Summary

Join Guidewire’s Product Development and Operations (PDO) team, where we deliver operational excellence and transformative innovation for the world’s leading P&C insurance software. Our mission is to accelerate AI, cloud, and data platform adoption, ensuring our solutions deliver measurable value and efficiency for customers. We thrive in a collaborative, customer-centric environment, blending deep insurance expertise with cutting-edge technology to drive industry change.

As Director of Product Management, UI Platform, you will lead the strategy and execution for Guidewire’s front-end frameworks and components, enabling seamless cloud adoption and innovation for our customers. We seek a visionary leader with a passion for building high-impact platforms, driving business outcomes, and mentoring talented teams. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of insurance technology and make a tangible impact on Guidewire’s growth and customer success.

Job Description

Job DescriptionWhat you’ll do

Own and drive the overall UI strategy, roadmap, and execution plan to meet the evolving needs of Guidewire’s cloud and on-premises customers.

Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of product managers and domain experts, ensuring they have the resources and skills to deliver on our cloud-hosted value proposition.

Guide the end-to-end product lifecycle, from concept and requirements through successful adoption by Guidewire Cloud customers.

Collaborate cross-functionally to align business, financial, and operational plans, ensuring cloud-hosted products achieve adoption and revenue growth targets.

Evolve and refine agile development processes to accelerate delivery and optimize cloud hosting of existing products.

Act as a key contributor and influential member of the leadership team, driving alignment across diverse stakeholders and priorities.

Champion the development of reusable UI frameworks, WYSIWYG tools, and visual components that power Guidewire’s front-end experiences.

At Guidewire, we foster a culture of curiosity, innovation, and responsible use of AI—empowering our teams to continuously leverage emerging technologies and data-driven insights to enhance productivity and outcomes. ³

What you’ll bringRequired

Demonstrated ability to embrace AI and apply it to your current role as well as data-driven insights to drive innovation, productivity, and continuous improvement.

10+ years of progressive product management leadership experience in enterprise software, with a proven track record of planning, launching, and overseeing successful products.

5+ years managing cloud-based and cloud-native business applications, with direct experience in SaaS and cloud-hosted environments.

Deep expertise in building platforms, WYSIWYG tools, and reusable visual components.

Strong knowledge of web standards, popular UI frameworks (such as Angular or React), and UI design tools (Figma, Sketch, etc.).

Excellent communication, interpersonal, and analytical skills, with the ability to influence and align diverse teams and stakeholders.

Experience recruiting, mentoring, and developing high-performance teams.

Strategic thinker with a results-oriented, customer-centric mindset.

Preferred

MA/MS and BA/BS in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field; MBA preferred.

Experience in the P&C insurance or financial services industry.

Familiarity with emerging business models and market trends in SaaS and cloud transitions.

Your Impact

We believe in clarity and setting you up for success. In your first six months, you’ll immerse yourself in Guidewire’s product ecosystem, build strong relationships across teams, and deliver a clear, actionable UI platform strategy. You’ll drive measurable outcomes by accelerating cloud adoption, improving operational efficiency, and enabling new product innovations. Your leadership will directly support Guidewire’s mission to deliver secure, scalable, and customer-centric solutions, shaping the future of insurance technology and empowering teams across the company.

What’s in it for you

The people we employ give their all, and in return, we offer flexibility wherever we can, such as:

Flexible work environment

Health and wellness benefits

Paid time off programs including volunteer time off

Market-competitive pay and incentive programs

Continual development and internal career growth opportunities

All new hires participate in our in-person orientation process to set you up for success from day one.

At Guidewire, you’ll contribute to our wider mission of transforming the way the world’s P&C insurers do business—combining digital, core, analytics, and AI to deliver our platform as a cloud service. Join us as we drive operational excellence, transformative innovation, and measurable customer value in a collaborative, inclusive, and growth-oriented culture.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $186,000 - $278,000 . Your base pay will depend on your experience, skills, education, training, and location among other factors. All full-time positions or part-time roles working 30 hours or more a week at Guidewire are eligible for benefits that support their health and well-being including health, dental, and vision insurance, paid time off, and a company sponsored retirement plan. In addition, some roles may be eligible for the annual company bonus plan, commissions, and/or long term incentive awards which are contingent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, company and employee performance.

Disability Accommodations and Guidewire’s Appeals Process. Guidewire provides accommodations to the hiring process to create a fair opportunity for candidates with disabilities to contend for open positions. Accommodation requests should be directed to Accommodations@guidewire.com. If things do not go as hoped, we invite you to use our appeals process. Guidewire promises to independently review any denied accommodation and any decision not to offer you the position. The appeals process is the same in either case. Within five business days of receiving a notice of denial of an accommodation, or receiving a notice of your non-selection for a vacancy, e-mail Accommodations@guidewire.com to make an appeal. Guidewire will assign a new decision-maker to review the request and/or hiring decision, who will then notify you in writing of a decision within 10 business days.

About Guidewire

Guidewire is the platform P&C insurers trust to engage, innovate, and grow efficiently. We combine digital, core, analytics, and AI to deliver our platform as a cloud service. More than 540+ insurers in 40 countries, from new ventures to the largest and most complex in the world, run on Guidewire.

As a partner to our customers, we continually evolve to enable their success. We are proud of our unparalleled implementation track record with 1600+ successful projects, supported by the largest R&D team and partner ecosystem in the industry. Our Marketplace provides hundreds of applications that accelerate integration, localization, and innovation.

For more information, please visit www.guidewire.com and follow us on Twitter: @Guidewire_PandC.

Guidewire Software, Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to an inclusive workplace, and believe that a diversity of perspectives, abilities, and cultures is a key to our success. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, marital status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability. All offers are contingent upon passing a criminal history and other background checks where it's applicable to the position.