Principal Product Manager, Packaging - #181271

Summary

Guidewire's mission is very simple: to provide the leading cloud insurance platform that Insurers can rely upon to run and transform their business during times of unprecedented change. Guidewire Software provides the P&C industry platform that unifies software, services, and partner ecosystems to power our customers’ businesses.

Guidewire is looking for an experienced product manager to drive the evolution of how applications and solutions are packaged, distributed, and managed across the Guidewire ecosystem. This role is critical in ensuring that developers, ISVs, and enterprise customers can efficiently bundle and deploy applications on the Guidewire Platform.

You will work at the intersection of product, engineering, and go-to-market teams to define a packaging strategy that enhances developer productivity, improves software distribution, and aligns with Guidewire’s long-term vision for platform extensibility.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Define and execute the product vision for packaging solutions that support ISVs, system integrators, and enterprise customers.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineering, UX, marketing, and sales, to deliver intuitive and scalable packaging solutions.
• Understand customer needs by gathering feedback, analyzing usage data, and engaging with internal and external stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain the product roadmap, ensuring alignment with Guidewire’s overall platform strategy.
• Drive the adoption of packaging best practices, helping customers manage versioning, dependencies, and seamless upgrades.
• Evangelize packaging innovations by working with developer communities, partners, and internal teams.
• Ensure security, compliance, and scalability in all packaging solutions to maintain Guidewire’s trusted cloud reputation.
  
  

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong technical background with an understanding of software packaging, versioning, and deployment strategies.
• Experience working with developers, ISVs, or enterprise customers to drive platform adoption.
• Exceptional problem-solving skills and a data-driven approach to decision-making.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience with Agile development methodologies and familiarity with tools like JIRA, Aha!, or similar.
• Hands-on experience with packaging solutions in cloud-based environments (e.g., containerization, microservices, modular architectures).
• A sense of humor.
  
  

At Guidewire, you’ll have the opportunity to shape the future of how developers and businesses distribute and manage applications on one of the world’s most powerful cloud platforms. You’ll work with top-tier talent, drive impactful change, and help thousands of organizations innovate faster.

Ready to take packaging to the next level? Apply now and be part of the team that’s transforming the Guidewire platform!

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.