Appealing Points:
- Shape Guidewire Products for the Japan Market: Translate real insurance business needs into clear product requirements, owning the feature backlog and prioritizing enhancements based on business outcomes.
- Work at the Intersection of Product & Technology: Collaborate closely with developers in an Agile environment, make tactical product decisions, validate delivered features, and ensure business intent is reflected in implementation.
- Global & Customer-Facing Impact: Work with Japanese and global stakeholders, influence product direction, leverage insurance domain expertise, and contribute to continuous process improvements across Guidewire programs.
Annual Salary : 8 Million Yen and above
Job Responsibilities:
- Work with the internal Guidewire team to understand customer business needs, the priorities behind those needs, and how they apply both within individual customer enterprises and across the Japan market.
- Refine business needs into complete, rational product requirements that define and maintain the feature backlog.
- Own the feature backlog: groom, sequence, and prioritise against outcome-oriented goals, coordinating with other Guidewire teams as required.
- Work closely with developers through an agile process, making tactical decisions, working through edge cases, and ensuring technical teams understand the intent behind requirements.
- Represent the product management team to technical teams, ensuring alignment between product intent and implementation.
- Participate as a peer in agile ceremonies including sprint planning and backlog grooming; participate in daily stand-ups and retrospectives.
- Identify and drive process improvements within the team's working practices.
- Validate completed features against acceptance criteria before sign-off.
- Use the partner's internal organisational networks proactively to resolve questions, validate assumptions, and gather information without requiring escalation to Guidewire.
Job Qualification:
- Guidewire certifications are preferred. Candidates who do not currently hold the required certification may still be considered, provided they have relevant Guidewire project experience.
- Individuals assigned without the required certification are expected to make reasonable efforts to obtain the applicable Guidewire certification within one month of assignment, unless otherwise agreed by the parties.
- Demonstrated experience working in or alongside insurance software implementations — not theoretical knowledge alone. The candidate must be able to explain how a business requirement translates into a specific change to a Guidewire product.
- Proficiency in written and spoken English sufficient for independent communication with a global product team, including the ability to present to, and influence, a mixed stakeholder audience.
- Proficiency in written and spoken Japanese.
- Demonstrated ownership behaviour: the ability to take responsibility for outcomes, drive decisions, and operate without requiring constant direction.
- Familiarity with agile product development methods, including backlog management and sprint ceremonies.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Guidewire product certification at Ace level in at least one Guidewire product.
- Familiarity with AI-assisted requirements generation tools and the ability to work productively with AI-generated outputs (reviewing, correcting, and extending AI drafts rather than starting from scratch).
- Experience working across multiple insurance programs or lines of business simultaneously.
- Demonstrated ability to use the partner organisation's internal networks to source domain experts, validate requirements, and resolve knowledge gaps.
- Prior experience in a product management role at a Guidewire customer or implementation partner.
- Formal presentation or facilitation training.
Language Proficiency: Business level Japanese (JLPT N2) and Business-level English
About Company:
This company is one of the largest IT consulting companies in Europe, with more than 200,000 employees based in locations in over 40 countries.
As a global leader in consulting, technology services and digital transformation, they were established in 2013 as a Japanese corporation of the world's leading IT consulting company at the forefront of innovation, and they offer a wide range of integrated services with the highest level of technology and abundant expertise.
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