Queen Square Recruitment

About the Company

We are an independent recruitment consultancy driven to provide an excellent service to our clients and candidates. We take pride in our service and delivery and have built strong, transparent relationships with all our customers.

How we can help you:

If you're looking to resource an entire project or to fill one strategic position, please get in touch on 020 3887 8700 / 0117 403 8888 or email your requirements to hello@macleanmoore.com - we pride ourselves on our speed of response and are looking forward to hearing from you.

With Maclean Moore, there are no boundaries.

We offer proven delivery solutions in contract, permanent, account management and executive search recruitment. We have a transparent, tailored delivery model our clients and candidates enjoy. Whether it’s a one-off contractor utilising a niche skill set, or to engage with a large team for rapid upscaling we can deliver. Our leading systems and pragmatic approach gives us the opportunity to develop clear strategies and deliver every time.

Listed Jobs

Company Name

Queen Square Recruitment

Job Title

Guidewire Business Analyst

Job Description

**Job Title:** Lead Business Analyst – Guidewire (PolicyCenter / ClaimCenter) **Role Summary:** Senior Business Analyst responsible for leading functional workstreams on Guidewire PolicyCenter or ClaimCenter implementations for Tier 1 property‑and‑casualty insurers. Drives definition of business requirements, process redesign, configuration, and delivery of digital insurance solutions, while collaborating with stakeholders and guiding junior analysts. **Expectations:** - Minimum 8 years of hands‑on Guidewire experience. - ACE‑certified Business Analyst (PolicyCenter or ClaimCenter). - Proven ability to lead requirement‑gathering and design activities on large‑scale insurance transformation programmes. - Strong stakeholder management and workshop facilitation skills. - Ability to work in a fast‑paced, collaborative environment with occasional on‑site presence. **Key Responsibilities:** - Lead functional workstream (PolicyCenter or ClaimCenter), defining target business requirements, process flows, business rules, and UI changes. - Analyse current (“as‑is”) processes and KPIs; design target operating models and performance metrics. - Conduct ACE‑driven product definition workshops; determine out‑of‑the‑box (OOTB) configuration scope. - Produce functional designs, story cards, and documentation for configuration and integration. - Support change management, business case development, and transformation governance. - Mentor and guide junior Business Analysts in documentation and story‑card creation. - Collaborate with business SMEs, IT, and delivery teams to ensure alignment with transformation goals. **Required Skills:** - 8+ years Guidewire implementation experience (PolicyCenter or ClaimCenter). - ACE Certification for the relevant module (PolicyCenter Business Analyst or ClaimCenter Business Analyst). - Advanced Product Designer (APD) proficiency for PolicyCenter (or equivalent configuration expertise for ClaimCenter). - Expertise in requirements management, functional design, and story‑card creation. - Strong communication, workshop facilitation, and stakeholder engagement abilities. - Understanding of Guidewire Configurable Data Architecture (CDA) and integration patterns. **Required Education & Certifications:** - Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent professional experience). - ACE Certification – Guidewire PolicyCenter Business Analyst **or** Guidewire ClaimCenter Business Analyst. - Additional relevant certifications (e.g., PMP, Agile) are advantageous but not mandatory.

London, United kingdom

Hybrid

Senior

10-11-2025

Company Name

Queen Square Recruitment

Job Title

Product Specialist

Job Description

Job Title: Product Manager II – Life Sciences (Chemistry/Protein/Omics) Role Summary: Lead the strategy, transformation, and delivery of scientific software products in chemistry, protein, and omics, coordinating with stakeholders across the UK, US, and Poland. Expectations: Drive product vision, prioritize backlogs, manage stakeholder engagement, and ensure alignment between business objectives and technical execution. Key Responsibilities: - Document existing product knowledge (use cases, business processes, metrics, technical specs, non‑functional requirements). - Analyze the current product landscape and customer needs to propose transformation strategies for legacy products. - Develop and maintain detailed product requirement documents, prioritizing features and timelines. - Serve as primary point of contact for business requests, stakeholder mapping, and engagement strategies. - Participate in Agile ceremonies (stand‑ups, sprint planning, reviews) and collaborate with cross‑functional teams. Required Skills: - 5+ years in product management within Life Sciences or scientific software (chemistry, protein, omics). - Strong business use‑case analysis and requirements documentation. - Expertise in stakeholder mapping and user interview facilitation. - Knowledge of software product development and cloud environments. - Proven Agile experience with proficiency in Jira and Confluence. - Excellent verbal and written communication. Required Education & Certifications: - Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Computer Science, or related field. - Advanced degree or product‑management certification (e.g., CSPO, PMP, PgMP) preferred.

London, United kingdom

Hybrid

Mid level

11-11-2025

Company Name

Queen Square Recruitment

Job Title

Product Manager

Job Description

**Job Title:** Senior Product Manager – Chemistry Products **Role Summary:** Lead product strategy transformation for chemistry-related products in Life Sciences, requiring hands-on experience in Cheminformatics and cross-regional stakeholder collaboration. **Expectations:** - 6-month contract with proven product management experience in software/cloud environments. - Demonstrated proficiency in Agile methodologies and tools (Jira, Confluence). - Background in Life Sciences, specifically Cheminformatics. **Key Responsibilities:** - Document product functionality, use cases, metrics, and technical specifications. - Analyze legacy product landscapes, business processes, and customer needs to design transformation strategies. - Develop product requirement documents (PRDs) aligned with business goals and timelines. - Manage business stakeholder requests, map engagement strategies, and facilitate Agile ceremonies. - Support product development through planning, prioritization, and iterative delivery. **Required Skills:** - Business use case analysis and requirements documentation. - User interview and stakeholder mapping expertise. - Software product development and cloud environment knowledge. - Agile methodology implementation experience. - Advanced proficiency in Jira and Confluence. **Required Education & Certifications:** - Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Chemistry, or STEM field preferred. - No specific certifications mandated.

London, United kingdom

Hybrid

11-11-2025

Company Name

Queen Square Recruitment

Job Title

Mainframe Consultant

Job Description

**Job title** Mainframe Consultant **Role Summary** Lead critical mainframe data migration and modernization, designing CDC pipelines, translating Db2 schemas to Aurora PostgreSQL, and orchestrating a zero‑surprise cutover from mainframe to cloud data warehouses while ensuring data integrity, observability, and governance. **Expactations** - Deliver end‑to‑end migration from Db2 on z/OS to Aurora PostgreSQL with validated data transfer. - Maintain high data quality and enforce validation, reconciliation, and rollback plans. - Own infrastructure and deployment through Terraform and GitLab CI/CD. - Mentor and coordinate cross‑functional teams across onsite and remote work. **Key Responsibilities** - Design & implement CDC pipelines (IBM CDC, Precisely, etc.) with subscription, bookmarks, and replay/backfill. - Model logical/physical schemas, normalize/denormalize, and enforce referential integrity in Aurora PostgreSQL. - Build reliable integration from Db2 to Aurora via Kafka/S3 with ordering guarantees and UPSERT/MERGE logic. - Convert EBCDIC and packed decimal data to UTF‑8, validating with robust suites. - Use migration tooling (e.g., Glue, Athena, Redshift) for schema conversion and analytics. - Provision infrastructure-as-code (Terraform) and continuous integration pipelines (GitLab). - Plan dual‑run cutovers, execute validation, and implement rollback and governance controls. - Develop observability dashboards (CloudWatch, Grafana) for lag, throughput, error rates, and cost. - Apply Domain‑Driven Design and event‑driven architecture patterns to CDC event streams. **Required Skills** - CDC knowledge (IBM, Precisely, or equivalent): subscription, bookmarks, replay, backfill. - Db2 & z/OS fundamentals: catalog, batch windows, performance tuning. - Relational modeling for PostgreSQL/Aurora: normalization, denormalization, indexing, partitioning. - Integration patterns: Kafka, UPSERT/MERGE, Python/SQL troubleshooting. - Data quality: validation tests, reconciliation against golden sources. - Logical & physical data modeling (1NF–BCNF) and OLTP vs. analytics trade‑offs. - Domain‑Driven Design, event‑driven architecture, CQRS, schema validation strategies. - Optional: IBM zDIH patterns, zIIP tuning, COBOL copybook/VSAM ingestion. **Required Education & Certifications** - Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field. - Relevant certifications (e.g., IBM Certified Database Administrator – Db2, AWS Certified Database – Specialty, Terraform Certified Engineer) are preferred.

London, United kingdom

Hybrid

12-11-2025