We insure small businesses and enable big dreams – not just for our customers, but for our people and communities too. With over 1,000,000 active insurance policies, we protect builders, bakers, landlords and more than 1,200 other trades.
We’re a technology company as well as one that sells insurance. That means we build, we fail, we learn and we improve. Through our global social impact strategy, called 'The Big Dreams Project’, we're working to help 10,000 small businesses start or grow by 2030.
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Job CategoryProductPosition TypePermanentTarget Openings1What Is the Opportunity?Welcome to a product role where you actually steer the ship. As our Insurance Product Manager based in London or Northampton (with hybrid flexibility), you will take full ownership of our high-impact Lifestyle product super-segment. You won't just be executing pre-determined plans; you will have the autonomy to bring your own creative, data-led ideas to the table, validate them, and deliver them through our optimisation roadmap. This is a fantastic space to showcase your skills, dive deep into performance, and make a real, visible impact from day one.What makes this role different from standard product manager positions? You get the best of both worlds: deep, hands-on segment ownership coupled with high-profile, macro-level strategic influence. You will work closely with our SME Senior Product Manager to feed your insights directly into our broader, macro-level Insurance Product SME strategy. If you're looking for high-visibility, true autonomy, and the chance to build valuable relationships with internal digital teams and external insurance partners alike, this is your space to shine.As one of our Insurance Product Manager’s, you’ll:
Own the optimisation roadmap for your segment, validating, developing, and delivering data-led initiatives that hit key customer, commercial, and strategic OKRs.
Interrogate trading data to understand funnel performance and provide clear insights explaining the 'what' and 'why' behind our segment metrics.
Work with our Insurer Relations and Partnerships teams to deep-dive into partner performance and help broaden our insurer footprint.
Collaborate with Digital Product and UX/CX teams to support customer discovery, map user journeys, and make sure we are translating big strategic outcomes into clear, customer-friendly delivery plans.
Navigate competing priorities to make smart trade-offs, ensuring we protect both the customer experience and our commercial delivery plans.
Identify delivery risks across our optimisations early, taking collaborative action to protect our outcomes and keep things running smoothly.
Champion product governance, supporting Fair Value Assessments and managing our product pipeline to secure the best customer outcomes.
Support the SME Senior Product Manager to ensure your segment’s multi-year roadmap feeds directly into our broader, macro-level Insurance Product SME strategy.
An insurance industry expert with a solid background in insurance, a clear understanding of how products work, and ideally, experience with Public Liability (PL) and Employers' Liability (EL).
Data and trading-minded, enjoying diving into numbers, analysing data, and spotting trends to drive product improvements.
A strong stakeholder manager who is an engaging communicator, capable of keeping internal and external partners aligned on major projects.
A cross-functional collaborator who excels at working across boundaries, particularly with technical and digital product teams.
Proactive and resourceful, using your own initiative to take ownership of a project or problem and deliver it successfully from start to finish.
Customer-focused and collaborative, caring about doing the right thing for the customer while making balanced decisions that put the team first.
(We know it’s tough, but please try to avoid the confidence gap. You don’t have to match all the bullet points above to be considered for this role.)
We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, supportive place for you to be you and do your very best work.
If you are excited to take the lead on our Lifestyle product segment, use data to spark clever improvements, and collaborate with fantastic teams to enable the big dreams of small businesses, apply today.
What are the benefits of working at Simply Business:we offer a great work-life balance where workloads are manageable and everyone has the flexibility to work hybrid
on top of the 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), we offer the option to buy five more days of holiday with your flexible benefits
our flexible parental leave allows you to approach an important time how you want - with six months full pay to the primary caregiver and four weeks full pay if you're the secondary caregiver
our life event leave is an extra days leave every two years for those big moments in your life like moving house or your birthday. And our long-serving employees get a two week paid sabbatical after five years of service, then four weeks off after ten years of service
private medical insurance through BUPA, that covers any pre-existing condition is a core benefit. Plus a health cash plan that covers your everyday medical expenses
we offer a competitive salary based on your experience and the current market. Plus the potential to earn an annual bonus based on performance
access to tools to support your personal development on our dedicated learning platform. As well as support for your mental health with access to counselling
we match what you put into your pension up to five per cent. And pass on a tax-free sum that's four times your basic salary with our life assurance policy, with the option to increase it to ten times through our flexible benefit scheme
our salary sacrifice car scheme gives you the option to buy a brand new, fully insured, and maintained car for a convenient fixed monthly amount taken from your gross salary (after 6 months service)
our flexible benefits scheme gives you an allocated amount to use each year on benefits like critical illness cover, dental insurance, travel insurance, or a gym membership
Ready to join us and drive our success as a high-performing team? Apply today.
Employment PracticesSimply Business is committed to providing equality and opportunities for all employees and candidates considering a career with us. We offer a workplace where colleagues are treated with respect and dignity. We don’t (and won’t) discriminate either directly or indirectly on the grounds of race, colour, religion, belief, political opinion, disability, nationality, ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation or relationship status at any stage of the hiring process or during the course of your employment.
Skills Required
- Based in London or Northampton with hybrid flexibility
- Solid background in insurance and clear understanding of how insurance products work
- Experience with Public Liability (PL) and Employers' Liability (EL)
- Comfortable analysing trading data, funnel performance, and driving data-led product improvements
- Strong stakeholder management and clear communication with internal and external partners
- Proven cross-functional collaboration, especially with technical and digital product teams
- Proactive, resourceful, able to own projects end-to-end
- Customer-focused decision making and balancing customer experience with commercial outcomes
- Experience or familiarity with product governance, Fair Value Assessments, and managing a product pipeline
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Simply Business Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is notably extensive, with 25 vacation days, 10 sick days, multiple holidays, and paid sabbaticals after long service. Feedback suggests this level is generous for the U.S. market.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support includes a 401(k) with a 100% employer match up to 5%. Feedback suggests this match compares favorably to many mid‑market employers.
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Parental & Family Support — Family benefits include generous parental leave, an on‑site mother’s room, and childcare tuition discounts. Feedback suggests these supports complement core coverage to strengthen total rewards.
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What We Do
Simply Business is the leading digital insurance marketplace dedicated to the success of small businesses. Our mission is to take the hassle out of buying insurance by offering simplicity, choice, and value to business owners. We connect our customers with top-rated insurers and policy recommendations tailored to their specific business needs and budget. We have nearly 20 years of experience supporting small businesses, with over 1 million customers worldwide. Founded in the U.K. in 2005, Simply Business revolutionized how small businesses find insurance, making it accessible and affordable. We then saw a similar need in the United States. So in 2017, we launched Simply Business in the U.S.. Today, our team sits across offices in Boston in the U.S., as well as in London and Northampton in the U.K., showcasing our innovation at scale and dedication to serving the backbone of our economies. Simply Business is more than our name. It’s how we approach small business insurance.
Why Work With Us
Here at Simply Business we have five core values that we uphold in everything that we do: Learning, Empowerment, Authenticity, Pioneering, and Simplicity. Utilizing these values and embedding them into our culture makes SB a unique and great place to work, a place where every person is valued, a place where we get things done and have fun doing so.
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