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Product Manager - Data Platform (Data Access)
- DepartmentProduct Development and Operations
- LocationUnited States - San Mateo, CA
- Location TypeHybrid
Guidewire is widely recognized as the leading provider of software solutions for the property and casualty insurance industry. Our software offers property and casualty insurance companies the tools to take care of their customers when they need it the most, whether that is a time of crisis, a natural disaster, an accident, or exposure to cyber risks.
We are looking for a product management professional to join our data platform team. Guidewire’s Data Platform team is responsible for building an integrated, scalable, secure, and robust data platform, to help both our internal development teams & our customers leverage data easily.
The platform is designed to support all our analytics, data science, and data management applications, while being integrated foundationally across our broad product portfolio, to usher in a new era of analytic driven experiences, services, and insurance product offerings for the property & casualty industry.
In this role, you will specifically focus on the data access & integration experience of data platform. You will work in a highly collaborative, cross-functional environment to guide products from conception to launch by connecting the technical and business worlds. You will break down complex problems into steps that drive product development at speed. This opportunity is not just to build products, but to be part of a team that helps transform an industry with data & analytic driven technology at the center.
What you will do
- Lead one or more engineering teams through the ideation, technical development, and launch of innovative product capabilities, geared towards ingestion of data into the platform.
- Drive feature level design sessions and product development with engineers, architects & UX
- Establish shared vision across the company by building consensus on priorities leading to product execution.
- Define and analyze metrics that inform the success of products.
- Maximize efficiency in a constantly evolving environment where the process is fluid and creative solutions are the norm.
- Work with your manager and peers to ensure alignment of your team's work with the larger Data platform and analytic organization's roadmap.
- Gather and define the requirements that will be used to research and innovate new methods of data acquisition in the cloud.
- Be the expert who can help customers, QA, support, sales, and other groups with questions about our cloud native data infrastructure and products.
- Manage dependencies across different teams and ensure features are delivered on time.
- Triage prioritize and respond to customer issues and escalations. Develop a deep understanding of customers’ needs, goals and challenges in order to ensure successful adoption of Data Access products.
What we are looking for in this role
- 5+ years product management experience.
- 5+ years of experience working with technical architecture of cloud solutions & security.
- This role requires conceptual understanding & knowledge of micro services, distributed systems, AWS (Amazon Web Services), Big Data ecosystem.
- Cloud native software delivery experience. Ability to manage complex initiatives with limited supervision.
- You are driven, focused, and quick to take ownership of your work.
- Adaptable, resilient, and able to thrive in ambiguity.
- You should feel comfortable with data ingestion, cataloging, integration, and enrichment concepts and techniques and be able to understand how data relates to end user analytics requirements and applications.
- Technical knowledge of big data & cloud technologies, services, tooling & infrastructure preferred.
- Experience working with different technologies used for data integration and data replication is preferred.
- Experience working with AWS and its native services, like EMR, Redshift, MSK is a plus
- Experience working with B2B SaaS (software as a service) companies is a plus
- Software engineering experience is a plus.
Be Yourself & Stay Clever
At Guidewire, we value autonomy, empowerment, and inclusivity, which is why we want each of our employees to be heard and celebrated. We’re in the business of uplifting people, so they can fulfill their goals and ambitions. So, there’s plenty of time and space for you to broaden your skills and experience.
If we've got you excited and you’re ready for a career upgrade, then we're eager to hear from you! Get in touch to learn more about the Guidewire team you’ll work with.
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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.
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 Accommodations@guidewire.com. 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 Accommodations@guidewire.com 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.
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FINANCIAL
Receive market-competitive pay and incentive programs—because you deserve it! To help future-proof your income, we offer generous support through retirement savings plans.
HEALTH AND WELLNESS
Keep your physical and emotional health in tip-top shape with health insurance for you and your family, an employee assistance program, annual wellness reimbursement, and access to wellness resources.
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Work in an environment where you’ll have the freedom and trust to make an impact, with time for your life outside of work.
DOWNTIME
Relax and kick back through our generous paid time-off programs. Make a difference in your community with three volunteer days each year. Take your own personal day of rest with My Day. We also offer ample paid leave for all new parents.
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