Senior Data Product Manager
Company: Midwest Startups
Location: Chicago
Posted on: October 16, 2024
Job Description:
Kin is on a mission to change home insurance from what it is to
what it should be. Whether we're leveraging data to create
customizable coverage or providing claims service that goes above
and beyond expectations, our members are at the heart of everything
we do. In the face of ever-growing climate risk, they deserve an
insurance company that cares about them. We aim to stick with our
members through thick and thin.We use efficient technology that
lets homeowners buy directly from us to keep costs down. This is
the essence of Kin. Our approach has fostered amazing growth,
attracted marquee investors, and earned us accolades, including
being named to:
- Built In Chicago's Best Places to Work, Midsize Companies
(2021-2024).
- Forbes' America's Best Startup Employers (2021- 2023).
- Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies.
- Forbes' Fintech 50.Simply put, our people are what make us
great - we need forward-thinking, inspired game-changers like you
to join us in our mission.So, what's the role?We are looking for an
ambitious Sr. Product Manager to join our Data Product team as we
embark to reimagine the homeowners insurance business. In this
role, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams,
including design, marketing, engineering, finance, analytics and
insurance operations. This role will be focused on driving
innovation and delivering data solutions to help Kin scale and
become operationally efficient. Your days will be filled conducting
discovery on data & analytics needs across the organization,
collaborating with cross-functional teams on defining the best
solution options, building a roadmap using qualitative and
quantitative data, partnering with your dedicated engineering team
to deliver, and analyzing the impact you are driving to determine
the next steps.You will own your own set of KPIs and roadmap to
deliver against your goals which will include a mixture of smaller
features and big whitespace ideas. You will have the opportunity to
hone your product management skills by working across our robust
platform and leading development team. Your success and career
growth will hinge on your ability to build effective working
relationships with your Kin colleagues and your internal
stakeholder team in order to identify areas to improve our
business, products, and processes. You enjoy solving problems and
will often take the initiative to build your case and start a
project.A day in the life could include:
- Working closely with the Data Product Director to define and
communicate the Product vision and goals for our data product
offerings.
- Creating and managing product roadmaps that address the biggest
needs in our business and meaningfully impact our OKRs, defining
specific, measurable & relevant success metrics, and managing
stakeholder expectations.
- Digging deep into our data and product experience to understand
the most significant problems that our stakeholders face and
working with analytics, design and engineering to develop and test
solutions.
- Collaborating with the user research team and sharing key
learnings with your development team, the product team, and the
company.
- Partnering closely with the development team to socialize your
product plans, and collaborate with them to not only size the work,
but also how to make it better through team feedback.
- Writing product requirement documents that provide all of the
details needed by our development teams to develop key
features.
- Ensuring the successful rollout, growth, and success of your
initiatives, with communications and training to appropriate
users/stakeholders across the business.
- Defining, evangelizing, and monitoring the metrics that
demonstrate product success.
- Coordinating and leading regular team and stakeholder meetings
to both gather feedback on your projects and to share important
updates.
- Motivating the development team and connecting the team's daily
work with our bigger goals at Kin.I've got the skills--- but do I
have the necessary ones?
- 6-8 years of professional experience.
- 3+ years of software or technology product management
experience.
- Extensive experience working with agile product and engineering
teams in startup and/or rapid-growth environments.
- Strong data analysis skills and demonstrated expertise working
with big data and BI tools (ex. Adobe, Tableau, Looker).
- Insurance, Insurtech, and/or insurance claims experience
preferred.
- Hard Skills
- Thinks strategically and with a business mindset.
- Ability to turn incomplete, conflicting, or ambiguous inputs
into concrete action plans.
- Customer Research.
- Technical proficiency.
- Effective and concise written and verbal communication.
- Strong project management skills and well organized.
- Soft Skills
- Can motivate and influence other without authority.
- Able to communicate with empathy and precision.
- Has a positive mindset and works collaboratively with team
members across the organization.
- Stays cool under pressure and can manage tight deadlines.
- Experience working across engineering, internal stakeholders,
and customers.
- Values differing opinions and healthy conflict.
- Eager and willing to learn, improve, and ask questions.Bonus
Points
- Experience applying AI based data solutions in highly regulated
industries such as insurance.
- Design thinking and be able to build products from 0 to 1.
- Experience with data visualization tools and analytic
dashboards (tableau, looker, fullstory, google analytics).About
KinKin is the only pure-play, direct-to-consumer digital insurer
focused on the growing home insurance market. We make policies
convenient and affordable through a technology platform that
delivers a seamless user experience, customized options for
coverage, and fast, high-quality claims service. Kin is a fully
licensed carrier that offers coverage through its reciprocal
exchanges which are owned by its policyholders. To learn more,
.EEOC StatementKin is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity
and Affirmative Action Employer. We don't just accept difference -
we honor it, nurture it, and celebrate it. We don't discriminate
based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including
pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual
orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a
protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or
other applicable legally protected characteristics.
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