Job Description

• Product Manager with a strong background in the AuthN/Z domain, including SAML, IAM, OIDC/OAuth 2.0, load balancing, cloud services, and Kubernetes.

• Strong mentoring and coaching experience as a Product Manager.

• Gain an in-depth understanding of Guidewire applications, the cloud ecosystem that enables them, the market, competition, and user requirements.

• Work collaboratively with Engineering, UX, Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Enablement teams to define and maximize the value of our solutions.

• Develop smart solutions to complex problems while collaborating as needed across regions, product areas, and functions.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to discover and test solution, and then refine and prioritize them.

• Build and communicate roadmaps and requirements with teams and the appropriate stakeholders.

• Launch new products and features, test their performance and iterate quickly.

• You will be the power user of the products you build.

• At Guidewire, we foster a culture of curiosity, innovation, and responsible use of AI—empowering our teams to continuously leverage emerging technologies and data-driven insights to enhance productivity and outcomes.

We're looking for someone who:

• Has a strong understanding and experience with AWS services (preferably certified as AWS Cloud Practitioner)

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

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

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

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

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

• Is comfortable managing product backlogs because there should be a priority for getting things done.

• Demonstrated ability to embrace AI and apply it to your current role as well as data-driven insights to drive innovation, productivity, and continuous improvement.

But it would be great if the candidate has:

• been certified as an AWS Cloud Practitioner

• an understanding of containerization and container orchestration (Docker & Kubernetes).

• familiarity with AHA and JIRA

• can travel 5-10% of the time as and when necessary

Role Specific

• Customer Need: Comfortable communicating with internal and external customers, understanding their underserved needs and documenting use cases
• Product Strategy: Ability to research & distill customer needs, market needs, analysts voice, SME point of view into actionable and pragmatic product strategy & requirements.
• Collaboration: Has a multiplier mindset and demonstrates ability and importance to collaborate with cross functional teams.
• Result Driven: Data driven product manager that stays ahead of market and customers
• Communication: Articulate to internal & external stakeholder both the business value level impact to GW goals.
• Motivation: Person should have deep love and appreciation for the job of a product manager.