Staff Product Manager, Pie Insurance

• 10+ years overall professional experience working on complex business and/or technology problems
• 7+ years Product Management experience working in an agile software development lifecycle (SDLC) environment
• Advanced communication (written, verbal and presentation) skills, to deliver complex information effectively and align people with the needs of the project/team
• Advanced problem solving skills, able to manage complex situations with multiple layers, and resolve to solution anticipating needs now and into the future
• Advanced understanding of continuous product discovery methodologies, including interviews, ethnographic research, job shadowing, passive feedback collection (e.g., surveys, product usage analytics), prototyping, etc
• Advanced awareness of workflow, and project tradeoffs to make decisions based on needs now and into the future
• Demonstrated ability to influence strategic direction across a broad coalition of peers, stakeholders, and senior leaders
• Advanced understanding of modern software development tools, processes, and architecture patterns; knows how to strike a balance between business needs and the scope of software engineering solutions
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple project deliverables, making decisions and understanding tradeoffs, and create processes for efficiency and effective product delivery for their team and broader cross-functional delivery coalitions
• Marketing Analysis skills and a mastery of the Industry and sharing white paper level information as necessary
• Mastery of quantitative analysis across all areas of the business
• High level skillset in program management tools and project mapping
• High level technical skills and mastery of the industry to mitigate complicated issues and manage multiple complex deliverables simultaneously
• G-Suite Tools, Collaboration tools (Slack is preferred), Atlassian SDLC suite (Jira, Confluence, etc.)
• Proficient with Looker or other relevant analytics tools

• The Staff Product Manager is an experienced, autonomous individual contributor with a proven record of driving significant business impact across the product lifecycle
• They mentor or manage up to one junior product manager, serve as the face of their product to senior leaders, and drive high-impact outcomes in complex business domains
• They align with company strategy to identify and execute innovative solutions, build business cases to guide investments, develop junior talent, and ensure cross-functional alignment on priorities and impact
• The Staff Product Manager for Finance & Premium Audit will own a critical segment of Pie’s product lifecycle, reinforcing our brand promise of being “easy as pie” to do business with
• Key Outcomes For First 12 Months
• Ensure successful roll-out of Pie’s new billing platform to support key non-premium revenue initiatives and scale billing for our newest line of business (Commercial Auto)
• Ensure successful roll-out of the new premium audit platform and related milestones for premium audit throughput, turnaround time, customer satisfaction, premium collection, etc
• Develop a view of the largest potential opportunities across your product domain over the next 12 months, identify which opportunities are most important and why, and develop a set of target impacts to be achieved over the next 6-12 months
• Fully integrate their domains into Pie’s Product Operating Model, incorporating Product management into business systems (e.g., sprint ceremonies, backlog grooming, etc) making adaptations as appropriate for the nuances of a third-party based product platform
• Build high-trust, high-candor relationships with technology peers, as well as a Director+ level commercial partners invested in their domain
• Develop novel frameworks for identifying and validating which problems are big enough to matter, and how we should go about solving them
• Consistently distill complex product challenges into compelling recommendations built on a foundation of facts, assumptions, and logic
• Define and utilize continuous systems for quantitative and qualitative feedback gathering, and regularly gets close to inspect user behavior and/or problems themselves
• Prioritize your product roadmap towards the highest-ROI business and end-user goals, and consistently delivers quantifiable impacts that are within projected value estimates
• Apply understanding of technical fundamentals across multiple product and/or business domains to anticipate ways to mitigate risk and maximize value
• Proactively recognize when processes or goals are misaligned with the highest value outcomes, and takes corrective actions autonomously
• Optimize speed-to-value by making complex product decisions with minimal oversight, acting as the primary product leader accountable for decision-making, quality-control, and results delivery for your product area
• Drive iterative improvement at all levels of the agile software development lifecycle, including sprint ceremonies, story writing, backlog prioritization, roll-out and launch, continuous monitoring, and program management
• Participates in evaluating Product, Engineering, and Design talent as part of hiring panels
• Regular meetings with up to one direct report, providing coaching, feedback, and guidance (1x1s, development meetings, problem-solving sessions, formal performance summaries)
• Builds high-trust relationships with senior leaders across the business and serves as a trusted advisor and thought partner
• Creates alignment around shared objectives and facilitates adoption of enabling work among other teams; monitors progress and proactively addresses misalignment
• Evangelizes a compelling vision for their product domain to educate and inspire buy-in across the organization
• Distills complex information across multiple domains into a synthesized, well-supported structure that informs and makes the case for action
• Facilitates or leads large cross-functional meetings with senior stakeholders up to Director-level with minimal guidance

• Flexible work: Pie offers in-office, hybrid, and remote work options so you can create the work environment that's best for you
• Fully paid health care: Pie covers the health, vision, and dental premiums for full time employees and covers a percentage of premiums for spouses and children
• Equity and 401k: We think you should get a piece of the pie, so in addition to equity, Pie contributes to your retirement through a 401k
• Generous PTO: We want to make sure Pie-oneers have time to balance a rewarding work life and fulfilling personal life
• Parental leave: Pie knows your family is important, providing 100% compensation for the first three months of parental leave, as well as a generous return to work plan
• Caregiver leave: Pie offers caregiver leave so you have the time to dedicate to those who need your care
• HSA and Health FSA: Pie contributes $1,500 for individuals and $2,000 for family HSAs per year. Employees have the option to contribute to a Health FSA
• Dependent Care FSA: To help care for your dependents, Pie allows employees to set aside pre-tax dollars to be used for expenses like babysitters, daycare, summer camps, etc
• Pet insurance: Pie understands your pet is family and their care can be costly when they're not feeling well. The plans provide reimbursement for common needs like exams, vaccines, x-rays, prescriptions, and much more!

Total funding: $620.3m

Historically, it’s been extremely cumbersome to qualify, onboard and manage workers’ comp insurance, particularly for America’s small businesses which haven’t been prioritized by larger carriers. That’s left small businesses often stranded with expensive and low-quality coverage.