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Kaia is a mission-focused health technology company.
Our story began in 2016, when our founders, konstantin mehl and manuel thurner, created a mission to bring affordable and accessible relief to millions of people with chronic conditionsNo strangers to chronic pain themselves, they decided to innovate ways to remove the obstacles many people experience in getting the leading-edge care they need.
How do kaia apps work? kaia uses a dynamic ai-powered algorithmOur programs are based on multimodal rehabilitation, a holistic approach to managing chronic conditionsOur users have easy access via smartphone and tablet to our programs for back/hip/knee pain and copd using this evidence-based approach.
Five years into our story, we are a leader in digital therapeutics, with 500,000+ users worldwideHaving raised $125 million from investors like optum ventures, idinvest, and balderton capital, to name a selected few, we are poised to create a global footprint in digital self-careKaia is patient empowerment made easy.
The regulatory landscape is quickly adapting to the digital ecosystemTherefore, our mission and strategy bring new opportunities for determined talent to join our journeyWith over 100 “kaianeers” spread across the us and europe, we now need more specialized talent to help take our mission further.
Our virtual physical therapy (pt) solution relies on innovative and proprietary computer vision technology that provides real time pose correction and feedbackWe are looking for an experienced product manager who would help us take our virtual pt experiences to the next level by creating rich, engaging and delightful interactive experiences on top of this innovative technologyThese experiences would help kaia users with their pain management goals by increasing adherence to our multimodal therapyReporting to the vp of product, you’ll be operating in an autonomous product team of content creators, researchers, clinicians, data-scientists, designers and developers in scaling kaia’s engagement and retention.
Leading our product growth and expansion charter lead a group of product teams and talented product managers focused on achieving scalable growth for kaiaAct as a coach, mentor, guide, cheerleader and supporter as needed by the teamunderstanding the context and put context and people front and center in every action and decisionStrong at decision framing, prioritization, building culture and organizational health, a strong growth mindset and most importantly model the right behaviorsDefine structured and implementable product increments: create clear product strategy for a product area in accordance with the broader product and company strategy and vision and apply discovery techniques in collaboration with our ux testersbrainstorm and review ideas and areas of improvement with our talented designerscoordinating the implementation process by tightly collaborating with group engineering leads to ship high quality softwareintegrate usability studies, research and market analysis into product requirements to improve engineer productivity & product satisfactionexecute experiments and generate learnings: lead the ideation, technical development, and launch of innovative tools, platform and products for kaia’s virtual pt solution and other capabilities that lead to increased retention and engagement.identify risks and proactively work towards mitigating them with pre-mortems, reviews and other risk assessments and avoidance measures.shape decisions and align them to product and company strategy by asking the right questions and creating alignment of goals and priorities.analyze team outcomes of releases and identify shortcomings, risks, gaps and areas of improvement.communicate & market product releases both with internal teams and external partnersYou will lead an established team of product managers, designers and engineers who value personal growth and coachingAs a member of a fast-growing organization you have the opportunity to build scalable tools, processes and platforms for the years to come.
What you`ll be doing
Leading our product growth and expansion charter lead a group of product teams and talented product managers focused on achieving scalable growth for kaia.
Act as a coach, mentor, guide, cheerleader and supporter as needed by the team
Understanding the context and put context and people front and center in every action and decision.
Strong at decision framing, prioritization, building culture and organizational health, a strong growth mindset and most importantly model the right behaviors.
Define structured and implementable product increments: create clear product strategy for a product area in accordance with the broader product and company strategy and vision and apply discovery techniques in collaboration with our ux testers.
Brainstorm and review ideas and areas of improvement with our talented designerscoordinating the implementation process by tightly collaborating with group engineering leads to ship high quality softwareintegrate usability studies, research and market analysis into product requirements to improve engineer productivity & product satisfactionexecute experiments and generate learnings
Lead the ideation, technical development, and launch of innovative tools, platform and products for kaia’s virtual pt solution and other capabilities that lead to increased retention and engagement.
Identify risks and proactively work towards mitigating them with pre-mortems, reviews and other risk assessments and avoidance measures.
Shape decisions and align them to product and company strategy by asking the right questions and creating alignment of goals and priorities.
Analyze team outcomes of releases and identify shortcomings, risks, gaps and areas of improvementCommunicate & market product releases both with internal teams and external partners.
You will lead an established team of product managers, designers and engineers who value personal growth and coachingAs a member of a fast-growing organization you have the opportunity to build scalable tools, processes and platforms for the years to come.
Who you are
You`ve done it before: show us how you have built and lead a team of talented pms in a setup where each of them manages their own autonomous product teams.
You have experience delivering and shaping product strategy for growth in b2b or healthcare products or services
You have strong leadership skills especially in the context of fast growing startups
You recognize user & customer needs, analyzing and visualizing data, writing specs & tickets, communicating clearly & listen carefully, creating roadmaps, managing feature releases, motivating and guiding a development team.strong expertise in consumer behavior and behavioral science: you have knowledge of how to build and frame choice architectures, combining language and visuals to nudge users towards better outcomes
You have strong quantitative skills and analytical mindset with academic training a strong understanding of technical concepts and how modern software is developed an eye for detail but also the big picture in mind
You have a high eq and excellent communication skills
Why this role?
Strong mission focus and impactwith product market fit - for many team members, the mission of improving chronic care is personal given they have experienced it first hand as patientsWe are enabling radical disruption of chronic care by enabling a majority of cases for the majority of patients to be served by technology and ai instead of the scarce and expensive resources of doctors and healthcare professionalsThere is enough demand for the product that it leaves no doubt about our level of product market fit.
Talented autonomous product teams - we’re not a feature team that works on a predefined roadmap or set of featuresWe strongly believe in the idea of autonomous product teams and in the iterative and effective ways of product discoveryEach team is given goals not features to work on and have the autonomy in determining the best way to hit those goals.
Performance and coaching emphasis - even though we’re a startup we maintain a very high standard of management, leadership and coachingMost of our leaders have experience in early-stage, late-stage and large scale public companies and bring best-in-class people management practices to our day to day workOrganizational health work life balance and career growth isn’t an afterthought but top-of-mind for all our managers.
Company * growth and potential* - we aim to disrupt healthcare with our ai assisted virtual physical therapy and have clinically validated research studies and other ip that is a strong moat against competitorsWe plan to expand our success beyond msk into pulmonary and other chronic conditions and this role is critical to driving that growth to new markets, new chronic conditions and new capabilities through partnerships.
Some of the benefits of being a kaianeer:
You can directly influence the future of digital health in a team of industry experts and digital shapers.
You will work alongside serial entrepreneurs (previously founded and scaled another startup, foodora).
You’ll enjoy flat hierarchies, a hybrid work from home/office environment, and flexible vacation and working times.
We support your professional development and have a budget set aside for you just for that!
Happy hours, team events, and knowledge-sharing sessions galore!
Join us if you’re looking for an entrepreneurial adventure and an exciting place to grow personally and professionally.
Job type: full-time
Work location: multiple locations
