Lead Application Architect-Policy

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WHO WE ARE:

Duck Creek Technologies is the intelligent solutions provider defining the future of the property and casualty (P&C) and general insurance industry. We are the platform upon which modern insurance systems are built enabling industry to capitalize on the power of the cloud to run agile intelligent and evergreen operations. Our modern SaaS solutions help insurers set a new standard and revolutionize how consumers interact with insurance companies.

Authenticity purpose and transparency are core to Duck Creek and we believe insurance should be there for individuals and businesses when where and how they need it most. Our market-leading solutions are available on a standalone basis or as a full suite and all are available via Duck Creek OnDemand. With more than 1000 successful implementations to date Duck Creek removes the IT burden for insurers so they can focus on the business of insurance.

We have a flock of more than 1800 employees across the globe and are proud to be a Flexible-First employer. We empower our employees with the choice to work from an office from home or on a hybrid schedule. Our flexible-first environment fosters productivity inclusion collaboration and ensures a consistent employee experience regardless of location.

If working in a fast-paced rapidly evolving company that is transforming one of the worlds oldest and largest industries sounds exciting let us are excited you are considering Duck Creek as a future employer and hope you decide to join The Flock!

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Title: Senior Manager - Lead Application Architect

WHAT YOULL DO

The Lead Application Architect is recognized by the project team and customer as the technical expert for the application and serves as a point of escalation for technical questions and concerns. The Lead Application Architect is responsible for leading a team to successfully deliver an application suited to the customers business and performance goals.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES

• Works with Director of Application Architecture to solve complex and unique architectural and data issues that have a company-wide impact

• Defines the applications required to operationalize the business imperatives and how the components of each applications relate to each other

• Works across the Architecture teams to ensure the application components align with the application architecture and meet application performance goals

• Identifies and address application and data issues that affect application integrity.

• Identifies cross-capability and cross-release issues that affect the business architecture integrity.

• Transforms customer requirements into user and application required

• Serves as a trusted advisor of the customer

• Performs Design / Code Review(s)

• Participates in Conformance Review(s)

• Increases the level of buyer confidence by providing key inputs during the opportunity phase

• Serve as a mentor for junior level employees

• Performs other related duties and activities as required.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

WHAT YOUVE DONE

Education and Work Experience:

• Bachelors degree required or higher education level or foreign equivalent preferably in area with technical emphasis

• Minimum of 12 years professional experience preferably in implementing software applications

• Or Masters degree plus a minimum of 10 years related professional experience

• Experience with implementation of Duck Creek Platform

• Experience in implementing P&C Insurance software applications

• Experience in HTML ASP and XML preferred

• Experience with systems integration (Policy Billing Claims Reinsurance Third-party systems).

• Previous experience working in a customer-facing role

Specialized Knowledge Skills and/or Abilities:

• Facilitation experience for conducting requirements gathering and stakeholder agreement meetings

• Familiar with Joint Application Design (JAD) session prototyping Conference Room Pilot (CRP) and similar approaches and principles

• Familiar with business process design concepts and principles.

• Familiarity with insurance products rules and methodologies desirable

• Familiarity with merge fields for Microsoft Word and Adobe.

Other Requirements:

• Travel: 50-75%

• Work Authorization: Legally authorized to work in the country of the job location.

• Physical: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift carry push pull or otherwise move objects including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

WHAT WE STAND FOR:

Our global company celebrates & leverages the differences each employee brings to the table. Our success is a direct result of an inclusive culture where opportunities to learn from one another occur regardless of title seniority or background. This collaborative and team-oriented approach is at the core of how we operate andcontinuously improve our products services and systems. As such Duck Creek is committed to providing equal opportunity to all employees and applicants to recruit hire train and reward employees for their individual abilities achievements and experience without regard to race color gender religion sexual orientation age national origin disability marital military or any other protected status.

We strive to be an example to the world of inclusion diversity and equity in all things where employees are free to be their authentic selves in the workplace and in the communities in which we believe in leading by example and are proud of the diversity of our team and our shared commitment to our Core Values: We Prioritize Respect; We Listen; We Care; We Add Value; and We Lead.

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