Technical Product Manager
The world has changed. Why hasn’t insurance?
Kin’s mission is to reimagine home insurance For Every New Normal. While other insurers struggle to handle a fast-changing world, Kin is built for the future and is prepared to meet its challenges head on while helping our customers do the same.
Kin is proud to be one of BuiltIn Chicago’s 2021 Best Mid Sized Companies to work for, and Forbes 2021 Best Startup Employers in North America. Simply put, our people are what make us great, and we need forward-thinking, inspired game-changers like you to join us in our mission.
So, what’s the role?
Kin’s Product team is the fulcrum that takes our vision of what home insurance should be and makes it real. Our product managers are responsible for the commercial success of the product. They straddle technology and all other business areas to ensure the right work is getting done.
As a Technical Product Manager, you will focus on initiatives related to automation, API development, platform health, and more. You will work closely with the Sr. Technical Product Manager, business stakeholders, and engineering, with whom you will apply your technical expertise in order to prioritize outcome-driven product roadmaps.
A day in the life could include:
- Creating and managing product roadmaps of epics that address the biggest technical business needs
- Gathering user research and inputs across business functions
- Outlining problems and proposed solutions, supported with data
- Writing user stories that provide all of the details needed by our development teams to develop critical features
- Identifying new data sources that improve customer's experiences and our business
- Working closely with our data science team to implement machine learning models and automation in our product
- Planning ahead to ensure team has appropriate amount of work ready and delivery timelines are known to stakeholders
- Coordinating and leading regular team and stakeholder meetings
- Defining metrics that demonstrate product success, while monitoring and responding to outcomes
I’ve got the skills… but do I have the necessary ones?
- 4+ years relevant product experience
- 1+ year experience in a technical product or software engineering role
- Ability to turn incomplete, conflicting, or ambiguous inputs into concrete action plans
- Experience owning process management or process improvement projects
- Experience working with data science, platform, and/or service teams
- A passion for customer feedback and research
- Experience and passion for helping other product team members build their technical skills
- An eye for great products and willingness to advocate for new features with qualitative and quantitative reasoning
- Ability to communicate with empathy and precision
- Ability to effectively communicate with engineers about technical features and product architecture
Oh, and don’t worry, we’ve got you covered!
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (including 100% employer-paid plans)
- Flexible PTO policy
- Very generous equity options and 401K
- Parental Leave
- Continuing education and professional development
- Disability and Life Insurance
- The excitement of joining a high-growth Insurtech company and seeing your work make an impact
In an industry that hasn't budged in more than 100 years, our technology transforms the user experience, cuts inefficiencies that waste billions of consumer dollars, and customizes coverage homeowners want. We believe insurance was always meant to be a digital product – we’re making that a reality.
Our approach to the industry makes us unique, and the people at Kin help us excel. We’re a team of problem solvers, collaborators, builders, and dreamers who are passionate about creating positive change in the lives of our customers and in our industry. Kin is more than just our name – it’s how we treat each other. That’s one of the many reasons we’ve been recognized as a great place to work by Built In, Forbes, and Fast Company.
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