5 Minuten mit Katrina Harris darüber, wie man im Produktbereich etwas bewegt

How did you start working at Bondaval?

Since leaving university, I’ve always worked in startups. I really wanted to be a part of a company that was in its early stages and see how a business actually works close up.

My first company was an environmental tech startup. I was hire number two, helping out with anything that needed doing: the typical startup mindset of ‘all hands on deck’. From there, I moved to an HR tech startup. It was a different space, but it had a similar mission of trying to grow quickly and reach the right audience.

It was there that I started working closely with product and the design team, building platform- and web-based products for our customers to interact with. That was when I realized that product was something that I really wanted to pursue.
I came across Bondaval after being introduced by someone who already worked there. He was so excited by the offering and what was happening at Bondaval. Once I came in and met the team, it was just so clear that the company was full of extremely bright, interesting people.

I joined as project manager, but swiftly moved into product full-time. I really feel like I found my role working in product; that’s largely thanks toSandy(our VP Product) being such a supportive leader.

How have you found working at Bondaval since you joined?

Going from environmental and HR tech into insurance was a massive change, so my first impression was definitely ‘Wow, this is a bit scary’. It felt like a very complex world to enter into to begin with.

But even though joining a new industry was quite overwhelming at first, I found Bondaval to be an extremely welcoming environment. That’s credit to the team: they all helped to break down the main concepts for me and explain everything to bring me up to speed. The first three months I was trying to be a sponge, absorbing as much information as possible.

As for the workplace culture, I think it’s just excellent. Bondaval does remarkably well on being true to the startup principles that good ideas can come from anywhere and you can have a positive impact from day one. You’re really valued on what you can bring to the team. That’s an exciting, motivating proposition because it just means everybody buys in and everyone wants to make it work, because they can see that they are making a difference.