 

• Work with Engineering and development-facing Product Managers to build and communicate roadmaps and requirements to teams and appropriate stakeholders. 

• Provide input and participate in quarterly planning meetings.

• Continuously convert chaos to clarity for the team.

What we’re looking for in this role:

• A Product Manager who enjoys working directly with customers to understand their needs and define functional requirements for how our platform services them.

• Collaborative, self-motivated, positive team player who is curious and has excellent communication skills with experience in working across global time zones.

• Self-starter with an owner and problem-solving mindset, not afraid of taking initiative and driving solutions.

• Experience working directly with customers, sales, marketing, and other customer-facing roles.

• Experience with translating customer needs into functional requirements.

• Experience with generating insights out of a large amount of data and out of data from various types (i.e. schema-on-write like structured data in a table, and schema-on-read like non-structured data in the form of JSON payloads). 

• Experience with various database and data access concepts focusing on cloud and SaaS (Software as a Service) aspects (RDS, Data Platform, data curation, database backups, read replicas, database snapshots, etc.)

• Knowledge base in cloud technology concepts including workflows, tools, and architecture

• Experience driving a discovery process including capturing data, analysis, forming a hypothesis, and testing;

• Experience working with strategic product roadmaps, working on cross-functional teams, measuring outcomes, and delivering results;

• Excellent English speaking and written communication skills

• Flexibility and ability to adapt to change in a fast-paced work environment

• Ability to travel 10-25% of the time as and when necessary

• Bachelor's degree in technology or equivalent experience

• 4+ years of technically oriented Product Management experience.

Bonus:

• Experience with building web infrastructure, services, or applications at scale 

• Experience with the software development lifecycle

• Experience with building a B2B Cloud Platform 

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $138,000 - $245,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

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 [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, 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.

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 540+ insurers in 40 countries, 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 1600+ successful projects, supported by the largest R&D team and partner ecosystem in the industry. Our Marketplace provides hundreds of applications 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.