Capgemini - Guidewire Senior Architect - Insurance Domain (14-20 yrs)

Job title: Guidewire Senior Architect

Location: PAN India (Hyderabad / Chennai / Bangalore Preferred)

Grade: D/E1

About Capgemini:

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2023 global revenues of 22.5 billion.

Capgemini in India comprises nearly 175,000 team members working across 13 locations: Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Coimbatore, Gandhinagar, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Noida, Pune, Salem and Tiruchirappalli.

About FS SBU:

Serving two-thirds of the worlds largest financial services institutions, Capgeminis Financial Services Unit helps banks, capital markets firms, and insurers meet todays industry disruptions with innovative business and IT solutions which create tangible value. With a network of 63,200 professionals dedicated to Financial Services across Capgemini's global locations, including 37,500+ FS team members dedicated to FS in India with more than 1500 clients worldwide, and a reputation for unparalleled domain expertise and global next generation delivery, Capgemini is uniquely positioned to shape and serve the Financial Services industry. We provide the freedom to lead and transform businesses with proven consulting and technology solutions in banking, insurance and capital markets. To better serve our clients, our industry leading solutions are supported by Global Centres of Excellence.

Why Join Capgemini?

The choices you make today lay the foundation for change tomorrow.

- Choosing Capgemini means having the opportunity to make a difference, whether for the worlds leading businesses or for society. It means getting the support you need to shape your career in the way that works for you. It means when the future doesnt look as bright as youd like, you have the opportunity to make change: to rewrite it.

- When you join Capgemini, you dont just start a new job. You become part of something bigger. A diverse collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and experts, all working together to unleash human energy through technology, for an inclusive and sustainable future. At Capgemini, people are at the heart of everything we do! You can exponentially grow your career by being part of innovative projects and taking advantage of our extensive Learning & Development programs. With us, you will experience an inclusive, safe, healthy, and flexible work environment to bring out the best in you! You also get a chance to make positive social change and build a better world by taking an active role in our Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability initiatives. And whilst you make a difference, you will also have a lot of fun.

The Opportunity:

- Capgemini is seeking a Portfolio Manager / Director level executive to provide oversight and future direction for the Guidewire capability unit within the Financial Services business unit.

Key Responsibilities:

- Understand the clients vision, requirements, and project scope, and translate them into a high-level conceptual architecture for COTS product implementation as a target system.

- Design the integration between subsystems, services, and third-party systems by identifying key interactions, establishing architectural patterns, and defining security mechanisms.

- Take full accountability for the technical solution by ensuring alignment with business needs throughout the project lifecycle. Supervise the technical team to ensure implementation follows the designed architecture, review critical or complex components, and assist with troubleshooting technical issues as they arise.

- Drive solution design workshops and prepare and present design alternatives to the design board.

- Participate in the Architecture Review Board, Change Approval Board, and Design Review Board to evaluate and review proposed designs in alignment with the conceptual architecture as per the project.

Additional Responsibilities:

- Participate in client visits and contribute to RFPs by providing technical expertise, presenting architectural solutions, and ensuring alignment between client needs and proposed system designs.

- Participate in the hiring process for Architects/Tech Leads and stay updated on Guidewire product developments and relevant training opportunities to ensure the team remains knowledgeable and skilled in the latest advancements.

- Contribute to the creation of COTS go-to-market assets by designing reusable components and accelerators.

- Engage and drive workshops with the COTS Product/Support team while working on solutions or issue resolutions.

Our Ideal Candidate:

- He/She/They will have 15-20 years of experience in IT, preferably Insurance domain with 10 years on COTS products including but not limited to Guidewire. Candidate must have a strong architectural track record and demonstrated the successful execution of large-scale transformation programs. A bachelors degree in engineering is required.

- This person is motivated to deliver high-quality work to drive customer satisfaction. They use their intellect, insight, and ability to build creative solutions with clients and colleagues while embracing a collaborative mindset. Key qualifications include:

- Must Have:

- The role requires the architect to excel in both advisory and delivery capacities to lead an insurance transformation program. This includes delivering conceptual architecture, high-level solution design (HLSD), recommending technology, presenting trade-off analyses to management, and coaching the project team on guiding principles and standards on a platform.

- Excellent written and communication skills. Must be able to drive and participate in client presentations and orals for proposals on program technical architecture.

- Ability to keep up with the latest business and technology trends in insurance and cloud computing areas.

Good to Have:

- Experience or ability to work as a Guidewire technical architect/solutions architect.

- Ability to understand Guidewire Cloud Platform features and their cloud value, including Advanced Product Designer, Integration Gateway, App Events, and Rest Client Framework.

- Fair understanding of Cloud Infrastructure and DevOps strategy.

- Experience with the ACCORD framework.

- Strong knowledge of solutioning on SaaS platforms is an added advantage.

- Certified in Guidewire ACE, TOGAF, and SAFe Architect.

- The chance to shape your future

- Experiences with challenge and impact

- The flexibility to work your way

- Learning for life

- An inclusive workplace

- An opportunity to make the difference