Guidewire Program Manager |Specialty Insurance / London Market | London

Required Experience – Program management, Guidewire, Specialty / London Market and Lloyd’s ecosystem

Location – London, UK

Compensation – Competitive (including bonus)

Role summary

We are seeking an experienced Guidewire Program Manager to lead end to end delivery of Guidewire Programs (Implementation, Upgrade and AMS) for UK Insurers including Specialty / London Market and Lloyd’s ecosystem.

The role requires strong delivery ownership, stakeholder management, advisory capability in an onsite client-facing environment ensuring successful implementation, upgrade, or support initiatives across the insurance value chain.

The role involves managing cross-functional teams (business, IT, vendors, and offshore teams), establishing delivery governance frameworks, tracking KPIs, risks, and dependencies, and ensuring alignment with business objectives

The ideal candidate will also drive innovation, productivity improvements, and process optimization, while ensuring compliance with delivery standards and maintaining high-quality outcomes throughout the program lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

• Provide technical leadership for Guidewire programs (Maintenance & Support, Upgrades).
• Design architecture and solutions aligned with Guidewire best practices.
• Ensure proper use of Technical features in Guidewire modules (PolicyCenter, ClaimCenter, BillingCenter).
• Drive Innovations, code quality, performance optimization, and scalability.

Program Leadership

• Own end-to-end delivery of Guidewire programs (Implementation, Upgrade, AMS) with strong governance, KPIs, and risk management

Client & Stakeholder Management

• Act as the primary interface for client leadership, aligning business, IT, vendors, and Guidewire teams for Guidewire programs

Delivery Execution

• Oversee planning, execution, and delivery of Guidewire programs from inception to closure, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and meet quality standards for various initiatives across the insurance value chain for Guidewire programs

Transformation & Innovation

• Drive innovation, productivity improvements, Automation and process optimization initiatives

Agile Delivery

• Lead distributed onsite-offshore teams using Agile/Hybrid models with transparent reporting and KPI tracking

Workforce enablement

• Defining and executing a structured skill development strategy that combines upskilling and cross-skilling, ensuring a flexible, future-ready workforce capable of delivering complex transformation programs with high quality and efficiency

Required Experience

• Strong IT experience and proven experience in leading and driving Guidewire programs.
• Strong understanding of P&C / specialty insurance and London Market.
• Strong experience in Guidewire InsuranceSuite (PC, BC, CC).
• Prior onsite UK / Europe client engagement experience .
• Proven track record in managing large transformation / multi-vendor programs.
• Experience in leading Guidewire Cloud / upgrade / AMS engagements.
• Strong client-facing communication, consulting, and leadership skills.

Good to have

• Guidewire Certification
• Program Management certification

Personal

Besides the professional qualifications of the candidates, we place great importance in addition to various forms personality profile. These include:

• High analytical skills
• A high degree of initiative and flexibility
• High customer orientation
• High quality awareness
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

About Infosys

Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. We enable clients in 59 countries to navigate their digital transformation.

With over four decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises, we expertly steer clients, in 59 countries, as they navigate their digital transformation powered by cloud and AI. We enable them with an AI-first core, empower the business with agile digital at scale and drive continuous improvement with always-on learning through the transfer of digital skills, expertise, and ideas from our innovation ecosystem.

We are deeply committed to being a well-governed, environmentally sustainable organization where diverse talent thrives in an inclusive workplace.