Before applying, please read the following: This is a 6 month contract to hire role. Applicants MUST BE a U.S. Citizen to be considered. It is a hybrid role offering 2-3 days on-site in Worcester, MA and the remainder of the week remote. Applicants must live local to Worcester, MA.
We’re seeking a seasoned Senior Guidewire PolicyCenter Architect to play a pivotal role in shaping the strategic and technical direction of complex Guidewire Policy Center initiatives. This expert-level position involves a blend of hands-on architecture work, leadership, and forward-thinking technology planning to support mission-critical enterprise solutions.
Primary Responsibilities
- Define long-term strategies and detailed roadmaps for Guidewire Policy Center implementations, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives.
- Provide technical vision and leadership across multiple projects that leverage Guidewire applications.
- Prepare and deliver comprehensive architectural documentation and technical designs for review and approval.
- Oversee all layers of project architecture—business, application, information, and technology—ensuring cohesive and scalable solutions.
- Advocate for the reuse of tools, frameworks, and processes to drive efficiency across projects.
- Create and maintain reference architectures, governance standards, and compliance frameworks to be shared enterprise-wide.
- Identify and manage technical risks, platform dependencies, and architectural impacts across the portfolio.
- Lead evaluations of architectural components, recommending optimal approaches for complex challenges.
- Integrate emerging technologies into solution designs to support evolving business needs.
- Communicate a clear and compelling vision for enterprise platforms, application capabilities, and shared technical solutions.
- Ensure applications and platforms remain aligned with enterprise standards and modernization efforts.
- Provide mentorship to Solution Architects and Senior Solution Architects, supporting their professional development.
What Success Looks Like
- Delivering well-defined technical designs and solution strategies.
- Producing clear position statements and repeatable solution patterns.
- Establishing measurable roadmaps with tangible milestones.
Core Skills & Knowledge
- Advanced expertise in solution architecture, with strong abilities in:
- Relationship-building, negotiation, and facilitation across diverse teams.
- Strategic planning and organizational execution.
- Clear, concise written and verbal communication.
- Balancing long-term vision with immediate priorities.
- Translating complex business requirements into practical technical solutions.
- Assessing financial implications of architectural decisions.
- Proposing multiple viable solutions to complex business problems.
- Deep understanding of enterprise information principles, SOA, object-oriented design, and application development methods.
- Rapidly grasping new technologies and their potential applications.
Key Competencies
- Strategic Thinking: Conceptualize end-to-end solutions that address business needs and anticipate future requirements.
- Innovation: Identify and implement opportunities that enhance value or reduce costs.
- Execution: Deliver solutions that adhere to enterprise architecture principles within required timelines.
- Enterprise Awareness: Understand how architecture decisions ripple across multiple business units.
- Vision: Balance immediate deliverables with medium- and long-term strategies.
- Collaboration: Build consensus among stakeholders with diverse viewpoints.
- Facilitation & Leadership: Guide discussions productively, influence decisions, and inspire trust regardless of title.
- Analytical Thinking: Evaluate multiple options and choose the most effective approach.
- Clear Communication: Articulate architectural strategies and their business impact to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Required Background
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Systems Analysis, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- At least 10 years of industry experience, including 5+ years in a senior architecture role with progressive responsibilities.
- Hands-on experience designing solutions across diverse technologies, business systems, and processing environments.
- Proven background in solution architecture and development.
- Deep familiarity with Guidewire Insurance Suite – Policy Center, including cloud migrations, data integrations, APIs, MFA, SSO, and performance optimization.
- Strong understanding of the Property & Casualty insurance domain, including how changes in one system impact the broader business environment.
Job Type: Temp-to-hire
Pay: $80.00 - $95.00 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Worcester, MA 01653
