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Job Description
Job Purpose
The ideal candidate will lead the strategy, development and lifecycle management of insurance products across Retail/ Corporate/ Group/ Partnership verticals. The role will collaborate across business units, technology teams and partners to define and deliver innovative, customer-centric insurance offerings, leveraging digital platforms, APIs and seamless UI/UX.
The Product Manager will act as a the primary owner of the product backlog, driving initiatives in agile sprints while ensuring alignment with business and regulatory requirements.
Responsibilities
Product Strategy & Vision
- Develop product vision, roadmap, and go-to-market strategy for the assigned insurance segment.
- Identify customer needs, market gaps, and competitive trends to shape product direction.
- Translate business objectives into product initiatives with clear KPIs and success criteria.
- Champion embedded insurance and platform-based distribution models.
- Define API-based integration opportunities with bank platforms, fintechs, telcos and third-party partners.
Product Development & Management
- Lead end-to-end product lifecycle from ideation, design, build, test, deploy and iterate.
- Collaborate with UX/UI designers to ensure intuitive, responsive, and user-friendly insurance experiences.
- Own the product backlog; manage requirements, prioritize features, and deliver stories in agile sprints.
- Drive technical discussions around insurance APIs, payment integrations, and digital claims workflows.
- Align product development with regulatory frameworks, compliance controls, and risk assessments.
- Define and monitor product performance through dashboards, usage analytics, and customer feedback loops.
Performance & Change Management
- Measure product adoption, profitability, and customer engagement through defined KPIs.
- Lead rollout planning, change communication, and training support to internal users and partners.
- Champion continuous improvement through customer feedback and performance data.
- Support user onboarding and internal adoption of new insurance solutions and portals.
Risk & Compliance
- Ensure that insurance products adhere to industry regulations, underwriting standards and AML/KYC compliance.
- Work closely with legal, risk, and actuarial teams to align product features with internal risk appetite.
- Participate in product reviews and audits; maintain strong documentation and governance.
Stakeholder Management
- Act as the single point of accountability for product delivery to internal and external stakeholders.
- Work closely with distribution teams (Branches, Agents, Digital Channels, B2B Partners) to drive uptake.
- Align with IT, Operations, Underwriting, Claims, Marketing, and Legal to ensure seamless delivery.
- Provide regular product status reports, roadmap updates, and strategic inputs to leadership.
Market Research & Customer Insights
- Conduct market and competitor research to validate product features and pricing strategies.
- Gather customer insights through surveys, interviews, and behavioral data analytics.
- Use product feedback to refine offerings and identify cross-sell/up-sell opportunities.
Qualifications - Essential Knowledge
- Deep domain expertise in insurance products Life, General, Bancassurance, Microinsurance or Health.
- Understanding of embedded insurance models, API-based insurance ecosystems and partner platforms.
- Strong knowledge of product lifecycle management in agile environments.
- Solid grasp of digital product principles, UI/UX best practices, and customer-centric design.
- Knowledge of regulatory frameworks governing insurance in East Africa.
Key Critical Competencies
- Hands-on experience in product management, agile delivery, and sprint ceremonies(Scrum).
- Understanding of user flows, wireframes, insurance APIs, and cloud-based product platforms.
- Strong ability to balance technical details with business goals.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to influence cross-functional teams.
- Strategic thinking with execution discipline.
- Ability to work under pressure, manage ambiguity, and deliver within timelines.
Job Requirements
- Bachelors degree in Insurance, Business, IT, Finance or related field.
- 5+ years of experience in insurance product development, preferably in digital insurance or bancassurance.
- Certification in Product Management, Agile (Scrum) or Insurance is an added advantage.
- Experience working with technology teams to deliver product features in fast-paced environments.
- Prior exposure to B2B, B2C or B2B2C insurance distribution models preferred.
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Job Description
Your Mission
As a Senior Fullstack Engineer, you will architect, build, and scale a high-demand platform serving a massive and growing user base. Your mission is to own critical systems end to end, transforming complex challenges into reliable, high-performance solutions. You will operate with high autonomy in a fast-paced environment, where your work directly impacts millions of users and drives the company's success.
What You'll Work On
- Architect, build, and maintain features across the full stack using 15, React Server Components, and the App Router.
- Develop and manage backend logic and infrastructure deployed on Cloudflare Workers.
- Build and maintain performant, type-safe APIs using tRPC 11 and Drizzle ORM.
- Implement and manage data caching and storage using Redis, Cloudflare R2, and Cloudflare KV.
- Develop responsive, high-quality interfaces using ShadCN/UI and Tailwind CSS.
- Manage client and server-side data fetching and state with TanStack Query.
- Ensure performance, scalability, and security across the Cloudflare edge platform.
- Monitor, debug, and resolve issues across the entire stack.
- Collaborate with an elite team to ship at speed, taking full ownership of your features and long-term success.
You'll Thrive Here If You Have.
- Expert-level proficiency in TypeScript.
- Deep experience with (App Router, Server Components, Server Actions, and data-fetching patterns).
- Proven hands-on experience deploying and managing apps on Cloudflare Workers and its ecosystem (D1, R2, KV).
- Strong command of Tailwind CSS and component-based UI design (especially ShadCN).
- Demonstrable experience building end-to-end, type-safe APIs with tRPC.
- A startup mindset: you thrive in autonomy, adapt quickly, and manage priorities with minimal oversight.
- Pride in writing clear, maintainable, and well-tested code.
- The ability to handle ambiguity by asking precise questions and aligning expectations early.
- Fluency in English (C1–C2 or native) and strong communication in distributed teams.
Tech Stack Snapshot
- Framework
: v15 (App Router) - Infrastructure
: Cloudflare (Workers, D1, KV, R2), OpenNextJS, Redis - Backend
: tRPC v11, Drizzle ORM, Better Auth, Stripe API - Frontend
: React, TypeScript, ShadCN/UI, Tailwind CSS, TanStack Query - Database
: Cloudflare D1
What Success Looks Like
- You ship reliable, typed, and test-covered features without constant supervision.
- Your architectural decisions measurably improve performance, security, and scalability.
- You contribute to a clean, readable, and maintainable codebase that adheres to strict engineering standards.
- You communicate clearly and proactively, resolving ambiguity and moving projects forward efficiently.
- You're known as a pragmatic systems thinker who builds resilient, failure-tolerant systems at scale.
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