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
We are looking for a high-agency generalist to join as our first Strategy & Operations hire. Our rapid growth over the past year has created a substantial opportunity to bring structure and automation to our core business processes. You will take ownership of some of our most pressing operational challenges, solve problems across teams, and help build the technology and systems that will allow our business to scale with best-in-class efficiency. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- 2-4 years of experience in a high-intensity environment like investment banking, consulting, private equity, venture capital, or startups
- Proactive - you don't wait for explicit instructions. You seek out problems, scope solutions, and drive them to resolution with minimal oversight
- Low ego - you have no problem rolling up your sleeves to do whatever it takes to help the business win. No task is beneath you
- Wants ownership and responsibility - being fully responsible for an outcome gives you energy. You're someone who wants to choose the approach and be accountable for the result
- Reliable - you follow through on commitments and consistently deliver. You are known as someone who never drops the ball
- Self-sufficient and a quick learner - you are resourceful and naturally try to figure things out before asking for help. You pick things up quickly and can find solutions to problems without an existing playbook
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.
We are looking for a high-agency generalist to join as our first Strategy & Operations hire. Our rapid growth over the past year has created a substantial opportunity to bring structure and automation to our core business processes. You will take ownership of some of our most pressing operational challenges, solve problems across teams, and help build the technology and systems that will allow our business to scale with best-in-class efficiency.
- Own the outcomes - starting with financial operations, you will own the core workflows and KPIs across payments, collections, reconciliation, reporting, compliance, and more. Understand where things break...
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