About Konduit
Konduit is building the rails for real-time insurance capacity allocation. Think Stripe for underwriting capital. We connect innovative Insurtechs, MGAs with capacity providers via a standardized, intelligent AI native platform, cutting deal times 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 capacity 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
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