Founding Growth & Operations Lead

Fernstone•New York, NY
•$90,000 - $130,000•Onsite

About The Position

Fernstone is building a new kind of insurance company that combines AI with expert advisors to place insurance faster and at better terms. Insurance is a $1T category that still runs on pen and paper, and Fernstone believes AI will fundamentally reshape how insurance is bought, sold, and serviced. The company has raised $3M from YCombinator and other notable investors. Fernstone was founded by James (BCG, Traba, UChicago) and Bryant (Google, SentiLink, Vanderbilt). They work in-person in their NYC office. Since the start of the year, they have grown from 0 to 500+ customers and are now scaling to reach thousands more. As Founding Growth & Ops Lead, your scope will span Growth, Operations, and Product. You will own, launch, and grow an industry vertical core to the business, partner with insurance carriers to place coverage and transact on policies, and transmit operations work into scalable, agent-led workflows. This is a founding role, reflected in scope, equity, and upside.

Requirements

  • 2 - 4+ years working on a team that requires operational rigor and analytical excellence (high-growth startup, consulting, banking/PE, or similar)
  • Have built something before and are excited about ownership, ambiguity, and fast execution
  • Have accomplished impressive things in your life, whether professionally, academically, competitively, or otherwise

Responsibilities

  • Own, launch, and grow an industry vertical core to our business
  • Partner with insurance carriers to place coverage and transact on policies
  • Transmit operations work into scalable, agent-led workflows
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