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Outbound Product Manager, Advanced Product Designer (APD) & Integration Gateway
Guidewire Software
Toronto, CAN
Full Time
Senior
1 weeks ago
Product managementCustomer engagementMarket researchREST APIsMessaging and eventingProduct configuration
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About the Role
Guidewire Software is seeking an Outbound Product Manager to own the outbound product story for Advanced Product Designer (APD) and Integration Gateway on the Guidewire Cloud Platform.
Key Skills for This Role
Product managementCustomer engagementMarket researchREST APIsMessaging and eventingProduct configuration
Responsibilities
- Act as the Outbound Product Manager for Advanced Product Designer (APD) and Integration Gateway (IG)
- Engage directly with customers, partners, and field teams to understand real world product configuration, product modeling, and integration needs
- Synthesize market, customer, and field insights into actionable product opportunities and prioritized outbound requirements
- Translate insights into clear positioning, value narratives, and enablement that drive adoption of APD and IG
- Represent APD/SBT and IG topics in customer meetings, advisory groups, workshops, and Connections sessions
- Partner closely with Inbound Product Managers and cross functional teams to align roadmap, customer readiness, and go to market execution
Requirements
- Strong ability to synthesize customer, market, and field input into actionable insights that influence product direction and go to market execution
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Working knowledge of integration concepts such as REST APIs, messaging and eventing, webhooks, and event driven patterns
- Working knowledge of product configuration or model /metadata driven systems
- Familiarity with cloud native delivery concepts: multi tenant SaaS, security, versioning, observability
- Familiarity with the P&C insurance domain and/or core systems (e.g., PolicyCenter, BillingCenter, ClaimCenter)
- 8+ years of Product Management experience or equivalent in a customer facing, technical role (preferred)
Full Job Posting
Summary
- Join Guidewire’s Product Development & Operations (PDO) team, where we deliver operational excellence and transformative innovation for the world’s leading P&C insurers.
- As an Outbound Product Manager on the Guidewire Cloud Platform, you will own the outbound product story for Advanced Product Designer (APD) and Integration Gateway (IG).
What You'll Do Across Both Product Areas
- Act as the Outbound Product Manager for APD and IG.
- Engage directly with customers, partners, and field teams to understand real world product configuration, product modeling, and integration needs.
- Synthesize market, customer, and field insights into actionable product opportunities and prioritized outbound requirements.
- Translate insights into clear positioning, value narratives, and enablement that drive adoption.
- Represent APD/SBT and IG topics in customer meetings, advisory groups, workshops, and Connections sessions.
- Partner closely with Inbound Product Managers and cross functional teams to align roadmap, customer readiness, and go to market execution.
Advanced Product Designer (APD) & SBT
- Champion APD as the single source of product truth that generates UI, metadata, and Cloud REST APIs.
- Drive the outbound direction for APD feature enhancements, including product modeling, multi state support, rules, content layering, and managed content delivery.
- Own the customer facing narrative and adoption strategy for migrating SBT commercial lines onto APD via 'Safe Landing'.
- Help shape the evolution from SBT 1.0 on PolicyCenter to an APD centric, managed content pipeline (SBT 2.0).
Integration Gateway (IG)
- Position IG as the standard integration runtime for InsuranceSuite on Guidewire Cloud.
- Represent the breadth of the IG platform to the field across API gateway and management, messaging and eventing patterns, connectivity patterns, observability, and developer experience.
- Champion the end to end developer journey, from discovery and onboarding through design time experience to run time monitoring and troubleshooting.
- Partner with the Marketplace team to position and grow adoption of pre built integration accelerators and Built By Guidewire IG apps.
What You'll Bring Required
- Strong ability to synthesize customer, market, and field input into actionable insights.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Working knowledge of integration concepts such as REST APIs, messaging and eventing, webhooks, and event driven patterns.
- Working knowledge of product configuration or model /metadata driven systems.
- Familiarity with cloud native delivery concepts: multi tenant SaaS, security, versioning, observability.
- Familiarity with the P&C insurance domain and/or core systems (e.g., PolicyCenter, BillingCenter, ClaimCenter).
- Ability to collaborate effectively with Inbound Product Managers and cross functional teams.
- Demonstrated ability to embrace AI and data driven insights.
- Comfortable presenting and facilitating discussions with diverse audiences.
- Excellent English speaking and written communication skills.
What You'll Bring Preferred
- 8+ years of Product Management experience or equivalent in a customer facing, technical role.
- Bachelor’s degree in technology, computer science, engineering, or equivalent experience; Master’s degree is a plus.
- Hands on familiarity with Guidewire PolicyCenter / InsuranceSuite.
- Experience with product modeling, no code/low code configuration platforms, or insurance product authoring.
- Familiarity with ISO / bureau commercial lines content and US Commercial Lines lines of business.
- Conceptual or practical familiarity with Apache Camel and with ESB / iPaaS products.
- Understanding of API lifecycle management.
- Experience defining platform SLAs/SLOs.
- Ability to travel 5–15% as needed.
What's in it for you
- 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.
Compensation
- The Canadian CAD base salary range for this full time position is CAD 118,000 CAD 148,000.
- All full time positions or part time roles working 30 hours or more a week at Guidewire are eligible for benefits including health, dental, and vision insurance, paid time off, and a company sponsored retirement plan.
- Some roles may be eligible for the annual company bonus plan, commissions, and/or long term incentive awards.
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