Job Title: Director of Product Management
Location: New York, NY (Hybrid)
*Must be located/authorized to work in the US without visa sponsorship or transfer now or in the future. No C2C inquiries, please* Our client is an innovative B2B insurtech startup, now part of a larger, market leader in the secondary market for life insurance, combining startup velocity with the backing and scale of a major industry platform.
Their small but growing team is building the digital backbone for the modernization of life insurance and annuities. The core platform leverages proprietary AI and advanced LLMs to extract and structure policy data locked within legacy carrier systems and complex documentation. By transforming inaccessible data into actionable insights, they enable opportunity discovery across existing books of business.
They are hiring a Director of Product Management to play a pivotal leadership role in shaping the company's future. This is a hands-on, high-ownership position suited for a strategic product leader who is equally comfortable defining long-term vision and executing at the technical level. This role sits at the intersection of AI innovation, enterprise SaaS, and regulated financial services infrastructure.
Responsibilities: - Define and drive a cohesive product strategy; translate high-level business objectives into clear product roadmaps and technical priorities.
- Serve as the primary product owner for major initiatives; lead end-to-end delivery of APIs, data architecture, AI-powered workflows, and system integrations.
- Guide the development of AI-driven data extraction tools and opportunity discovery systems; partner closely with engineering to evolve LLM-based capabilities that unlock value from complex insurance data.
- Act as a true connector between engineering, executive leadership, and business stakeholders; ensure alignment on priorities, technical requirements, and measurable outcomes.
- Own core product metrics, documentation standards, roadmap transparency, and backlog discipline; establish strong product governance processes that support rapid iteration without sacrificing quality.
- Lay the groundwork for a future product organization; recruit and develop product talent approximately 12 months into the role.
Requirements - 10+ years in product management, with significant experience in B2B SaaS environments, particularly within regulated or compliance-driven industries (fintech, Insurtech, etc)
- Strong fluency in APIs, distributed systems, data pipelines, and AI/ML applications
- Experience building or leading product teams, combined with enthusiasm for returning to hands-on execution in an early-stage growth environment
- Comfort operating in ambiguity with a strong bias toward action and high standards for product quality, clarity, measurable impact
Compensation: $170,000 to $220,000. Flexibility with experience.
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