Full-Time

Head of Product

Posted on 10/31/2025

Simply Business

Simply Business

501-1,000 employees

Online platform for SME insurance products

Compensation Overview

$153.4k - $278.4k/yr

Boston, MA, USA

Hybrid

Hybrid: some on-site days in Boston.

Category
Product (2)
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Required Skills
Agile
UI/UX Design
Product Management
Requirements
  • Superior business judgment, combining intuition, experience, and data-driven insights, with a keen understanding of the potential of AI/GenAI.
  • Strong understanding of commercial imperatives and how to translate opportunities into successful products with strong user experience.
  • Proven ability to define and execute a bold product vision, strategy, and roadmap, with a keen awareness of emerging and AI technologies, and their application to enhance value proposition and customer experience.
  • Excellent team motivator, able to effectively manage and inspire a high-performing product team to embrace AI-driven innovation and user-centric design.
  • Strong negotiation, communication, and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to articulate the value and implications of pivots initiatives.
  • Deep understanding of the capabilities and implementations of Generative AI and broader AI product development within a product framework.
  • Ability to identify cross-program dependencies.
  • Extensive experience running a product team and managing staff.
  • Extensive experience working with agile projects at scale, managing multiple streams and stakeholders.
  • Proven experience implementing Generative AI and broader AI into products, with a demonstrable understanding of user experience considerations.
  • B2C experience, e-commerce and marketplace experience preferred
Responsibilities
  • Develop and articulate a compelling product vision, strategy, and roadmap aligned with our business goals, with a strong emphasis on bold innovation and leveraging emerging technologies.
  • Drive the next wave of products, with a core focus on strategically integrating Generative AI and other AI capabilities to achieve outsized growth in the US market by creating differentiated value propositions and superior user experiences.
  • Synthesize and translate quantitative and qualitative insights into actionable product strategies.
  • Create and deliver customer-centric products that meet user needs and drive business objectives, with a strong emphasis on leveraging Generative AI and broader AI to enhance user experience, personalize interactions, and improve efficiency.
  • Champion user-centered design principles and ensure a seamless and intuitive user experience across all product touchpoints, particularly as we integrate new AI/GenAI features.
  • Construct scalable and configurable technical solutions, ensuring future adaptability and growth.
  • Partner closely with cross-functional teams to effectively communicate and execute the product vision, ensuring initiatives are well-understood and implemented.
  • Build, manage, and scale the product organization, fostering a collaborative and high-performance environment.
  • Mentor and develop Product Managers, empowering them to bring bold and innovative concepts to life and enhance user experiences through intelligent features.
  • Nurture a team focused on delivering our customer proposition, and help the team grow into positions of influence and scale within an increasingly AI-integrated product landscape.
Desired Qualifications
  • B2C experience, e-commerce and marketplace experience preferred

Simply Business provides a digital marketplace for UK business insurance focused on small businesses and landlords. The platform lets customers obtain quotes from trusted insurers and buy policies online, covering needs such as public liability, professional indemnity, employers’ liability, and specialized covers like tool or van insurance. The product works by aggregating quotes from insurers and enabling immediate purchase and policy management, including quick adjustments as business needs change. The company differentiates itself by targeting the specific requirements of small businesses and landlords, offering a wide range of coverages through a user-friendly online platform with fast, flexible insurance solutions. Its goal is to simplify buying insurance for small business owners and landlords, connecting them to appropriate policies while earning commissions from insurers and potential fees for premium features.

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

$490M

Headquarters

London, United Kingdom

Founded

2000

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Coterie Insurance partnership expands BOP coverage nationwide.
  • Julie Fisher appointed UK CEO to drive small business growth.
  • Business Boost launched in 2020 supports SME venture revival.

What critics are saying

  • GoCompare erodes commissions with superior SEO in 12-18 months.
  • Coterie builds direct platforms, bypassing broker role in 18-24 months.
  • FCA scrutiny forces commission disclosure, raising costs in 12-24 months.

What makes Simply Business unique

  • Simply Business brokers tailored insurance for UK's 1,500+ small business trades.
  • Digital platform enables instant quotes from insurers like Aviva and Zurich.
  • Specializes in public liability and professional indemnity for sole traders.

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Benefits

Hybrid Work Options

Mental Health Support

Flexible Parental Leave

Paid Sabbatical

Life Event Leave

Professional Development Budget

Competitive Salary

Performance Bonus

401(k) Company Match

Private Medical Insurance

Health Cash Plan

Paid Vacation

Life Assurance

Flexible Benefits Scheme

Remote Work Options

Company News

IFA Magazine
Jan 21st, 2025
London Tops Leaderboard As Highest Growth Buy To Let Market In The Uk

At the start of a pivotal year for the UK’s private rental market, Simply Business, one of the UK’s largest providers of small business and landlord insurance, has analysed over 100,000 landlord insurance policies to uncover the UK’s buy-to-let property hotspots, and point to top investment opportunities for existing, or aspiring, landlords in 2025.The data reveals a dramatic re-shuffle in the buy-to-let leaderboard. London has bounced back as the buy-to-let capital of the UK, with 13% growth in new buy-to-let landlords between 2023-2024, compared to just 4.11% growth the previous year. After stuttering in 2023, London’s strong continued tenant demand and the broad array of property types buoyed the market once more last year.While Glasgow topped the chart in 2022-2023 with 11.95% growth, last year saw it fall back to the bottom of the board, with a much more conservative 7% growth in new policyholders.Mike Harvey, Landlord in London with 25 years’ experience in the market said “The London rental market is performing very well. It’s straightforward to find good tenants, and rental incomes remain strong. As a landlord, I’m also finding that insurers are very competitive at the moment, and I have easy access to a wide range of tradespeople who are always quick to respond when I need help with my properties. We have a 2-unit block and have found these to be the least hassle, with the nicest tenants and best investment return – so we’re very pleased with this position for the short and long term.”UK’s buy to let hotspots2024 Ranking City Region Annual growth* 2023 Ranking 1 London South East 13.00% 10 2 Birmingham West Midlands 12.00% 6 3 Leicester East Midlands 12.00% 5 4 Leeds Yorkshire 11.00% 3 5 Manchester North West 10.00% 7 6 Nottingham East Midlands 10.00% 2 7 Bristol South West 9.00% 4 8 Edinburgh Scotland 9.00% 9 9 Liverpool North West 8.00% 8 10 Glasgow Scotland 7.00% 1 *difference in new Simply Business landlord insurance policies between 2023 and 2024Regulation to reshape the marketNotably, London is also home to the largest group of multi-property landlords in the UK – followed by Manchester, Birmingham and Nottingham

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Insurance Business
Dec 19th, 2024
Simply Business partners with Coterie Insurance to expand BOP coverage

Simply Business, a digital insurance marketplace focused on small businesses, has partnered with Coterie Insurance to expand its business owner's policy (BOP) coverage nationwide.

Bdaily
Dec 15th, 2024
Simply Business names new UK chief executive

Simply Business, a digital broker for small businesses and landlords, has appointed Julie Fisher as its UK chief executive officer.

Hillingdon Times
Nov 29th, 2024
Local pubs to vanish over the next decade, warns new research

To call attention to the plight of UK pubs in a striking way, Simply Business has partnered with The Pelton Arms in Greenwich to give it a poignant 'Bleak Friday' makeover.

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