PolicyMe is hiring a
Senior Product Manager

Summary

The job is for a Senior Product Manager at PolicyMe, a remote-first startup in Toronto that specializes in modernizing life insurance. The role involves leading the development of new and existing insurance products, understanding customers, defining product vision and roadmap, managing backlogs, prioritizing tasks, defining feature specifications, rallying the team to build and launch products, measuring key metrics, and coordinating launches.

Requirements

• Exceptional collaboration skills
• Strong documentation skills
• Ability to structure ambiguous problems
• Demonstrated experience leading
• Strong communication skills
• A strong sense for prioritization
• Curiosity and comfort with technical topics
• An analytical mindset
• Relevant product experience (3-5 years of experience in product management, product marketing and/or strategy experience, preferably in a consumer technology setting)

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of new insurance products, from pre-launch, to launch and beyond as well as the enhancement of existing products
• Become an expert about our customers by talking to them regularly, analyzing our performance data, setting up mechanisms for collecting feedback throughout our flow and defining customer personas
• Define the vision and roadmap for our product and communicate progress against the roadmap and goals to all key stakeholders
• Develop the backlog of new builds to meet our customers' needs, improve our back-end integrity, innovate and ultimately reach the defined vision
• Prioritize what to work on by developing and executing a disciplined process
• Define what each feature looks like by collaborating with designers for wireframes, engineers for technical details and customer success members for customer insights
• Rally the team to build it and serve as the center-point across all functions for ensuring the new build is completed on-time and to specifications
• Coordinate the launch by working with the product team to ensure that the new release has been thoroughly tested and is ready to launch
• Measure and learn by measuring the key metrics for our product and reporting out to the broader organization

Benefits

• Generous PTO - 20 vacation days
• Access to stock options and a comprehensive benefits plan
• A remote-first team with company paid, in-person socials and the option to work from our Toronto-based office
• Resources to help your professional development, including an L&D budget, performance reviews twice a year and ongoing feedback to ensure you reach your highest potential
• Work with an empathetic, high-performing team in a flexible, results-oriented environment