IT Release Manager - Guidewire Platform

IT Release Manager – Guidewire Platform

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Type: Contract

Category: Program/Project Management

Industry: Insurance

Workplace Type: Remote

Reference ID: JN -062026-107428

Date Posted: 06/11/2026

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Our client seeks an experienced IT Release Manager to lead release planning, coordination, governance, and execution for a large-scale Guidewire implementation and its supporting digital ecosystem. The role manages end-to-end release processes across Guidewire applications, digital platforms, integrations, environments, and enterprise systems. The position partners with Engineering, QA, Product, Platform/DevOps, Architecture, Infrastructure, vendors, and Business stakeholders to drive stable, predictable, and high-quality releases across the program lifecycle.

We can facilitate w2 and corp-to-corp consultants. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $85.00 to $95.00/hr. w2

Responsibilities:

• 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.

• 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.

• Align release schedules with infrastructure readiness and testing cycles.

• 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.

• Partner with QA leadership to align SIT, UAT, regression, and performance testing.

• Ensure release criteria and quality gates are met prior to deployment.

• Coordinate validation across Guidewire Core, Digital, Integrations, Earnix, and Data/Reporting workstreams.

• 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.

Experience Requirements:

• 7+ years in IT Release Management, Technical Program Management, or Delivery Management.

• Experience managing enterprise-scale application releases across complex distributed systems.

• Strong understanding of SDLC, Agile delivery models, and DevOps practices.

• Experience coordinating releases across multiple environments and integrated platforms.

• Organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

• Ability to manage competing priorities in fast-paced delivery environments.

• Preferred: Experience with Guidewire InsuranceSuite (PolicyCenter, BillingCenter, ClaimCenter).

• Preferred: Guidewire Cloud implementation support experience.

• Preferred: Insurance industry experience.

• Preferred: Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and release orchestration.

• Preferred: Experience with tools such as Jira, ServiceNow, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, and GitHub Actions.

• Preferred: Experience supporting SIT/UAT/PERF and production deployment activities.

• Preferred: Understanding of API and integration-heavy architectures.

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Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.

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About Eliassen Group:

Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities to expand our clients’ capacity and accelerate meaningful outcomes. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities we serve.

Eliassen is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and all employment decisions are based on merit, performance, and business needs. Eliassen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender identity or expression, sexual preference or orientation, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), marital status, creed, religion, physical or mental disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, age, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, prohibited criminal record inquiries of applicants and employees, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws.

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