Product Lead
Company: Koop Technologies, Inc. (Koop Insurance)
Position: Product Lead
Type: Full-Time
Location: New York, NY (in-person or hybrid)
Who We Are:
Koop Technologies is a company behind the world's smartest insurance designed for the era of emerging risks. Our team built a powerful toolset that seamlessly encompasses insurance, compliance, and security for small-to-mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) in a variety of industries, from manufacturing and professional services to robotics and artificial intelligence. Finance, operations, legal, compliance, and insurance teams rely on us on a daily basis to protect their customers, assets, technology, and people. Our value proposition is to enable businesses with powerful risk management features to proactively prevent accidents before they happen and decrease the cost of risk for a wide range of emerging products and technologies.
This decade will mark a technological makeover of the world. We believe every company will become a technology company in the near future. With that, businesses will face novel risks such as poor information technology security, complex product liability issues, inadequate human-machine interactions, business interruptions due to technical failures, and a lot more. Those risks are interconnected and must be addressed with sophisticated yet easy-to-use risk control tools. Our vision is to protect the world from a new generation of risks and become a category-defining company that will power millions of enterprises around the world with a risk management tool for a secure future.
We are post-product-market-fit, post-traction, with a clear execution roadmap and strong support from our growing customer base. Koop is backed by leading investors, including AlleyCorp, Ubiquity Ventures, Bee Partners, and Fusion Fund. Currently, we are growing our product, engineering, and distribution teams to reach product development and production milestones over the next 24 months. We value a strong work ethic, meritocracy, the ability to think from the first principles, creative problem-solving, excellent communication skills, and technical mindsets.
More about Koop Technologies: website, press, LinkedIn, Twitter.
Job Description:
We are looking for a Product Lead who will have a rare opportunity to help define and refine the product roadmap for our company over the next 24 months and well beyond. Working side-by-side with the founding team, this person will be a key contributor to building out the product development function at Koop, from iterating on new feature prototypes to ensuring the commercial success of the whole platform.
Specifically, the candidate will:

• Take full ownership of the product vision and roadmap, from low-level frameworks and models to customer-facing features and experiences encompassing insurance, compliance, and security
• Design pioneering features curating the entire feature lifecycle from product documentation and engineering specifications to UX/UI and post-launch analytics
• Work with complex data sets to understand customer exposure and generate custom risk profiles that will aid insurance underwriting at scale
• Perform in-depth user research to identify user problems and create new features
• Collaborate with the go-to-market team on product marketing and develop product collateral
• Set KPIs for the Product team as well as hold all functions of the company accountable to meet the required milestones
• Learn the technicals of product implementation by working closely with the world-class engineering team
• Explore the applications of the latest machine learning technology in building the world's smartest insurance platform
• Help structure innovative insurance products for a wide range of emerging risks
• Navigate complex regulatory environments of the compliance and insurance industries
• Work with cross-functional teams in Distribution, Insurance, Engineering, Operations, and Research
• Report to and work closely with the C-Suite of the company
• Be a subject matter expert and thought leader in the GRC (Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance), security, and insurance areas
• Represent Koop Technologies and own the emerging risks narratives

Job Requirements:

• Experience in product development at a tech company
• Experience in spearheading pioneering B2B SaaS products for emerging categories
• Experience in compliance automation, commercial insurance, or regulated industries products
• Familiarity with the software engineering lifecycle and ability to work with technical teams
• Demonstrated ability to interact with customers on beta launches, feedback sourcing, and product marketing with a deep understanding of customer needs and purchasing habits
• Solid understanding of the general B2B market structure and dynamics
• Strong knowledge of the product development craft and ability to reason from the first principles
• Ability to keep a sharp focus on the priority deliverables
• Founder mindset, great taste, tremendous work ethic, and excellent written/verbal skills

Qualifications:

• At least 5 years of experience at a B2B SaaS, insurtech, or fintech company in a mid-to-senior-level product development role with a track record of successful product launches
• Bachelor's/Master's degree in Arts, Science, or related academic fields
• Excellent project or program management skills
• Excellent communication and written skills
• Coding skills are preferred but not required

Why Koop Technologies?

• We are building a category-defining product that will uniquely protect the world of emerging technology companies and enterprises
• Rare opportunity to join an early-stage company that is building for the exponential growth
• Opportunity to define and own a product development function from the ground up
• Work with an energetic team coming from diverse professional backgrounds in product development, software engineering, quantitative modeling, insurance, and sales
• Join a fast-paced, rewarding work environment that will bring the best out of you and experience tremendous professional growth in a short period of time
• Opportunity to truly embrace the first principles thinking and help build one of the most innovative companies in the GRC (Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance) and insurance areas
• Join the mission to help protect the world from a new generation of risks

Administrative:

• In-person or hybrid job setting
• Competitive salary and generous equity
• Health, dental, and vision package
• Flexible time off and paid holidays
• Paid professional development (e.g. courses, materials, events, etc.)
• Tremendous growth opportunity (professionally, personally, and financially)

$100,000 - $150,000 a year
We offer a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package for this position. Additionally, we offer a robust equity options package.
Your compensation package will be determined by various factors, including but not limited to your skills, knowledge, experience level, and current market rates. It's worth noting that the total compensation can be significantly higher depending on the equity options' performance.
At our company, we aim to provide a competitive, comprehensive, and evolving benefits package that reflects the needs and desires of our employees. Please note that all compensation discussions will be held confidentially.
You will join a team of product builders, software engineers, quantitative modelers, insurance professionals, and emerging risks visionaries, all bound together by an incredible drive to define, build, and scale the world's smartest insurance platform.
How to Apply:
Please apply on our website or on LinkedIn. For additional information, please feel free to contact talent@koop.ai.
Equal Opportunity:
Koop Technologies is an equal opportunity employer, inclusive of people from all walks of life who are willing and able to commit themselves to the required job in full.