VP, Global Practices – Professional Services
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VP leading Guidewire’s global Professional Services practices across methodology, architecture, AI, and partner enablement. Driving high-quality cloud implementations for P&C insurers worldwide.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the technical and methodological backbone of Guidewire Professional Services
- Own global capability, technical standards, and innovation across five practices: InsuranceSuite & INOW, Data, Digital, Tech & Integration, and Business Consulting
- Define global architecture standards, integration patterns, product-specific implementation methods, design patterns, and code standards
- Maintain and govern practice intellectual property, including toolkits, accelerators, and reference architectures
- Establish and enforce the engineering quality bar for implementations and partners
- Partner with Delivery Assurance, Global PMO, Global Delivery, Product, Platform, AI Engineering, and the PS AI CoE
- Set multi-year practice evolution plans supporting new products, delivery models, and AI-accelerated implementation
- Integrate AI methods and tools into technical practice methodology
- Champion productization of repeatable services solutions and own their technical quality
- Build and maintain a global bench of architects, technical experts, and methodologists
- Define technical career paths and leveling expectations for practice talent
- Drive workforce planning 12–24 months ahead of demand and manage utilization and productivity
- Develop succession depth for Senior Director practice leads and identify high-potential talent
- Serve as senior technical voice on strategic deals, technical pre-sales, and complex proposals
- Provide escalation support for at-risk programs
- Own Professional Services’ technical credibility with major customers, partners, and Guidewire executive leadership
- Set the technical bar and certification alignment for SI partners
- Build partner tools, training, and reference assets
- Influence partner ecosystem strategy
- Represent Guidewire externally at customer briefings, advisory councils, SI partner summits, analyst engagements, and industry forums
- Deliver measurable improvements in implementation quality, consistency, productivity, speed, accuracy, and cost-efficiency
Requirements:
- 15+ years in technology services, software implementation, or enterprise consulting, with significant time in a practice or capability leadership role
- Proven track record leading a global, multi-practice or multi-discipline technical organization at scale
- Deep experience implementing complex enterprise software, ideally in insurance, financial services, or a comparable regulated industry
- Demonstrated experience driving technical methodology and engineering rigor in cloud-based delivery models
- Experience integrating AI and automation into delivery practices, including agentic tooling, code-gen, document ingestion, and intelligent automation
- Experience operating in or alongside a major SI partner ecosystem
- Strategy-setting leadership defining a multi-year technical vision for a global function
- Stakeholder influence across executives, regions, partners, and customers
- Technical credibility with senior architects and engineers
- Talent architecture and transformation leadership
- Executive presence and ability to represent Guidewire externally at the highest levels
- Preferred: P&C insurance domain depth, or comparable depth in another core-systems-driven regulated industry
- Preferred: Prior CTO, Chief Architect, or VP of Engineering experience in a services or product company
- Preferred: Track record building or scaling a global practice function from earlier-stage to enterprise scale
- Qualified applicants must be able to satisfy applicable criminal history and other background checks
Benefits:
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Paid time off
- Company sponsored retirement plan
- Some roles may be eligible for the annual company bonus plan
- Some roles may be eligible for commissions
- Some roles may be eligible for long term incentive awards
- Disability accommodations in the hiring process
- Appeals process for denied accommodations or non-selection decisions
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