AC Manila - Guidewire Quality Assurance Manager

Job Requirements and Preferences 

Basic Qualifications 

Minimum Degree Required:  

Bachelor's degree  

Minimum Years of Experience:  

7 to 11 years

Preferred Qualifications 

Preferred Fields of Study:  

Actuarial Science, Business Administration/Management, Commerce, Computer and Information Science, Computer Applications, Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering & Accounting, Electrical Engineering, Engineering and Business, Engineering, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Risk Management, Statistics, Data Processing/Analytics/Science, Business Analytics, Operations Management/Research, Finance  

Certification(s) Preferred:  

Guidewire Certified in PolicyCenter, BillingCenter and /or ClaimCenter, SAFe, CSM  

Preferred Knowledge/Skills:  

Demonstrates extensive abilities and/or a proven record of success leading Quality Assurance and Testing (QA/QT)-based engagements, including:  

• Assessing and appraising the maturity of existing test organizations against the full lifecycle of a defined Testing Methodology, identifying and implementing recommendations to lead clients to a higher level of maturity and improve efficiencies, Managing Test Delivery engagements, including Development Integration Testing (Component/Feature Testing), System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and Production Acceptance Testing (PAT);  

• Managing engagements around assessments, design and implementation, leveraging leading practice application and integration testing;  

• Evaluating end-to-end integrated systems and recommending action plans;  

• Developing and maintaining high-level design plans for logical and technical IT systems architecture;  

• Leading strategic decision-making down to the project planning levels;  

• Developing and executing strategic business plans, requirements, and processes across industries;  

• Managing technical and business teams evaluating technologies and methods for implementing high-level architectural plans; and  

• Providing architectural consulting advice, direction and assistance to Systems Analysts, Systems Engineers and other Systems Architects. 

Demonstrates extensive abilities and/or a proven record of success leading QA/QT engagements providing clients with a program, methodology, tools and templates to capture and classify their application portfolios, analyze functional redundancies, assess performance considerations and calculate total cost of ownership, which includes:  

• Testing tools certification, SDLC methodology certification (SAFe etc.), Project Management (PMP) Certification, Functional and/or System Test experience; development and review of Test Plans and Scripts, Quality Center and other Testing tools and/or Testing tool certifications; and,  

• Identification and addressing of client needs: building collaborative relationships with clients, developing an awareness of Firm services, communicating with the client in an organized and knowledgeable manner, delivering clear requests for information, demonstrating flexibility in prioritizing and completing tasks, and communicating potential conflicts to a supervisor.  

Demonstrates extensive abilities and/or a proven record of success as a team leader:  

• Utilizing creative thinking and problem-solving skills as well as individual initiative;  

• Understanding personal and team roles;  

• Contributing to a positive working environment by building collaborative relationships with team members;  

• Providing guidance, clarification and feedback to less experienced staff;  

• Communicating in an organized, knowledgeable manner in written and verbal formats to include presenting to senior executives, delivering clear requests for information and communicating potential conflicts;  

• Conducting quantitative and qualitative analyses of large and complex data;  

• Managing engagement teams or workstreams, staying educated on current trends and assisting in the development of knowledge capital; contributing to project planning, engagement and budget management, and workstream completion;  

• Identifying and addressing client needs while displaying abilities to contribute to business vision development and manage implementation efforts with complex project management capabilities;  

• Familiarity with Automation concepts to be able to speak to program directors on building automation capabilities;  

• Working experience in implementing Guidewire Suite solutions;  

• Working experience with global teams (onsite and offshore); and,  

• Collaborating with business development teams on proposals.