Senior Product Manager, InsureTech well-known HR Tech firm helping SMBs

Senior Product Manager InsureTech

At mature pre-IPO HR Tech company with mission helping SMBs

Location: Hybrid 2-3 days/week in NYC (FiDi with sweeping bay views!)

Comp: $K base options

Visas: Sorry no visa sponsorship or transfers available

About the company:

Chances are if youve worked for a tech startup or an established small-to-medium-sized business youre probably already familiar with our client!

Theyre a late-stage Benefits / Payroll platform tech company (Series E pre-IPO 1300 people) in an exciting stage of substantial but responsible growth and with great name recognition. They provide SMBs - including many in the tech industry - high-quality enterprise-level health insurance and payroll tools that smaller businesses and their employees wouldnt otherwise have access to.

Theyre known for a standout culture rooted in honesty openness integrity friendliness no-ego and inclusion collaboration isnt just a word on a cheesy poster in a hallway it represents their values at their core.

Their cred:

Fortune magazine named them to their Best Workplaces in New York list 5 times and are one of BuiltIns NYC Best Large Companies to Work For.

Theyve been in business for 10 years and are an important player in the $40B HR Tech industry. Theyre secured $160M in funding from many top VCs including Bain Thrive FirstMark Capital and Union Square Ventures.

Their star continues to rise rapidly; its a great time to get in the door! They recently expanded into global markets and have grown consistently and intelligently year over year.

They have doubled their Product org in the last 2 years now 50 Product Managers strong and growing. Theyre now adding a full suite of products to their already well-known core product so theyre in a great place for continued growth and visibility.

About the role:

Senior Product Manager InsureTech

This Product Team is responsible for safeguarding customers through seamless compliant and transparent management of complex risk and regulatory workflows with a focus on state unemployment insurance and workers comp. The team underpins the systems and experiences that ensure every aspect of risk coveragefrom onboarding and policy administration to claims and auditsis efficient accurate and trustworthy.

As a Senior Product Manager youll play a high-impact role driving the roadmap for one or more pods aligned around a single mission. Youll scope and prioritize new initiatives through research-backed case development and guide work through the full product development lifecycle. Across your initiatives youll balance both customer-facing and internal platform needs ensuring we meet a high bar for quality and reliability.

As a champion for your teams focus and productivity youll remove obstacles build alignment and support smooth execution toward business objectives. Youll operate with a high degree of independence and clearly articulate the reasoning behind your decisions to peers and cross-functional partners.

Youll be joining a team at the intersection of technology compliance and customer impactwhere thoughtful product work directly helps businesses stay compliant and confident. Youll have the autonomy to shape meaningful solutions in a complex space surrounded by peers who value curiosity collaboration and continuous learning.

What Youll Do:

• Guide the product lifecycle (PDLC) from discovery and definition through delivery and iteration grounded in a deep understanding of user needs and regulatory complexity.
• Create and refine PRDs that articulate clear problem statements requirements and success measures enabling Engineering and Design to execute effectively.
• Influence cross-functional collaboration across Engineering Design Compliance and Operations to align on solutions that balance compliance usability and scalability.
• Synthesize data insights and feedback to inform prioritization roadmap adjustments and iterative improvements.
• Conduct research and interviews with customers and stakeholders to uncover pain points in filing reporting and communicationtranslating findings into actionable opportunities.
• Contribute to a supportive outcome-focused product culture helping improve team processes rituals and alignment across product pods.

Who you are:

• Minimum of 4-5 years of Product Management experience in a modern technology business preferably in a highly regulated industry.
• Familiarity with risk or insurance domains (e.g. workers comp unemployment insurance underwriting) is a major plus!
• At least some experience from midsized tech companies (500-2000 people)
• If you also have large corporate and/or small scrappy startup experience thats great.
• Experience tackling complex areas to use technology and automation to simplify and streamline into reliable user-friendly experiences.
• Ability to own mission-critical operations with lots of data and limited margin for error.
• Proven track record owning projects end-to-end navigating ambiguity and driving initiatives forward.
• Skilled at simplifying complex problems and communicating clearly without jargon.
• Solid business acumen and ability to influence effectively across cross-functional stakeholders in Marketing Design Finance Engineering and Operations
• Comfortable in fast-changing regulated environments where legislation and compliance influence product choices.
• Thrive in a high-ownership culture: independent resourceful and proactive
• Low-ego team-first mindset - you are excellent at building camaraderie setting a north star that people can rally around and contribute to a collaborative healthy culture
• Senior-level experience preferred; seeking someone seasoned and strategic with natural leadership qualities- youre probably on the mid to upper end of Senior.
• Able to start quickly. Theyve got some juicy work on deck that needs some love asap!

Why this role matters:

At its core this team builds the systems that make work work ensuring people everywhere get paid taxed and supported accurately and on time. Youll be solving real-world problems at scale in a space thats both technically challenging and emotionally resonant.

If youre excited by the idea of contributing to a high-caliber team through a pivotal platform transformation and doing it in a company that values collaboration humility and impact this could be the next big chapter in your career.

TO APPLY:

Apply here online or send us your resume portfolio openness to hybrid onsite in NYC and salary range to:

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