Summary

Come join the founding sales team of a Y Combinator backed insurtech startup to make a huge impact in a $10B market.

SuretyNow is an insurance technology company that specializes in providing surety bonds to small businesses. We’re backed by the Y Combinator and other insurtech partners. Since launching, we have become profitable and reached over $2M in annual run rate.

If you know surety bonds, are great at sales and enjoy the startup lifestyle (long hours but high reward), let’s chat.

Applicant Notice: This position requires an active P&C license in California.

Why us?

• Our team has extensive experience in technology (Google), management consulting (McKinsey), and insurance (Next Insurance). We are backed by the world’s most reputable startup accelerator Y Combinator and we are already profitable.
• We’re taking on traditional insurance agencies in a $10bn low tech market. We believe we can win because we have built the best user experience leveraged by the most advanced technology
• We’re a 1 year old company looking to make our second hire. You’ll have a big role in shaping the direction and culture of our company. As the second hire, the upside potential is immense as you will grow with the company

What we’re looking for

• Integrity: Always try to do the right thing and be honest with the team
• Ambitious: Achieving your goals often requires beyond the 50 hour work week, but you’re willing to do what it takes to excel. You don't watch the clock when you are working towards your goals.
• High Energy: Even on your worst day, you treat it like it's your best day. You don't let a difficult conversation with a customer bring you down. You can turn any problem into an opportunity.
• Self-Driven: Disciplined and being able to execute on a daily basis with minimal guidance. You hold yourself accountable for your result and never blame others
• Versatile: Able to wear many hats and work on many different types of projects in the business side, i.e., inbound sales, outbound business development / partnership
• Experienced: At least 2 years of experience in sales and surety bonds. Having Property & Casualty insurance license is required for this role

What you’ll do

• Convert inbound leads into sales by quickly responding via text, phone, or email to customers who have requested a quote on our website
• Make cold calls, make physical visit to customers, attend conferences/events and other outbound channels to earn customers
• Maintain customer's account information in Salesforce, documenting conversations in activity log, sending confirmations to customers, and adhering to all other automation procedures
• Perform clerical and administrative tasks related to bond servicing; e.g. sending bond forms to customers, indemnity form signature requests, submitting invoices / taking payment, and processing general bond rider requests
• Provide meaningful input to our product & engineering team to improve our product

Compensations

• On Target Earning of $100,000 includes base salary and commissions
• Equity in the company

Location

• Los Angeles metropolitan area hybrid role
• 4 days in office & WFH Wednesdays

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance

News about SuretyNow

Y Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/suretynow

Business Insider: https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/austin-based-suretynow-introduces-surety-bonding-solution-for-small-businesses-and-contractors-1032614607

Trustpilot: https://www.trustpilot.com/review/www.suretynow.com

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $75,000.00 - $120,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Supplemental pay types:

• Commission pay

Weekly day range:

• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Work setting:

• In-person
• Office

License/Certification:

• Insurance Producer License (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Los Angeles, CA (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Los Angeles, CA: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Willingness to travel:

• 25% (Required)

Work Location: In person