Insurance Enabling Technologies - Smartcomm Developer -Manager

At PwC, our people in business application consulting specialise in consulting services for a variety of business applications, helping clients optimise operational efficiency. These individuals analyse client needs, implement software solutions, and provide training and support for seamless integration and utilisation of business applications, enabling clients to achieve their strategic objectives. As a Guidewire developer at PwC, you will specialise in developing and customising applications using the Guidewire platform. Guidewire is a software suite that provides insurance companies with tools for policy administration, claims management, and billing. You will be responsible for designing, coding, and testing software solutions that meet the specific needs of insurance organisations.

Enhancing your leadership style, you motivate, develop and inspire others to deliver quality. You are responsible for coaching, leveraging team member’s unique strengths, and managing performance to deliver on client expectations. With your growing knowledge of how business works, you play an important role in identifying opportunities that contribute to the success of our Firm. You are expected to lead with integrity and authenticity, articulating our purpose and values in a meaningful way. You embrace technology and innovation to enhance your delivery and encourage others to do the same.

Skills

Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:

• Analyse and identify the linkages and interactions between the component parts of an entire system.
• Take ownership of projects, ensuring their successful planning, budgeting, execution, and completion.
• Partner with team leadership to ensure collective ownership of quality, timelines, and deliverables.
• Develop skills outside your comfort zone, and encourage others to do the same.
• Effectively mentor others.
• Use the review of work as an opportunity to deepen the expertise of team members.
• Address conflicts or issues, engaging in difficult conversations with clients, team members and other stakeholders, escalating where appropriate.
• Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firms code of conduct, and independence requirements.
  
  

The Opportunity

When you join PwC Acceleration Centers (ACs), you step into a pivotal role focused on actively supporting various Acceleration Center services, from Advisory to Assurance, Tax and Business Services. In our innovative hubs, you’ll engage in challenging projects and provide distinctive services to support client engagements through enhanced quality and innovation. You’ll also participate in dynamic and digitally enabled training that is designed to grow your technical and professional skills.

As part of the Smartcomm Dev team, you contribute to the transformation and modernization of insurance processes using advanced technologies. As a Manager, you lead teams and manage client accounts, focusing on strategic planning and mentoring junior staff. You are accountable for project success and maintaining standards, while embracing technology and innovation to enhance delivery and encourage others to do the same.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates expert abilities and extensive Application Managed Service projects and solutioning the Smartcomm integration with Guidewire Suite of applications on premises and SaaS, with proven success executing and leading all aspects of complex engagements within the Smartcomm application achieving on-time and on-budget delivery, as well as the following:
• 8+ years of experience as a technical lead for Smartcomm application
• Strong understanding of SmartCOMM or Thunderhead concepts & development
• Sound knowledge of SMARTCOMM (Thunderhead) Suits of Products - Advanced Template Designer (Business Content Studio and Admin), Data Modeler (Business Object Studio), Review Now, Interview Now and Dashboard
• Sound knowledge about SmartCOMM Modules - Data Modeler, Advanced Template Designer and Web Editor
• Sound knowledge of Smart Communications Appliance Configuration and Deployment Models (Cloud/Hybrid)
• Sound knowledge in generating Interactive communications (Draft Editor, Data Capture, ipdfs)
• Good knowledge about Thunderhead/Smart Communication APIs
• Should be well versed with preparation of the XML data schema and their mapping to business data objects
• Authoring business templates as per the business requirements
• Consolidating form templates, recognizing common graphical elements, information blocks, layouts, variable data requirements, functional similarity and multilingual
• Developing and documenting forms designs and form specifications, including form usage and derivation rules, data mapping, variable logic, templates, styles, layout etc.
• Should be well versed in creation of Static Layouts for Print and Responsive Layouts for Web
• Technical knowledge in creating Simple, Scriptable Batch Config/Template Selector and Output Configurations for post processing
• Expertise on Java/J2EE, JSON, Web services is desirable
• Experience on any other CCM tool is desirable
  
  

What You Must Have

• Bachelors Degree
• 8 years of experience
• Oral and written proficiency in English required
  
  

What Sets You Apart

• SMARTCOMM (Thunderhead) integration with Guidewire application suite, including leading related project teams;
• SmartCOMM Modules - Data Modeler, Advanced Template Designer and Web Editor
• Java/J2EE, JSON, Web services;
• XML Coding;

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