Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Guidewire

Management Level

Manager

Job Description & Summary

Our Guidewire team focuses on delivering Guidewire implementation services to Insurance clients. We deliver end to end Guidewire suite implementations, blending technical skills and strategy to advise top ASX organisations, not-for-profit companies and private clients with spectacular results. And we’re looking for a leader to take our team to the next level, as we help to resolve complex business issues from strategy to execution within our vast community of solvers.

Use the know-how you've gained in major Guidewire implementations to grow our Guidewire practice in PwC Australia. With new problems to solve, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to create change. We work from anywhere, so your strong communication skills and team leadership abilities will get a workout. As a part of a team, you’ll make a real impact in a workplace that’s human-led and tech-enabled.

As an IM Manager in Guidewire, you’ll work with and lead a team that will help clients harness technology systems in Insurance focusing on areas such as Customer Management, product management, policy management and transactions, rating and digital. In our Guidewire team, you will be responsible for, but not limited to:

• Facilitate end-to-end iteration planning, execution, monitoring, and reporting.
• Ensure teams deliver committed iteration objectives and program milestones.
• Track progress against sprint goals, release plans, and transformation roadmaps.
• Manage iteration ceremonies including:
  • Sprint Planning
  • Daily Stand-ups
  • Sprint Reviews
  • Retrospectives
  • Backlog grooming sessions
• Drive continuous improvement and agile maturity across delivery teams.
• Maintain iteration metrics and dashboards.
• Provide regular status updates to leadership and program governance forums.
• Monitor:
  • Velocity
  • Burn-down/Burn-up metrics
  • Defect trends
  • Defect trends 
  • Team capacity and utilization
  • Resource planning & alignment
• Support release readiness and deployment planning activities.

It’s time to move forward. And upward.

You want to lead teams with impact and create meaningful change in a place with the flexibility and reward you need to make your life work away from the office.

We’ll give you a career-defining leadership role that:

• Encourage everyone to have a voice and invite opinion from all, including quieter members of the team.
• Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations.
• Initiate open and candid coaching conversations at all levels.
• Move easily between big picture thinking and managing relevant detail.
• Anticipate stakeholder needs, and develop and discuss potential solutions, even before the stakeholder realises they are required.
• Contribute technical knowledge in area of specialism.
• Contribute to an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.
• Navigate the complexities of cross-border and/or diverse teams and engagements.
• Initiate and lead open conversations with teams, clients, and stakeholders to build trust.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

Degrees/Field of Study required:

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

Required Skills

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Business Analysis, Coaching and Feedback, Communication, Creativity, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Guidewire BillingCenter, Guidewire ClaimCenter, Guidewire InsuranceSuite, Inclusion, Insurance Consulting, Insurance Rating Software, Intellectual Curiosity, Learning Agility, Optimism, PolicyCenter (Software), Professional Courage, Project Management, Relationship Building, Self-Awareness {+ 3 more}

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Not Specified

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Government Clearance Required?

No

Job Posting End Date

March 23, 2026