Engineering Manager - Product

Storm2; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Storm2 is hiring for an engineering leadership role focused on growth. You will lead a product engineering team to accelerate adoption, engagement, retention, and revenue for an AI-driven insurtech product.

You’ll partner with Product, Design, Data, and leadership to uncover growth levers, run experiments, and deliver customer-centric features that move key metrics. The role combines product strategy with hands-on leadership, guiding architectural decisions while ensuring delivery quality and

Qualifications

• 2+ years leading software engineering teams.
• Experience driving growth, engagement, retention, monetisation, or experimentation initiatives.
• Ability to translate customer goals into engineering execution.
• Strong product instincts and customer-centric mindset.
• Experience in startup or high-growth environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead a product engineering team focused on growth initiatives.
• Collaborate with Product and Data to identify opportunities to improve acquisition, activation, retention, and monetisation.
• Build and scale customer-facing features with measurable business impact.
• Establish an experimentation culture with rapid testing and iteration.
• Use customer insights and product metrics to guide engineering decisions.
• Drive cross-functional initiatives to accelerate adoption and engagement.
• Evolve the product from early market fit to scalable growth.
• Coach engineers to focus on customer and business outcomes.
• Balance rapid experimentation with long-term product quality.
• Align growth strategy with senior leadership across the org.

Skills

Growth leadership

Product engineering leadership

Data-driven decision making

Startup/scale-up experience

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

$200,000-$300,000 Base + Quarterly Performance Bonus

About the Company

Storm2's client is a fast-scaling insurtech rebuilding commercial insurance distribution around AI rather than headcount. Over 90% of commercial insurance is still handled manually, and this business is flipping that ratio, growing quickly and adding new customers every month. They've recently closed a substantial early-stage funding round backed by well-known venture investors, with capital earmarked specifically to grow the engineering team. Small team, direct line to the founders, shipping into a business that's already generating real revenue..

The Role

Most engineering management roles focus on execution and team processes. This one is centred on growth.

You'll lead a product engineering team responsible for accelerating adoption, engagement, retention, and revenue across an already successful product. The company has achieved strong product-market fit and is now entering its next phase of scale, with engineering playing a critical role in unlocking growth opportunities and turning customer insights into measurable business outcomes.

You'll partner closely with Product, Design, Data, and company leadership to identify growth levers, run experiments, improve customer journeys, and deliver features that directly impact key business metrics. This role is ideal for an engineering leader who enjoys operating at the intersection of product strategy, customer behaviour, and execution.

What you'll be working on:

• Leading and developing a team of product engineers focused on growth initiatives
• Partnering with Product and Data teams to identify opportunities to improve acquisition, activation, retention, and monetisation
• Building and scaling customer-facing features that drive measurable business impact
• Establishing an experimentation culture through rapid testing and iteration
• Using customer insights, behavioural data, and product metrics to inform engineering decisions
• Driving cross-functional initiatives that accelerate product adoption and engagement
• Helping the organisation evolve from early product-market fit to repeatable, scalable growth
• Coaching engineers to think beyond delivery and focus on customer and business outcomes
• Balancing fast experimentation with long-term product and platform quality
• Working closely with senior leadership to shape growth strategy and execution

What you'll bring:

• 2+ years of experience leading software engineering teams
• Strong product instincts and a passion for building customer-centric software
• Experience working on growth, engagement, retention, monetisation, or experimentation-focused initiatives
• A proven track record of helping successful products scale to the next stage of growth
• Experience translating customer and business goals into engineering execution
• Strong technical foundations with the ability to contribute to architectural and technical discussions
• A data-driven mindset and comfort using metrics to evaluate success
• Experience operating in startup, scale-up, or high-growth environments
• The ability to balance people leadership, product thinking, and execution
• A hands-on leadership style and genuine enthusiasm for building products customers love

Equal Opportunity Statement

Storm2 is committed to diversity and inclusivity in the workplace. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals regardless of race, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.