Principal Product Analyst

Hover helps people design, improve, and protect the properties they love. With proprietary AI built on over a decade of real property data, Hover answers age-old questions like “What will it look like?” and “What will it cost?” Homeowners, contractors, and insurance professionals rely on Hover to get fully measured, accurate, and interactive 3D models of any property — all from a smartphone scan in minutes. At Hover, we’re driven by curiosity, purpose, and a shared commitment to serving our customers, communities, and each other. We believe the best ideas come from diverse perspectives and are proud to cultivate an inclusive, high-performance culture that inspires growth, accountability, and excellence. Backed by leading investors like Google Ventures and Menlo Ventures, and trusted by industry leaders including Travelers, State Farm, and Nationwide — we’re redefining how people understand and interact with their spaces. Why Hover wants you Hover helps people design, improve, and protect the properties they love. We're looking for a strategic and deeply curious Principal Product Analyst to join the team behind Hover's Property Intelligence product, supporting our Insurance vertical. This isn't a reactive support role — you'll be a core builder and thought partner embedded directly in the product "quad-pod" alongside Product, Engineering, and Design leadership, helping shape the direction of the product from the ground up. We’re looking for a relentless problem solver who combines strong analytical and technical depth with strong product intuition. This role goes far beyond traditional dashboarding — you’ll help shape AI-powered insurance workflows, improve telemetry foundations, evaluate strategic product bets, and influence enterprise product adoption. You’ll partner closely with product leaders, engineers, designers, GTM partners, and enterprise customers to define quality frameworks, measure business impact, and help evolve how analytics supports increasingly AI-native and agentic product experiences. The ideal candidate thrives in ambiguity, enjoys 0 to 1 problem solving, and is excited by the opportunity to drive outsized impact across product strategy, experimentation, and analytics infrastructure. Why This Team: This role offers unusually broad scope and the opportunity to influence product direction, enterprise strategy, and analytics infrastructure simultaneously. Hover’s Insurance business is at a critical growth stage, with expanding enterprise partnerships, ambitious product roadmaps, and increasing adoption of AI-powered workflows. The team is actively shaping 0 to 1 insurance workflows and redefining how AI-powered property intelligence products are evaluated, adopted, and scaled within enterprise environments. You’ll work directly alongside Product, Engineering, Design, and GTM leadership while helping define: what great product quality looks like, how enterprise ROI is measured, and how analytics evolves to support increasingly intelligent and non-deterministic product experiences. This is a rare opportunity to: influence product strategy, shape next-generation analytics infrastructure, partner with senior insurance leaders, and help define how AI transforms real-world insurance workflows. As Hover’s Insurance organization continues to scale, this role also offers meaningful growth opportunities into broader leadership or product ownership paths. You will contribute by Driving strategic analytics initiatives supporting Hover’s Insurance product portfolio Partnering closely with Product Managers and Engineering Leads to define success metrics, design experiments, and evaluate product performance Building frameworks that define and measure inspection quality, customer outcomes, and enterprise ROI Leading end-to-end analytical projects — from problem framing and data exploration to storytelling and influencing strategic decisions Driving experiment design and analysis for A/B tests and quasi-experimental studies Improving telemetry and instrumentation foundations across Segment, Mixpanel, and internal analytics systems Helping evolve product measurement approaches for AI-assisted and agentic workflows Building a deep understanding of customer journeys and identifying opportunities to improve product adoption, retention, and user experience Surfacing insights that influence roadmap prioritization and strategic product investments Collaborating directly with enterprise insurance customers to evaluate adoption and product effectiveness Creating scalable data frameworks that help stakeholders align around business and product outcomes Helping elevate analytics maturity across the organization by improving self-serve analytics capabilities and championing data-informed decision making Your background includes 7+ years of experience in Product Analytics, Data Science, Product Strategy, or related analytical product-focused roles Expert-level SQL proficiency for complex analysis and data exploration Experience with data tech stack and BI software Strong product intuition and ability to synthesize ambiguous problems into actionable recommendations Experience partnering deeply with Product and Engineering organizations to influence product direction Experience designing and evaluating experiments using A/B testing or causal inference methodologies Strong communication skills with the ability to influence both technical and executive audiences Experience working in fast-paced, cross-functional product environments with multiple competing priorities Curiosity and practical experience leveraging AI tools to accelerate analysis, improve workflows, or uncover product insights Nice-to-Haves Python literacy and comfort working with analytical or experimentation workflows Experience with our specific stack (Tableau, DBT, Snowflake, Hex) Insurance, fintech, enterprise SaaS, or AI product experience Experience evaluating AI-enabled or workflow automation products Benefits Compensation - Competitive salary and meaningful equity in a fast-growing company Healthcare - Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and dependents Paid Time Off - Unlimited and flexible vacation policy Paid Family Leave - We support work/life balance and offer generous paid parental and new child bonding leave Mandatory Self-Care Days - A day set aside each month to allow employees to recharge Remote Wellbeing Resources - We provide recurring fitness classes, meditation/ mindfulness tools, virtual therapy, and family planning assistance Learning - We encourage continued education and will help cover the cost of management training, conferences, workshops, or certifications Hybrid roles at Hover Hover has Hubs in San Francisco and New York City, where we expect that all employees living within a 50-mile radius of our offices will come into their local Hover office at least three times a week to build rapport and foster organic connection. At this time, Hover is not considering fully remote roles. The US base salary range for this full-time position is $199,000 - $246,000 annually. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all applicable US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. #J-18808-Ljbffr Menlo Ventures