Job Specifications
Shift is the leading AI platform for insurance. Shift combines generative, agentic, and predictive AI to transform underwriting, claims, and fraud and risk - driving operational efficiency, exceptional customer experiences and measurable business impact. Trusted by the world's leading insurers, Shift delivers AI when and where it matters most, at scale and with proven results.
Our culture is built on innovation, trust, and a drive to transform the insurance industry through our SaaS platform. We come from more than 50 different countries and cultures and together we are creating the future of insurance.
We're hiring a Technical Product Manager to lead the platform efforts that power our frontend user experience. You'll be responsible for our design system and shared UI components working with design, engineering, and product teams to ensure our interfaces are consistent, accessible, performant, and easy to build with.
This is a platform role with a highly visible impact: the components and standards you help shape will be used across all our customer-facing interfaces. You'll define the roadmap for evolving our design system, improving the developer experience for frontend teams, and ensuring that UI consistency scales as our products grow.
You'll work at the intersection of UX, engineering and product, bringing structure and strategy to a space that blends creative design with technical depth. The role requires a mix of platform thinking, stakeholder alignment, and delivery focus.
We trust talent, which means you'll be empowered to lead from day one. You'll work with some of the smartest people in the industry, and you'll be part of a culture that believes in learning fast, improving constantly, and getting things done.
What You'll Do...Design System & Component Strategy
Act as Product owner for your teams and own the roadmap for shared UI components and design system evolution
Work with design to define principles, usage standards, and interaction patterns
Partner with engineering to ensure components are performant, flexible, and easy to maintain
Prioritise work based on design debt, reusability, and product team feedback
Developer Experience & Adoption
Improve onboarding, documentation, and tooling for engineers using shared UI assets
Define versioning and change management strategies that balance innovation with stability
Track adoption and satisfaction, and adjust based on real-world usage
Cross-Functional Alignment
Act as the connective tissue between design, engineering, and product teams
Ensure component design and usage align with product goals and user expectations
Proactively surface trade-offs and risks across teams, and help drive resolution
Execution & Continuous Improvement
Coordinate delivery across frontend, platform, and design teams
Define clear success metrics (e.g. adoption, usability, defect rate, delivery speed)
Contribute to a culture of design and technical excellence across the company
What You Bring...
2-5 years of experience in product or technical program management, ideally on platform, frontend, or design system teams
Familiarity with design systems, component libraries, and frontend frameworks (e.g. React, Storybook, Tailwind, etc.)
Strong communication and alignment skills across design and engineering stakeholders
Experience shaping roadmap and adoption strategies for shared components
An eye for consistency and UX quality, even without being a designer yourself
Curiosity, pragmatism, and a desire to create leverage across teams
Interview Process
Talent Acquisition
Hiring Manager
Engineering Manager
Panel Case Study
Chief Product Officer
To support our permanent, full time employees at every stage of their careers and lives, we provide a competitive total rewards and benefits package. Here are the global benefits we'd like to highlight:
Flexible remote and hybrid working options
Competitive Salary and a variable component tied to personal and company performance
Company equity
Multiple Learning and Development opportunities, including Focus Fridays, a half-day each month to focus on learning and personal growth
Generous PTO and paid holidays
Mental health benefits
2 MAD Days per year (Make A Difference Days for paid volunteering)
Additional benefits may be offered by country - ask your recruiter for more information. Intern and Apprentice position are eligible for some of these benefits - ask your recruiter for more details.
At Shift we strive to be a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from and hire people who will contribute to the diversity of our company, without regard to race, color, religion, marital status, age, national or ethnic origin, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other non-merit criteria.
Shift Technology is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our