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Guidewire Managing Engineer

Allstate Insuranceabout 1 month ago
Hybrid
Mid Level

Top Benefits

Flexible Work Arrangements
Employee discounts (15% on auto and property insurance, plus many other products and services)
Good Office program (receive up to 400$ back after purchasing office equipment)

About the role

At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life’s uncertainties. And for more than 90 years our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers’ evolving needs. From advocating for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws, to being an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, and, more recently, device and identity protection.

Job Description

Who is Allstate:
Allstate Insurance Company of Canada is a leading home and auto insurer focused on providing its customers prevention and protection products and services for every stage of life. The company is proud to have been named a Best Employer in Canada for nine consecutive years and prioritizes supporting employees and fostering an inclusive, welcoming corporate culture. Allstate is committed to making a positive difference in the communities in which it operates through partnerships with charitable organizations, employee giving and volunteerism. Serving Canadians since 1953, Allstate strives to provide reassurance with its "You’re in Good Hands®" promise.

Through our Employee Value Proposition, Opportunity, Flexibility, Community, Diversity and Family, we have worked hard to develop and nurture a culture where employees feel valued, experience personal growth, have career options and truly enjoy the work they do.

Role Designation: Hybrid

Benefits to joining Allstate

  • Flexible Work Arrangements
  • Employee discounts (15% on auto and property insurance, plus many other products and services)
  • Good Office program (receive up to 400$ back after purchasing office equipment)
  • Student Loan Payment Matching Program for Government Student loans
  • Comprehensive Retirement Savings Program with employer matched contributions
  • Annual Wellness allowance to support employees with improving health and wellbeing
  • Personal reflection day
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Working within the community and giving back!

Job description:

The Associate Manager assists management team in planning, directing, designing, and executing IT-related activities and programs that are of a complex and critical nature. The Band D Associate Manager selects, leads, counsels, motivates, sets expectations and evaluates medium to large teams. Additionally, they confer with and advise direct reports on administrative policies and procedures, risks, issues, problem resolution, sourcing decisions, budget and priorities. This person also assists in defining, implementing and prioritizing IT policies, procedures, and best practices. The Associate Manager impacts team and business results.

Allstate Canada, Use my protection, have moved to the ATS model and have an opportunity to support our Transformative Growth plans. This is an exciting opportunity to join a growth area that will help to expand your skill base and give you the opportunity to grow and develop in a new platform.

Accountable for leading a team of engineers in the Digital Claims Digital Product team in the Canadian ‘Use My Protection’ product family. The successful candidate will help drive the deliverables of the project as well as the harmonization of team needs and capability with delivery requirements and other stakeholders within the delivery ecosystem across multiple functional areas/vendors.

This role includes ownership of the Canadian Digital FNOL implementation, Yukon, alongside the Guidewire suites of Vendor engage and Contact Manager.

A key aspect of this role will be to identify opportunities and implement solutions that align to the C3 vision, reusing capabilities in the wider Allstate, aligning to target state architecture.

There will also be an opportunity to work closely with the other four Digital Product teams in Use My protection as a Product family.

Role Requirements

  • Guidewire Certified to a minimum of Associate Developer. Professional and ACE certifications in Guidewire would be a big advantage.
  • Managing integration engineers as part of a wider cross functional team agile XP team
  • Leading complex integration features ensuring quality, accuracy and attention to detail
  • Participate in and provide solutioning for Claims Guidewire and Non-Guidewire Integration enhancements, leveraging Integration gateway where applicable.
  • Working with Lead Engineer, Lead Digital Product Manager to ensure features are appropriately sized and prioritized
  • Ensure ITSM ITIL Practices are followed such as Incident management, Problem Management, Change Management
  • Help troubleshooting Data integration issues and ensuring timely resolution
  • General management and administration.
  • As a people leader, you will bring out the best in your team through coaching and mentoring, empowering them to make decisions.

Qualifications:

  • 5 or more years’ experience in an Integrations Engineering role
  • Strong knowledge with SDLC, Agile and/or other recognized software development and project management methodologies.
  • Knowledge of Integration Technologies such as GOSU, Jutro, Java Spring, REST, React.
  • Proven track record of leading successful complex integrations
  • Technical understanding of Claims processing and associated data flows

Bonus qualification:

  • Guidewire Associate Developer Integration certification desirable but not mandated.
  • Technical Experience with Allstate Canada and Allstate Canada Claims systems would be beneficial

Allstate Canada Group has policies and practices that provide workplace accommodations. If you require accommodation, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

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