Co-Founder & CIO (Chief Industry Officer) at Konduit
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About the Venture
The insurance industry is stuck in a legacy loop. Today, finding and deploying underwriting capacity is slow, opaque, and wildly inefficient-especially for new MGAs and insurtechs. We're here to change that.
Konduit is building the rails for real-time insurance capacity allocation. Think Stripe for underwriting capital. We connect innovative MGAs with insurers via a standardized, intelligent platform, cutting deal times from 12 weeks to just 1, and transforming underwriting from a manual bottleneck into a dynamic marketplace.
Backed by Aviva and incubated by Founders Factory, Konduit has a built-in unfair advantage: unrivalled industry credibility, access, and insights from inside the machine. We’re at the start of a category-defining journey and we’re hiring our founding team to help shape the future of insurance infrastructure.
About the Role
As CIO, you will bring deep market credibility, relationships, and real-world operating insight into Konduit. You will serve as the product domain expert, ensuring the platform reflects how underwriting capacity actually moves through the US E&S market.
You will work directly with the CEO to lead:
Market entry
Early partner and design-partner engagement
Product domain expertise grounded in real underwriting and capacity workflow
Commercial execution and industry adoption
Responsibilities
Market & Industry Leadership
Act as Konduit’s industry anchor with MGAs, carriers, reinsurers, and capacity providers
Bring firsthand knowledge of underwriting workflows, delegated authority models, capacity allocation, reporting, and oversight
Represent Konduit credibly across the market and with early partners
Access, Trust & Early Traction
Unlock design partners (MGAs, insurers, syndicates) willing to engage early
Shorten sales and partnership cycles through existing credibility and relationships
Help Konduit earn trust in a conservative, regulated, relationship-driven industry
Product Domain Expertise
Serve as the product domain expert, grounding the platform in real-world underwriting and capacity workflows
Translate industry processes, constraints, and edge cases into clear product requirements
Ensure Konduit reflects how capacity is evaluated, approved, deployed, and governed in practice
Distinguish between what is structurally required vs. legacy process noise
Pressure-test product assumptions using firsthand market experience
Company Building
Represent Konduit externally with partners, investors, and the broader market
Help shape messaging, positioning, and category narrative
Operate with ownership, accountability, and long-term perspective
Who This Is For
We are looking for someone who has lived the problem Konduit is solving.
Ideal backgrounds include:
Former MGA CEO / COO / CUO
Senior executive at a carrier, reinsurer, or Lloyd’s syndicate
Deep experience with delegated authority, program business, and capacity placement
A strong proven network across senior levels at MGAs and capital providers
You likely:
Have spent years navigating capacity constraints
Have strong opinions about what’s broken and why
Want to fix the system - not just win the next deal
This role requires active involvement, ownership, and commitment.
Equity & Commitment
Meaningful founder-level equity, vesting over time
Long-term alignment and shared upside
Starting part time and moving to Full-time or near-full-time commitment as the company scales
Please note: Exact structure will reflect experience, contribution, and timing.