About the Role
As a Lead Consultant, you will play a hands-on role in building and executing Guidewire’s Delivery Assurance and Partner Quality function across the Americas. You will be responsible for the day-to-day execution of delivery assurance activities, including coordinating reviews, running core processes, preparing analysis, and ensuring follow-up actions are tracked. This execution-focused role requires a strong delivery professional who excels at gathering information, structuring reviews, and keeping stakeholders aligned to ensure consistent, high-quality delivery outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Gather, define, and maintain Professional Services standards for Partners.
- Coordinate the AMER Delivery Assurance review process and cadence.
- Gather information requests such as artifacts, status reports, and metrics from Partners.
- Organize materials, capture observations, and document findings and recommended actions.
- Support the Partner Capability Maturity Model (PCMM) process execution.
- Collaborate with Alliances to operationalize AI-generated risk and capability assessments.
- Support Delivery Assurance reviews for high-risk SI-led programs.
- Create assessments highlighting delivery strengths and risks with mitigation plans.
- Capture and codify lessons learned and best practices.
- Implement and refine partner scorecards and quality KPIs.
- Drive partner quality improvement by sharing regional insights and pain points.
- Test and roll out new Delivery Assurance standards, templates, and tools.
- Create and maintain Delivery Assurance dashboards and trackers.
- Validate reporting data for accuracy and completeness.
- Prepare executive-ready materials for regional governance forums and leadership updates.
- Act as an operational point of contact for AMER stakeholders regarding process questions.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in professional services, project/program management, PMO, or delivery governance.
- Direct experience with Guidewire products and implementations.
- Experience in the P&C insurance or closely related industries.
- Hands-on experience supporting or managing customer implementation projects.
- Experience working with or within System Integrators and partner ecosystems.
- Solid understanding of core project delivery concepts including scope, schedule, risk, quality, and budget.
- Comfort working with AI-assisted analytics and data platforms.
- Experience organizing governance forums, audits, health checks, or risk reviews.
- Ability to review project documents to identify gaps or inconsistencies.
- Strong organizational and time-management skills.
- High attention to detail in documentation, data entry, and status tracking.
- Clear, professional written and verbal communication skills.
- Collaborative, service-oriented mindset.
- Proficiency with productivity and collaboration tools like Google Workspace or Microsoft Office.
Skills
- Project management
- Program management
- Delivery governance
- Data analysis
- Risk management
- Stakeholder management
- AI-assisted analytics
- Technical documentation
- Process improvement
- P&C insurance domain knowledge
Location
- Americas
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 5+ years
Salary/Compensations
- $124,000 - $223,000
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Paid time off
- Company sponsored retirement plan
- Annual company bonus plan
- Commissions
- Long term incentive awards
About the Company
- Guidewire is a platform for P&C insurers to engage, innovate, and grow.
- The company combines digital, core, analytics, and AI to deliver a cloud service platform.
- Serves over 540 insurers in 40 countries.
- Maintains the largest R&D team and partner ecosystem in the industry.
- Values include Integrity, Rationality, and Collegiality.
Equal Opportunity
- Guidewire Software, Inc. is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.
- Committed to an inclusive workplace and diversity of perspectives, abilities, and cultures.
- Qualified applicants 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.
