Founding Head of Markets: Build Market Access & Growth

Hedge (YC P26); San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 125,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Equity

Job summary

Hedge is seeking a founding Head of Markets to build and operate the market-access foundation behind our distribution platform. You will own carrier and MGA appointments, capacity strategy, and the operational readiness required to place business.

You will establish market relationships, negotiate partnerships, and drive activation across portals, submissions, and codes, partnering with brokers, underwriting, product, and compliance to enable scalable placement.

Responsibilities

• Build a market strategy around demand, appetite gaps, and placement economics.
• Source and negotiate carrier, MGA, MGU, program, and delegated-authority relationships.
• Drive appointment, contracting, portal, and submission-route activation.
• Maintain records of authority, appetite, commission, and operational constraints.
• Partner with brokers, underwriting, product, and compliance to enable market access.
• Measure placement performance and improve the portfolio.

Skills

Market strategy

Carrier relationships

MGA relationships

Negotiation

Portfolio management

Job description

Hedge is seeking a founding Head of Markets to build and operate the market-access foundation behind our distribution platform. You will own carrier and MGA appointments, capacity strategy, and the operational readiness required to place business.

You will establish market relationships, negotiate partnerships, and drive activation across portals, submissions, and codes, partnering with brokers, underwriting, product, and compliance to enable scalable placement.