Authentic builds the infrastructure powering specialty insurance programs. The new infrastructure for program insurance—built for speed, built to last. Backed by FirstMark Capital.
About the role
The Program Development Manager leads the Dayton team that builds Authentic's insurance programs. The team turns approved rates, rules and forms into live configuration in Authentic's policy administration system (PAS), and handles the steady flow of changes that live programs need. You'll start by managing a small team of 5-6 Program Developers and will be responsible for building and growing that team as our program portfolio expands. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Experience in insurance or insurtech, especially with a policy administration system (an in-house PAS, Guidewire, Duck Creek or similar)
- Proven project management skills: you've run several workstreams at once, managed dependencies and deadlines, and kept stakeholders informed
- Background in IT, technical operations, systems implementation or another tech-adjacent environment
- A genuine desire to develop people, with real examples of coaching someone to grow in their role
- Comfortable with technical and configuration systems, and willing to learn basic coding and Git workflows (no software engineering background required)
- Some strategic thinking: you can see how your team's work connects to the rest of the business and improve how it gets done
More about this role
Authentic is a tech-enabled MGA (managing general agent). We design and run insurance programs for specific kinds of businesses, like restaurants, gyms, and power producers. Brokers bring us the businesses that need coverage, and carriers back our policies. Every program runs on a platform we built ourselves, and we own every line of code behind it. Engineers and insurance experts build it side by side in New York and Dayton, Ohio. Since our founding in 2022, we’ve grown to 80+ people and been named to the 2026 CB Insights Insurtech 50.
The Program Development Manager leads the Dayton team that builds Authentic's insurance programs. The team turns approved rates, rules and forms into live configuration in Authentic's policy administration system (PAS), and handles the steady flow of changes that live programs need. You'll start by managing a small team of 5-6 Program Developers and will be responsible for building and growing that team as our program portfolio expands. You'll own how their work is planned, prioritized and delivered, and stay close enough to the work to pick up builds yourself.
This role reports to the VP of Programs and sits within Authentic's Programs department....
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