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PMO - Senior Consultant

@ Guidewire
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Bangalore, Karnataka, India
HybridFull Time
Responsibilities:support delivery, coordinate teams, track progress
Requirements Summary:6–8 years PMO/project coordination experience in enterprise software or consulting; strong governance, reporting, and cross-functional coordination; proficient with Jira, Confluence, MS Project.
Technical Tools Mentioned:Jira, Rally, Confluence, SharePoint, Microsoft Project
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Summary

Our Professional Services (PS) team partners with P&C insurers globally to implement and optimize Guidewire’s cloud platform. We work as a unified global team, enabling customers to adopt technology efficiently while driving continuous improvement and innovation.
As a PMO – Senior Consultant, you will support the delivery of enterprise-scale implementation and transformation programs by enabling effective governance, tracking, and coordination across teams. You will work closely with Project Managers, cross-functional teams, partners, and customer stakeholders to ensure smooth execution, visibility, and alignment across projects.

Job Description

What you’ll do

  • Support end-to-end project delivery by assisting in planning, tracking, and execution across one or more implementation programs.

  • Drive PMO activities such as maintaining project plans, status reports, dashboards, RAID logs (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies), and governance documentation.

  • Facilitate Agile ceremonies (as needed) and ensure adherence to delivery processes and standards.

  • Coordinate across cross-functional, onshore/offshore, and partner teams to ensure alignment on timelines, deliverables, and dependencies.

  • Track project progress, identify risks/issues, and proactively escalate to project leadership with recommended mitigation actions.

  • Support governance forums, including preparation of reports, tracking action items, and ensuring timely follow-ups.

  • Assist in financial tracking, forecasting, and reporting to support project and program-level visibility.

  • Collaborate with teams to adopt standardized tools, templates, and AI-enabled methods to improve delivery efficiency.

  • Ensure consistent communication and reporting to stakeholders, enabling transparency and informed decision-making.

What you’ll bring

Required:

  • 6–8 years of overall experience, with relevant experience in PMO/project coordination within enterprise software or consulting environments.

  • Good understanding of project lifecycle (initiate–plan–execute–close) and PMO governance practices.

  • Experience supporting Agile delivery (Scrum or similar) and structured project management frameworks.

  • Strong coordination and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work across cross-functional and distributed teams.

  • Proficiency with tools such as Jira or Rally, Confluence or SharePoint, and project tracking tools like Microsoft Project (or equivalent).

  • Strong communication and organizational skills, with attention to detail in reporting and documentation.

  • Understanding of enterprise software implementation concepts such as integration, testing, and deployment.

  • Ability to leverage data and tools to track performance, improve reporting, and support continuous improvement initiatives.

Preferred:

  • Experience in P&C insurance or financial services domain.

  • Background in Professional Services or consulting environments.

  • Exposure to PMO tools, reporting dashboards, and governance frameworks.

  • Certification in PMP, PRINCE2, or Agile/Scrum (nice to have).

Your Impact

In this role, you will contribute to improving delivery predictability and operational efficiency by strengthening governance, tracking, and coordination across projects. You will play a key role in enabling project teams to deliver successfully while ensuring alignment with Professional Services goals and customer expectations.

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.