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Guidewire Centre of Excellence

Take us, and your career, to the next level.

About Guidewire at NFU Mutual

As part of our largest-ever business transformation programme, we’ve committed to implementing the full suite of Guidewire ClaimCenter, BillingCenter and PolicyCenter products. This ambitious project will provide our customers, colleagues and the NFU Mutual Agency Network with online services and capabilities that pave the way for an exciting future with us. 

Our Guidewire Centre of Excellence is driving change; our growing team of experts play a pivotal role in our future success. With the goal of becoming a leading Guidewire hub in the Midlands, we’re investing heavily in long-term growth, offering job security and career development for Guidewire specialists. Technically, it’s extremely challenging work, which will position us alongside the big players in our industry.

Why Guidewire at NFU Mutual?

Make an impact


For Guidewire professionals, this is a significant opportunity to make a deep, lasting and personal impact on our business. Working with us, you’ll be part of a select team who thrive on a technical challenge and are respected and valued for their expertise in Guidewire’s ClaimCenter, BillingCenter and PolicyCenter products. You’ll work closely with the wider business, creating innovative solutions that you’ll see right through to delivery. 

As a mutual, we exist solely for the benefit of our customers and their communities. And that’s what drives our decision-making – you’ll enjoy working in an organisation that truly puts the customer first.

Contribute to growth


Guidewire technology will underpin our entire general insurance business, and we aspire to develop in line with its roadmap. Over the next decade, this journey will drive innovation, efficiency and growth across our business. Any decisions made around Guidewire SaaS and migration to the Cloud will set us up for long-term success. And you’ll be at the heart of it.

Our success as a Guidewire-supported business depends on our experienced leaders understanding its entire architecture and capabilities, and developers that want to broaden their skillset across all three Guidewire products. As we grow, so will your skills and your career.

What you could be working on

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Entire suite of Guidewire products.

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Piloting AI solutions and other technology innovations.

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Creating customer-facing digital products.

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Integration of best practice.

Developing your career

Our investment in the Guidewire Centre of Excellence offers incredible opportunities for personal and professional growth, as we create new and interesting career pathways for each member of the team. If you’re looking to deepen or broaden your technical ability, we’ll encourage you to become Guidewire certified and offer courses to develop all the skills you need to progress as a technical expert.

And for those looking to develop as managers, there’s a structured, well-established mentoring scheme, together with management and leadership development to help you achieve your potential. We have an impressive track record of promoting from within, growing the talent we have and valuing the contribution everyone makes, so becoming part of the Guidewire Centre of Excellence can be the start of a long and fulfilling career.

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Meet some of the team

Why choose a Professional Trainee scheme at NFU Mutual?


Listen to Alex McCrossen, Graduate Professional Trainee in the Guidewire team talking about the growth and development opportunities at NFU Mutual.

What kind of career opportunities are there within the Guidewire Centre of Excellence?


Listen to Ashley Lowndes, Guidewire Technical Engineering Lead, talk about how his career path at NFU Mutual saw him progress from a first line analyst through to his current senior role.

Is Visa sponsorship available for roles in the Guidewire Centre of Excellence?


Listen to Indu Mari, Senior Developer on PolicyCenter, talk about how NFU Mutual’s values and support reassured her that a move from her home country of India to the UK was the right next step in her Guidewire career.

What continual development opportunities are available in the Guidewire Centre of Excellence?


Listen to Liz Jones, Application Delivery Manager, talk about the opportunities she’s had to join a range of courses including the Senior Leadership programme at NFU Mutual.

What’s different about working in a technical role within a Mutual?


Listen to Richard Hill, Principal Developer for ClaimCenter, talk about how working within a mutual means he’s closer to the end users, which makes his challenging technical role even more rewarding.

Why choose to work in the Guidewire Centre of Excellence at NFU Mutual?


Listen to Tamalika talking about the interview process, what made her choose to work at NFU Mutual and why she feels valued.

Current vacancies

Here are just some of the vacancies that we currently have in our Guidewire team. Simply, click on the job title to find out more.

You can see all the jobs we have available by clicking the ‘See all jobs’ button. But don’t forget, if you can’t find your perfect job right now, you can 'Register for job alerts' or ‘Make a speculative application’. That way, we’ll get in touch when a relevant job does come up.

If you have any questions about the opportunities that we have available, or if there's anything else you'd like to know before you apply (or indeed during the application process), please don't hesitate to get in touch.

Email the resourcing team