Role Summary: We are hiring a Principal Guidewire Architect to own enterprise-level Guidewire architecture and offshore delivery governance across PolicyCenter, BillingCenter, and ClaimCenter.
This role leads a group of Guidewire Architects, each responsible for delivery pods of 10 engineers. The Principal Architect sets architectural direction, enforces standards, builds leadership capability, and ensures predictable, high-quality delivery at scale.
This is the highest Guidewire technical authority within the offshore organization.
Key Responsibilities
Enterprise Architecture Ownership
- Define and own enterprise-wide architecture for PolicyCenter, BillingCenter, and ClaimCenter.
- Establish reference architectures, design standards, and long-term modernization roadmap.
- Approve all critical architecture and integration decisions.
- Ensure solutions meet performance, scalability, security, and compliance standards.
Architect Leadership & Governance
- Lead and manage a group of Guidewire Architects reporting directly into this role.
- Review, challenge, and approve solution designs from reporting Architects.
- Ensure architectural consistency and discipline across all delivery pods.
- Actively intervene in complex technical or delivery escalations.
Delivery Governance (Pod Model)
- Govern multiple delivery pods through reporting Architects.
- Define and track delivery KPIs across pods (quality, velocity, stability).
- Ensure no delivery surprises through proactive technical oversight.
- Drive root-cause fixes for systemic delivery or quality issues.
Capability Building & Talent Development
- Build and scale Guidewire capability at an organizational level.
- Mentor Architects and senior technical leaders.
- Define training plans, certification paths, and succession strategy.
- Eliminate single-point dependency by institutionalizing knowledge.
Technical Authority & Escalation Ownership
- Serve as the final technical escalation point for Guidewire-related issues.
- Guide platform upgrades, version migrations, and modernization initiatives.
- Enforce engineering discipline and best practices across teams.
Client & Executive Engagement
- Partner with client architects, onshore leadership, and internal executives.
- Provide architectural leadership during presales and critical programs.
- Represent offshore technical leadership with confidence and credibility.
Mandatory Requirements
- 15+ years of Guidewire implementation and architecture experience.
- Strong hands-on expertise across PolicyCenter, BillingCenter, and ClaimCenter.
- Guidewire Ace Certification Mandatory.
- Proven experience leading multiple Architects and offshore delivery teams.
- Strong technical depth in GOSU, Java, integrations, REST/SOAP, messaging, and data architecture.
- Strong P&C insurance domain expertise.
- Experience working with global clients and senior stakeholders.
- Leadership Expectations
- Sets direction and enforces standards.
- Makes final technical decisions.
- Builds leaders and strong delivery teams.
- Owns outcomes, not just designs.
- Drives execution with discipline.
