General Manager, Nomad Insurance

At SafetyWing (YC W18) , we’re building a global social safety net for remote workers - simple health, insurance, and retirement products designed to replace national welfare systems. Our mission is to remove geographical borders as a barrier to equal opportunity and freedom for everyone. If we succeed, we believe this will be one of the most important tasks of our time.

About this role

• Nomad Insurance is an autonomous team owning our individual product line, including:
• Nomad Essential, our core travel medical insurance - the first product we launched and our main revenue driver
• Nomad Complete, our fast scaling (“Series A stage”) health insurance for digital nomads
• Nomad Citizen, our MVP-stage safety net product (including income protection and first citizenship features)
• It’s a unique opportunity to scale products at different stages of maturity and help achieve our vision of building the global social safety net.

As the General Manager for Nomad Insurance , you will lead the product end-to-end. This role blends the responsibilities of a product leader and growth leader. You will be responsible for the overall success of the product, from defining strategy and shaping the user experience to ensuring smooth operational execution. You will also lead the Nomad Insurance team, including growth, engineering and design, ensuring people are joyful and productive.

We’re looking for someone who is a born entrepreneur, can relate deeply to our users and their lifestyle, knows how to position and grow the product, and can rally the team around a clear vision - to scale the product 10x from $30m to $300m and ultimately realize the vision of a global social safety net and a digital citizenship.

Your responsibilities will include

Being the overall owner of Nomad Insurance, you will be responsible for solving problems and hitting product and growth goals, and ensuring they remain aligned with the company’s broader strategy and vision

• Being the voice of our Nomad Insurance customers and ensuring their experience is amazing and we make something people love
• Working with the product team to define product goals, prioritize features, and product improvements
• Leading and mentoring the Nomad Insurance team, ensuring the team remains organized, joyful, and productive
• Managing the key internal and external relationships needed to successfully run the product

You are a good fit if you

• Have experience in product management or as an entrepreneur
• Bring an entrepreneurial mindset, with high agency and risk-taking ability
• Are a strong problem solver who get things done
• Have solid leadership skills and can rally people around a clear vision, while helping them grow
• Are organized and results-oriented, with the ability to plan projects, gather the right resources, and follow through despite challenges
• Have strong product intuition and can build things people love so much they tell their friends about it

We like to work with people who

• Want to help build a global social safety net on the Internet.
• Think for themselves instead of copying others.
• Are willing to try new things, even with the risk of failure.
• Are intellectually curious and open to new ideas.
• Are creative and bold in the face of any problems.
• Have strong integrity and do the right thing.

What we offer

• Fully remote work environment – work from anywhere globally

Transparent compensation and equity

• Our own Global Safety Net, giving you worldwide health, income, and travel coverage
• A minimum of four weeks of vacation per year
• Yearly personal development budget and office allowance

A new laptop

• Annual team gathering in amazing locations—our previous meetups were in Indonesia, Iceland, Vietnam and Argentina
• We look forward to hearing from you!

Originally posted on Himalayas