Domain Managing Architect - Guidewire Solution Delivery Practice

<strong>We&rsquo;re motivated by the fact that educators take care of our children&rsquo;s future, and we believe they deserve someone to look after theirs. We help educators identify their financial goals and develop plans to achieve them. This includes insurance to protect what they have today and financial products to help them prepare for their future.</strong>

Dallas, TX

Horace Mann

<p><strong>Horace Mann was founded in 1945 by two Springfield, Illinois, teachers who saw a need for quality, affordable auto insurance for teachers. Since then, we&rsquo;ve broadened our mission to helping all educators protect what they have today and prepare for a successful tomorrow.&nbsp; And with our broadened mission has come corporate growth:&nbsp; We serve more than 4,100 school districts nationwide, we&rsquo;re publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol: HMN) and we have more than $12 billion in assets.</strong></p> <p><strong>We&rsquo;re motivated by the fact that educators take care of our children&rsquo;s future, and we believe they deserve someone to look after theirs.&nbsp; We help educators identify their financial goals and develop plans to achieve them.&nbsp; This includes insurance to protect what they have today and financial products to help them prepare for their future. Our tailored offerings include special rates and benefits for educators.</strong></p> https://recruiting.adp.com/srccar/public/RTI.home?d=ExternalCareerSite&c=1138841#/

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Full-Time

Overview: Participates as a top-level technical expert in leading multiple consulting projects or a single large/complex project and ensures the success of enterprise-level application rollouts. Determines and develops architectural approaches and solutions, conducts business reviews, documents current systems, and develops recommendations of how to proceed with the applications. Contributes to the planning of the overall organizational IT strategy. <div id="gtx-trans" style="position: absolute; left: -161px; top: 26px;">&nbsp;</div>
Responsibilities: <ul> <li>Will manage a team and work to deliver innovative, cost-effective, and efficient IT solutions</li> <li>Explaining plans to designers and developers; gaining alignment and understanding</li> <li>Development lifecycle of software applications and other business process optimization projects.</li> <li>Ensure application performance, reliability, and quality.</li> </ul> <div id="gtx-trans" style="position: absolute; left: -166px; top: 26px;">&nbsp;</div>
Requirements: <ul> <li>Lead the Guidewire's Solution Delivery Practice overall effectiveness and efficiency</li> <li>Works with others to design solutions; gathering information, performing analysis, and eliciting the details of user requirements in discussion with users.</li> <li>Prior management experience required.</li> <li>Advanced knowledge of software development lifecycle and project life cycle principles.</li> <li>Advanced knowledge of various programming languages and/or advanced knowledge of web design languages, scripting tools, and protocols.</li> <li>Bachelor's degree in a related technical field or equivalent work experience</li> <li>10-15 years of related technical management experience</li> <li>Minimum of 5 years of direct Guidewire development leadership experience</li> <li>Responsible for Information technology staff results</li> <li>Attract, develop and retain Guidewire specific technology staff</li> <li>Define, deliver, and support strategic plans for implementing Guidewire specific technologies</li> <li>Complete projects, perform demand capacity management, and coordinate overall resource-based utilization with co-suppliers and business partners.</li> <li>Ensure IT application development process disciplines (solution delivery, project management, work requests, QA, etc.) and standards are established, effectively managed, and performed.</li> <li>Preserves assets and overall information security through defined controls and other appropriate audit-based activities.</li> <li>Define, deliver, and support Guidewire centric disaster recovery and business continuity procedures</li> <li>Prior experience in Guidewire Policy Center P&amp;C Personal Auto Multi-State Rollout</li> <li>Prior experience in Guidewire Major Version Upgrade</li> <li>Tactful and diplomatic</li> <li>Have strong knowledge of the latest IT systems, legislation, and best practice</li> <li>Ability to keep cool under pressure</li> <li>Good problem-solving skills</li> <li>Can communicate complex technical ideas in a straightforward way</li> <li>Must be authorized to work in the United States without Employer Sponsorship</li> </ul>