About Cuvva
Cuvva is a new kind of insurance that’s fast, friendly, and flexible.
This isn’t insurance as you know it. It’s insurance the way it should be. We’re putting the customer first and building products on top that solve real human needs.
We were the first company in the UK to sell hourly insurance, and the first to sell insurance through an app. We’ve sold over 1 million policies. We’ve written hundreds of thousands lines of code. And we’re a fast-growing team of over 80 extremely talented people.
Why work for Cuvva?
We’re shaping the future of insurance. So we don’t cut corners. We do the right thing, even when that makes life more difficult for us.
We’ll speak up when we have an idea – but we know when to let go and get behind something else.
And we’re comfortable giving and receiving honest feedback, and trying new ways of doing things. It’s the Cuvva way.
We’re building a diverse team with different backgrounds, outlooks and experiences. So we give everyone a fair chance of getting a role, and if you need any adjustments or support when you’re applying to Cuvva, no worries. Just let us know.
As well as a competitive salary (circa £90-120k, dependent on experience) and equity based remuneration and benefits.
About the role
The person with the role of Product Director at Cuvva will report directly to our CEO and work with him to develop and execute our product strategy. This will be done via the management of our five cross functional product squads. You will be leading our world class team of product managers across products that include: our apps on Android and iOS, our internal ops platform, our web products, our Insurance squad and our platform and infrastructure team. Experience of building and scaling financial digital products for B2C consumers will be a huge benefit for the role. You will be instrumental in helping the senior team set our quarterly OKR’s to align with our annual company goals, mission and vision.
As Product Director you will:
Be a huge part of setting our quarterly OKR’s
Work with the CEO to build a clear actionable product strategy with deliverable milestones and measurable impact.
Own the strategy for the unique and innovative generation of product features,, communicating the strategy to our employees, executives, board, and other key stakeholders on an on-going basis.
Operate as a senior leader within Cuvva, helping to ensure our values are evident in everything we create, and strengthening the product team to do the best work of their careers.
Manage a team of 5 and continue to build resource across Product, UX and Analytics
Partner with the CTO to build great products by ensuring the customer is at the heart of everything we do
Work with the Founder and CEO to re-align the organisation from a start-up structure to the implementation of best practice approaches and operational thinking to support scale
Define and set goals for both the product area and how it performs in the hands of customers and marketplace
Work with your team to set hypotheses, test and break down complex problems into small, achievable steps.
Work with the product teams to resource appropriately and deliver on roadmaps agreed.
Requirements
Extensive experience as a product leader/manager within a growth early-stage business that successfully scaled, e.g. from Series A to Series C and beyond.
8+ years of progressively increasing product leadership experience (ideally with some mix of App, startup, Insure/Fintech and B2C experience)
Excellent communicator, low ego, capable of motivating and energising the broader team and peers, with a proven ability to create a highly collaborative working environment.
Deep analytical skills and demonstrable track record of a data-driven approach to product management.
Technically literate and able to engage and collaborate closely with engineering counterparts. Ideally you have a technical degree (Computer Science or similar) or experience as a software engineer within a world-leading technology organisation.
Ideally, you have experience managing, recruiting, coaching and developing highly skilled talent in product management, design and user experience at all levels of an organisation.
Demonstrable success in interpreting technology and market trends, converting these into winning product strategies, and successfully executing on these strategies and have them drive commercial success.
Positive outlook, a hands-on approach and a naturally high work ethic focused on swift execution will be essential for this role as the company scales
Key Responsibilities
Be a huge part of setting our quarterly OKR’s
Work with the CEO to build a clear actionable product strategy with deliverable milestones and measurable impact.
Own the strategy for the unique and innovative generation of product features,, communicating the strategy to our employees, executives, board, and other key stakeholders on an on-going basis.
Operate as a senior leader within Cuvva, helping to ensure our values are evident in everything we create, and strengthening the product team to do the best work of their careers.
Manage a team of 5 and continue to build resource across Product, UX and Analytics
Partner with the CTO to build great products by ensuring the customer is at the heart of everything we do
Work with the Founder and CEO to re-align the organisation from a start-up structure to the implementation of best practice approaches and operational thinking to support scale
Define and set goals for both the product area and how it performs in the hands of customers and marketplace
Work with your team to set hypotheses, test and break down complex problems into small, achievable steps.
Work with the product teams to resource appropriately and deliver on roadmaps agreed.