Simply Business is more than our name. It's how we approach insurance: Make it clear. Make it simple. Make it affordable. By combining exceptional talent, technology, data, and knowledge, Simply Business is the go-to online insurance brokerage that protects small businesses and the entrepreneurs who work hard to build them.
We want team members who have the drive to challenge boundaries. If you’re smart and passionate about delivering brilliant customer experiences, we’d love to hear from you.
The Director of Insurance Product Management will lead our Insurance Product Management team and will be responsible for ensuring that our products continue to be compelling in a competitive market and are optimized to continue to meet the needs of our customers. Reporting to the Vice President of US Insurance Product, this role will lead a growing team of Insurance Product Managers and Specialists.
The ideal candidate will have deep intellectual curiosity, strong communication abilities, experience developing and growing talented individuals and teams, and thrive in matrixed and fast paced organizations. As a Director of Insurance Product Management, you will:- Have full accountability for the Core Insurance Product Management function to ensure our insurance products meet both customer needs and performance expectations
- Lead the Core Insurance Product Management teams by providing guidance, development, and direction to the team on a daily basis
- Be ultimately responsible for the management and coordination of IT backlog and coordinating with US Delivery, Engineering, and TCB to ensure that supply and demand for resourcing is understood and transparent
- Drive and direct the analytical capabilities of the group to quickly identify opportunities for improvement throughout the customer acquisition funnel
- Lead and participate in identifying market opportunities and appetite gaps in current product offerings relative to customer needs and help to evaluate best ways to respond to possible market opportunities
- Oversee the ongoing delivery of maintenance and optimization items requested by carriers or needed by our business
- Develop talent throughout the team encouraging growth and constant development
- Communicate regularly with senior leadership on the overall health of product and carrier performance
- Build relationships with stakeholders across the organization to facilitate collaborative solutioning and rapid responses to opportunities as they emerge
What we are looking for:- Significant experience and understanding of US insurance products. Preferably in the small commercial insurance markets or personal insurance markets
- Experience and exposure to direct acquisition model and channels highly preferred
- Demonstrated experience with leading root-cause analysis, identifying key drivers in product performance, ideating best-in-class ways of illustrating findings, and the development and communicating potential responses to drivers
- Experience with prioritizing IT/Tech investments based on relative value, risk assessment and understanding how to reduce risk in delivery
- Experience leading leaders while inspiring and developing both leaders and individual contributors
- Experience communicating complicated fact patterns in compelling and digestible ways to various audiences with differing levels of understanding
- Insatiable intellectual curiosity balanced with ability to prioritize the most important bodies of work
What are the benefits?
Here are some of the great benefits and perks that come from being a Simply Business employee:• A salary that reflects your experience, our pay policy, and the market we’re in from your first day• Group plan for medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage• Short term disability, long term disability, and life insurance coverage• Participation in the Company’s bonus program• Participation in 401(k) plan with a 3% employer match• Commuter benefits to help cut down on parking and public transit costs• 25 days of vacation time plus 10 sick days and 10 company holidays• A genuine investment in your learning and development• Annual company trip, regular outings, and volunteer opportunities• An awesome WeWork office with cold brew coffee and other beverages on tap, local pop-up events, and more
Simply Business is an equal opportunity employer. We're committed to welcoming and helping to grow employees within an inclusive amp; diverse culture. And that commitment starts with our interview process.
Once you apply, your info will be reviewed in a committee with employees from different levels, teams, and experiences. We pride ourselves on fostering a sense of community, which is only made stronger by each individual at SB, so you'll have the oppo