Product Manager

Who you are

• 5+ years of experience in product management, with direct ownership of a platform, API, or internal tooling product
• Experience treating internal teams as customers — you can translate their workflows into platform requirements without over-indexing on your own assumptions
• Comfort operating in ambiguity where the platform's scope is expanding (e.g., beyond insurance) and the right boundaries aren't yet fixed
• Technical fluency to work directly with engineers on API design, versioning, and data model decisions
• Experience with or strong interest in applying AI tools to internal workflows — prototyping, configuration, or enablement use cases
• Written and verbal communication skills that hold up with both engineers and cross-functional stakeholders like Compliance and Underwriting
• A bias toward shipping — you can take a platform capability from early concept to something teams actually rely on

What the job involves

• You own the platform powering how Kin gets its products built, configured, and managed — product API, product expansion and revision, and the AI-enablement layer that plugs internal teams into it
• We're looking for a Product Manager to own and evolve Kin's product configuration platform — the infrastructure that powers how Kin's products are built, configured, and managed
• This is a platform role in the truest sense: your customers are internal — State Management, Underwriting, Insurance, Compliance, and other technical systems that depend on product data
• Oday that means insurance products, but Kin's offerings are extending beyond insurance, and the platform is built to grow with that scope
• You'll know you're succeeding when the teams that consume your platform can deliver and maintain products independently, without waiting on you
• Own the product strategy and roadmap for Product API, the product configuration data model, and product expansion and revision tooling
• Define how internal teams — State Management, Underwriting, Insurance, Compliance, and others — consume and depend on product data, and build the platform to serve them as customers
• Drive the Product API strategy and versioning standards so internal and future external consumers get reliable, well-documented interfaces
• Lead discovery on how the platform should extend as Kin's offerings grow beyond insurance, grounding decisions in how consuming teams actually work today
• Build and scale the AI-enablement layer on the Product API MCP, using AI for rapid prototyping and other enablement work that lets consuming teams self-serve
• Partner with engineering and design to take platform capabilities from prototype through production rollout
• Write specs and requirements precise enough that engineering can build IHOP and PAPI features with confidence and minimal back-and-forth
• Define and own the metrics that measure how independently consuming teams can deliver and maintain products, and use them to drive the roadmap
• In your first 6–12 months at Kin, success is less about checking boxes and more about the impact you create
• You’ll use your skills and judgment to take ownership of meaningful work, improve how we operate, and help move Kin’s mission forward. Along the way, you’ll deliver outcomes that make a real difference for both Kinfolk and the homeowners we serve
• By the end of your first year, you should feel confident in your role, trusted as an owner, and proud of the progress you’ve helped make
• Internal teams like State Management, Underwriting, Insurance, and Compliance are shipping product changes through self-service tooling with less friction and less dependence on engineering teams
• The insurance product data model and Product API’s API standards are documented and consistently adopted across consuming teams
• The Product API MCP layer has moved from concept to real AI-enabled workflows that consuming teams use for prototyping and configuration
• A clear view of platform success — measured by consumer independence — is established and shaping what gets built next

The application process

• Deadline to Apply: September 11, 2026 at 5:00 AM UTC
• We believe a great hiring experience should be clear, respectful, and human. We’ll accept applications for this position until September 11, 2026
• The hiring process and timeline for each role will vary, depending on the position. However, here are some things you can expect from us:
• Prompt updates and feedback following interviews
• Interviews with recruiters, hiring managers, and members of teams
• Skills assessment relevant to the position, if applicable
• Genuine, thoughtful human interaction at every step

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Commuter benefit plan
• 401k
• Flex spending accounts
• Support for continuing education and professional development
• Training, development, and networking opportunities via Sales Assembly
• Flexible PTO
• Onsite gym membership
• Company-provided lunch each month
• Daily snacks
• Sodas, unlimited flavored water, & coffee