Summary

We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Product Manager to join our Business Technology Applications team. The successful candidate will partner with the Revenue management (Finance) team to prioritize, plan and implement scalable processes and systems. We use Oracle Fusion Financials integrated with numerous SaaS systems including Salesforce. The Product Manager will be responsible for analyzing existing processes & systems, identifying improvement areas, framing data driven decisions, and defining the roadmap in a collaborative manner. They will drive the software lifecycle from idea to delivery, with excellent business communication throughout to ensure business outcomes are achieved.

Job Description

Responsibilities:

Establish and maintain a deep understanding of Guidewire specific finance & revenue stakeholders’ business goals, priorities, and success measures. 

Analyze and document business processes in revenue and subscriptions, accounting needs for the domain, and identify opportunities for improvement.

Articulate clear proposals and delivery plans using succinct and accurate written and verbal communications. 

Establish a product roadmap that adds significant value to the business, is efficient in its delivery, and can be easily sustained in operations.

Own the development and delivery of a product roadmap, incorporating projects, features, enhancements and providing support.

Work with cross-functional IT groups for solution delivery, building functional designs and configuration documents.

Manage scope, assess risks, and anticipate blockers.

Define Functional and User Acceptance Test plans, ensuring comprehensive testing through individual test execution when required.  

Become a subject matter expert in how the business users perform their jobs, now, and in the future.

Be well-versed with playbooks and follow processes, optimizing or building processes where necessary.

Communicate with stakeholders to ensure status, challenges, and decisions are efficiently dispositioned.

Champion your product team in internal marketing and enablement. 

Report on KPIs regularly. 

Leverage  AI/GPT to enhance your deliverables and explore opportunities in business use cases to automate tasks, gain insights, and improve decision-making processes.

Stay updated with industry trends and advancements in business technology applications.

Specific to Revenue and Subscription Management:

Understand and maintain the Revenue and Order sources and details of the process steps

Understand and maintain the global setup of Guidewire business and its configuration in Oracle Financial systems and fully understand the system dependencies.

Ability to configure the systems (RMCS, OSM, AR)  to add new entities and ability to project the pre-req and dependencies

Support the Finance and Revenue team during period close activity.

Skills & Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, or a related field, or relevant work experience.

Excellent knowledge (with hands on configuration experience) of Oracle Fusion Financial  Applications especially focussing on Revenue Management, Subscription Management, Accounts Receivables, and Collections. 

Understanding of GAAP/accounting and ASC 606 Revenue standards, and experience designing and implementing processes and systems that support them.

Proficient in creating BI Publisher reports and skilled in data analysis and interpretation

Functional knowledge of the Fusion API.

Functional knowledge of GL, Cash Management and Order Management is a plus

Functional knowledge of Salesforce is a plus

Results-oriented; ability to work effectively in a team and independently.

Hands-on knowledge agile or iterative software development methodology

Strong knowledge of business processes and IT systems.

Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

Excellent verbal communication and presentation skills to inspire, build trust, and influence.

Clear and impactful written communications.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $114,000 - $208,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Disability Accommodations and Guidewire’s Appeals Process. Guidewire provides accommodations to the hiring process to create a fair opportunity for candidates with disabilities to contend for open positions. Accommodation requests should be directed to Accommodations@guidewire.com. If things do not go as hoped, we invite you to use our appeals process. Guidewire promises to independently review any denied accommodation and any decision not to offer you the position. The appeals process is the same in either case. Within five business days of receiving a notice of denial of an accommodation, or receiving a notice of your non-selection for a vacancy, e-mail Accommodations@guidewire.com to make an appeal. Guidewire will assign a new decision-maker to review the request and/or hiring decision, who will then notify you in writing of a decision within 10 business days.

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.