Duties & Responsibilities
• Release Planning & Coordination
Own and manage the integrated release calendar across Guidewire and connected platforms
Coordinate release activities across development, QA, UAT, performance testing, and production deployment
Drive release readiness reviews, go/no-go checkpoints, and deployment governance
Manage release scope, dependencies, sequencing, and deployment timelines
Coordinate cross-team implementation activities across multiple workstreams and vendors
• Environment & Deployment Governance
Partner with Platform/DevOps teams to ensure environment readiness and deployment stability
Coordinate code promotions across Dev, SIT, UAT, PERF, and Production environments
Validate deployment plans, rollback strategies, and contingency procedures
Ensure alignment between release schedules, infrastructure readiness, and testing cycles
• Risk & Dependency Management
Identify release risks, blockers, and cross-platform dependencies early
Drive mitigation planning and escalation management
Coordinate issue resolution across Engineering, QA, Platform, and vendor teams
Ensure production support readiness and operational transition planning
• Quality & Testing Alignment
Partner with QA leadership to ensure alignment across SIT, UAT, regression, and performance testing activities
Ensure release criteria and quality gates are met prior to deployment
Coordinate validation activities across Guidewire Core, Digital, Integrations, Earnix, and Data/Reporting workstreams
• Communication & Reporting
Provide executive-level release status reporting and dashboards
Facilitate release governance meetings and stakeholder communications
Maintain visibility into release health, risks, deployment status, and defect trends
Drive post-release reviews and continuous improvement activities
• Reporting Structure
This role will work closely with:
Engineering Leadership
QA/Test Management
Platform/DevOps
Architecture
Product Management
Production Support
Vendor Partners (Guidewire, SI partners, etc.)
• Success Measures
Predictable and stable releases
Reduced deployment risk and production incidents
Improved release transparency and governance
High environment readiness and release quality
Effective coordination across workstreams and vendors
AWS Certification is a plus
