Product leadership in healthcare and finance.

Kanav Jain

Building trustworthy systems for regulated teams.

I build digital tools that help physicians navigate complex systems.

I lead product teams through regulated, high-stakes environments—keeping clarity, accountability, and user trust at the center.

Portrait of Kanav Jain

The Proof

Portfolio

A quick scan of the teams and outcomes I have led.

Doximity

Scaling clinical communication.

Transcarent

Consumer-directed health experiences.

Andwise

Financial immunization for doctors.

Methodology

How I Think

The research practice behind my product decisions.

My product work is grounded in Ethotechnics—my research lab focused on reducing administrative burden and designing sustainable systems.

The principles below define how I evaluate risk, design guardrails, and support teams.

  • Stoppability
  • Burden Reduction
  • Accountability

Ethotechnics

Methodology Lander

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Full-Stack Context

Full-Stack Context.

Three lenses that connect my engineering roots to product and systems leadership.

The Engineer

Focus: The Code

I started in bioengineering, learning how energy costs drive behavior.

The Founder

Focus: The Product

I build tools that remove friction for users at Doximity and Andwise.

The Theorist

Focus: The System

I research how institutions can be designed to respect human time.

Writing

Writing

Essays, notes, and audits on building trustworthy systems.

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ESSAY

Published Jan 2026

The Post-User Web

The interface is dying because the “User” is obsolete. On the post-user web, AI agents, friction economics, and the rise of adversarial infrastructure.

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ESSAY

Published Jan 2026

We're On It! The Age of Abundant Acknowledgement

Across healthcare, bureaucracy, and customer service, systems increasingly avoid decisions while appearing responsive. This essay argues that modern governance operates by distributing exhaustion rather than delivering outcomes.

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ESSAY

Published Dec 2025

Pending: The political economy of waiting

The loading screen is a weapon. "Pending" is a governing strategy of attrition designed to make you carry the weight of the process until you give up.

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ESSAY

Published Dec 2025

Credibility/standing as an access-control system

We keep describing our institutional crisis as one of 'belief' or 'truth.' But in practice, the bottleneck is 'standing.' An essay on why 'we hear you' is a trap, and how to distinguish between providing input and triggering obligation."

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ESSAY

Published Dec 2025

Toothless Ethics: Why Principles Don’t Stop Machines

A guide to the difference between moral language and structural constraint

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ESSAY

Published Dec 2025

Assume Maximum Awareness

Stop assuming leadership is ignorant. "Tragic Institutionalism" argues that institutional harm is priced in, and your burnout is the fuel.

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