AC Manila - Guidewire Quality Assurance Senior Manager

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.  

As a Senior Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:  

• Encourage everyone to have a voice and invite opinion from all, including quieter members of the team.  

• Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations.  

• Initiate open and candid coaching conversations at all levels.  

• Move easily between big picture thinking and managing relevant detail.  

• Anticipate stakeholder needs, and develop and discuss potential solutions, even before the stakeholder realises they are .  

• Contribute technical knowledge in area of specialism.  

• Contribute to an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.  

• Navigate the complexities of cross-border and/or diverse teams and engagements.  

• Initiate and lead open conversations with teams, clients and stakeholders to build trust. 

• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct. 

Job Requirements and Preferences 

Basic Qualifications 

• Minimum Degree Required:  Bachelor's degree  

• Minimum Years of Experience:  10 - 15 years relevant experience  

• Hands-on experience as a Manual Tester or Quality Assurance Tester 

• Experience in QA methodologies  

• Familiarity with Agile frameworks and regression testing  

• Background or familiarity in Automation Testing and other testing tools such as Selenium, Jira, Apache Jmeter, etc. 

Preferred Qualifications 

Degree Preferred:  

Master’s degree  

Certification(s) Preferred:  

Guidewire Certified in PolicyCenter, BillingCenter and /or ClaimCenter, SAFe, CSM  

Preferred Knowledge/Skills:  

Demonstrates intimate - level of leading Quality Assurance and Testing (QA/QT) - based engagements, including:  

• Assessing and appraising the maturity of existing test organizations against the full lifecycle of a defined Testing Methodology, identifying and implementing recommendations to lead clients to a higher level of maturity and improve efficiencies, Managing Test Delivery engagements, including Development Integration Testing (Component/Feature Testing), System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and Production Acceptance Testing (PAT);  

• Managing engagements around assessments, design and implementation, leveraging leading practice application and integration testing;  

• Evaluating end-to-end integrated systems and recommending action plans; 

• Providing testing recommendations, org. designs and other process recommendations;  

• Developing and maintaining high-level design plans for logical and technical IT systems architecture;  

• Leading strategic decision-making down to the project planning levels;  

• Developing and executing strategic business plans, requirements, and processes across industries;  

• Managing technical and business teams evaluating technologies and methods for implementing high-level architectural plans; and,  

• Providing architectural consulting advice, direction and assistance to Systems Analysts, Systems Engineers and other Systems Architects.  

Demonstrates intimate - level abilities with leading QA/QT engagements providing clients with a program, methodology, tools and templates to capture and classify their application portfolios, analyze functional redundancies, assess performance considerations and calculate total cost of ownership, which includes:  

• Testing tools certification, SDLC methodology certification (SAFe etc.), Project Management (PMP) Certification, Functional and/or System Test experience; development and review of Test Plans and Scripts, Quality Center and other Testing tools and/or Testing tool certifications;  

• Identification and addressing of client needs: building solid relationships with clients; developing an awareness of Firm services; communicating with the client in an organized and knowledgeable manner; delivering clear requests for information; demonstrating flexibility in prioritizing and completing tasks; and communicating potential conflicts to a supervisor.  

Demonstrates proven intimate - level abilities with creative thinking and problem-solving skills, individual initiative and the following:  

• Generating a vision, establishing direction, and motivating team members; understanding personal and team roles; contributing to a positive working environment by building solid relationships with team members; proactively seeking guidance, clarification and feedback; providing guidance, clarification and feedback to less experienced staff;  

• Communicating in an organized, knowledgeable manner in written and verbal formats: presenting to senior executives, delivering clear requests for information and communicating potential conflicts;  

• Conducting quantitative and qualitative analyses of large and complex data;  

• Managing engagement teams or workstreams, staying educated on current trends and assisting in the development of knowledge capital; contributing to project planning, engagement and budget management, and workstream completion; 

• Identifying and addressing client needs while displaying abilities to contribute to business vision development and manage implementation efforts with complex project management capabilities;  

• Supporting practice management for a specific operation or process;  

• Familiarity with Automation concepts to be able to speak to program directors on building automation capabilities;  

• Working experience in implementing Guidewire Suite solutions;  

• Working experience with global teams (onsite and offshore); and, Collaborating with business development teams on proposals.