Principal Product Manager- APPS & API

Summary

Guidewire Software is the platform P&C insurers trust to engage, innovate, and grow efficiently. We empower our customers with cloud-based, data-driven, and AI-enabled solutions that define the next generation of insurance operations. We are looking for a Principal Product Manager for Applications and APIs to lead the charge in how our industry-leading data and models are delivered, visualized, and integrated.
This is a high-impact role focused on the consumption layer of our data. You will define how a complex hazard model becomes a seamless part of an underwriter's decisionmaking process, an actuaries’ predictive model, or a developer’s API call. You are the leader who ensures our data isn't just accurate - it’s indispensable and easy to use.
Your Impact
We believe in clarity and setting you up for success. In your first six months, you’ll lead the delivery of intuitive analytics visualizations, establish robust API governance, and partner with engineering and data science to launch new AI-powered features. Your work will drive measurable adoption of our solutions, support Guidewire’s ambitious growth and innovation goals, and ensure every customer realizes tangible value. Over time, your influence will extend across teams and markets, shaping the future of insurance technology.

Job Description

What you’ll do

• Define and execute the visualization and UX strategy for property analytics, ensuring data is intuitive and actionable for underwriters and actuaries.

• Own the product roadmap for our application suite, collaborating closely with Software Engineering to deliver high-performance, scalable solutions that address real-world insurance challenges.

• Establish and govern API and model versioning policies, ensuring a consistent and professional integration experience for clients.

• Partner with Data Science to translate AI/ML models into “next-best-action” recommendations that drive underwriting and actuarial decision-making.

• Serve as a technical integration lead, guiding customers through onboarding and maximizing the value of the HazardHub suite.

• Evangelize Guidewire’s vision internally and externally, articulating the critical role our products play in the future of P&C insurance.

• Align your work with Guidewire’s FY26 Product Strategy priorities: accelerating AI adoption, launching innovative solutions like the Agentic AI Platform, and expanding into global markets. 

• At Guidewire, we foster a culture of curiosity, innovation, and responsible use of AI—empowering our teams to continuously leverage emerging technologies and data-driven insights to enhance productivity and outcomes. 

What you’ll bring

Required

• Demonstrated ability to embrace AI and apply it to your current role as well as data-driven insights to drive innovation, productivity, and continuous improvement. 

• Deep expertise in the Property & Casualty insurance domain, with a strong understanding of data and analytics in underwriting and actuarial workflows.

• Proven mastery of product management, including discovery, delivery, and lifecycle management for technical products.

• Track record of building user-centric applications with a focus on intuitive UX.

• Technical fluency in API architecture, versioning, and AI/ML integration.

• Exceptional communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to inspire and influence diverse stakeholders.

• Strong ownership mentality and accountability for end-to-end product success.

• Collaborative, adaptable, and comfortable working in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.

Preferred

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.

• Experience with cloud-based SaaS platforms and global product launches.

• Familiarity with regulatory and market-specific needs in international insurance markets.

What’s in it for you

The people we employ give their all, and in return, we offer flexibility wherever we can, such as:

• Flexible work environment

• Health and Wellness benefits

• Paid time off programs including volunteer time off

• Market-competitive pay and incentive programs

• Continual development and internal career growth opportunities

• All new hires participate in our in-person orientation process, designed to help you connect, learn, and thrive from day one. 

• By joining Guidewire, you’ll contribute to our mission of transforming the P&C insurance industry through innovation, collaboration, and a relentless focus on customer success. 

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $160,000 - $240,000 . Your base pay will depend on your experience, skills, education, training, and location among other factors. All full-time positions or part-time roles working 30 hours or more a week at Guidewire are eligible for benefits that support their health and well-being including health, dental, and vision insurance, paid time off, and a company sponsored retirement plan. In addition, some roles may be eligible for the annual company bonus plan, commissions, and/or long term incentive awards which are contingent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, company and employee performance.

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 [email protected]. 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 [email protected] 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.