Senior Platform Product Manager

Summary

Job Description

What youll do

• We are looking for candidates with 10 years of overall work experience including a minimum of 23 years of experience in Product Management

• Own the product vision strategy and roadmap for core platform services within CCS/Atmos spanning areas such as Kubernetes-based compute networking observability deployment tooling and shared platform services.

• Gain deep understanding of the Guidewire Cloud ecosystem the multi-tenant/hybrid-tenancy architecture the market competition and the needs of both internal developer teams and external customers.

• Treat platform infrastructure as a product: define capabilities that improve developer productivity self-service and time-to-value across the organization.

• Work collaboratively with Engineering SRE/Operations UX Sales Marketing and Enablement to define and maximize the value of platform solutions.

• Develop pragmatic solutions to complex distributed-systems and platform problems collaborating across regions product areas and functions.

• Partner with cross-functional teams to discover test refine and prioritize solutions.

• Build and communicate roadmaps and requirements with clear use cases ROI and acceptance criteria for the appropriate stakeholders.

• Launch new platform services and features measure their performance and iterate quickly.

• Be a power user of the platform capabilities you build.

• Champion a culture of curiosity innovation and responsible use of AI leveraging emerging technologies and data-driven insights to enhance productivity and outcomes.

Were looking for someone who

• Has strong experience building or managing platform / infrastructure products ideally cloud-native services offered to internal or external developers (platform as a product mindset).

• Has a strong understanding of and hands-on experience with AWS services (preferably certified as AWS Cloud Practitioner).

• Understands containerization and container orchestration (Docker & Kubernetes) and the operational realities of running services at scale.

• Is familiar with core platform concerns networking observability/monitoring CI/CD multi-tenancy reliability (SLO/SLA) and cost optimization.

• Can define and articulate product roadmaps with solid use cases and associated ROI.

• Will detail feature requirements/specifications with clear acceptance criteria.

• Can establish a shared vision across the company by building consensus on priorities leading to product execution.

• Will collaborate with engineering and operations teams through design development testing release and maintenance to ensure quality and successful delivery.

• Can find and lead opportunities for revenue growth customer adoption and improved customer satisfaction.

• Is comfortable managing and prioritizing product backlogs to get things done.

• Demonstrates the ability to embrace AI and data-driven insights to drive innovation productivity and continuous improvement.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with identity and access management concepts SAML OIDC/OAuth 2.0 SSO SCIM and related AuthN/Z patterns and how they apply to platform services.

• Experience with load balancing and networking in cloud environments.

• AWS Cloud Practitioner (or higher) certification.

• Familiarity with AHA and JIRA.

• Strong mentoring and coaching experience as a Product Manager.

• Ability to travel 510% as needed.

Role-specific competencies

• Customer Need: Comfortable communicating with internal (developer teams) and external customers understanding their underserved needs and documenting use cases.

• Product Strategy: Ability to distill customer needs market signals analyst voice and SME input into an actionable pragmatic platform strategy and requirements.

• Collaboration: A multiplier mindset with a demonstrated ability to work across cross-functional teams.

• Results Driven: A data-driven PM who stays ahead of market and customer needs.

• Communication: Able to articulate both the technical and business-value impact of platform investments to Guidewires goals.

• Motivation: A deep love and appreciation for the craft of product management.

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 and follow us on Twitter: @GuidewirePandC.

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 its applicable to the position.