Sales Executive

Posted Aug 10

Kalepa is an award-winning AI software company transforming the trillion-dollar commercial insurance industry. Our state-of-the-art AI Copilot platform empowers underwriters to make smarter, faster, and more accurate decisions, so insurers can grow their top and bottom lines while business owners get the coverage they need.

Copilot is delivering real, tangible impact to insurers from day 1, and underwriters rave about it. . “[They] don't know if [they] could function doing daily underwriting without having it.” and they assert that "not only is Kalepa’s technology miles ahead of other vendors, but when it came to driving real impact on our business, there [is] no competition."

Kalepa’s Copilot powers insurers of all sizes, including +$10B carriers like Arch and Munich Re, hypergrowth MGAs like Bowhead Specialty and Paragon, and small regional insurers like North Star Mutual. 

At Kalepa, you'll join a team of doers who are passionate about innovating and winning. We are a fast-moving group with high expectations for every person we hire and everything we build. 

Join us if you want to be a crucial part of a company whose AI actually works.

Base Salary: $80K - $145K

Target Commission: $200K (uncapped)

Equity: 0.01% to 0.15%

Kalepa is looking for exceptional Sales Executives with 5+ years of enterprise sales experience to help spearhead our commercial growth and secure new relationships with leading US insurers. We are a VC-backed, remote-friendly startup delivering software to transform and disrupt commercial insurance. Our HQ is located in New York City.

Candidate will join a winning team and contribute directly to our rapidly growing client base. You will be expected to own the sales lifecycle and execute against Kalepa’s sales playbook: initiating contact with key decision-makers and P&L owners at large insurance carriers, demonstrating key proof points and value creation from the first sales meeting and, ultimately, negotiating initial agreements so we can land rapidly and deliver ongoing value to our clients. Kalepa’s clients include 3 of the 15 largest insurance carriers in the United States whose underwriters and underwriting leaders use Copilot to achieve Efficient Frontier Insurance: highly profitable, transparent, and fast-growing books of business.

About you:

  • You have 5+ years of enterprise SaaS sales experience, driving new logo sales with top tier companies.
  • You have an experience at an early-stage startup during hypergrowth
  • You love to hustle: finding ways to get things done, destroying obstacles, and never taking no for an answer. The words “it can’t be done” don’t exist in your vocabulary.
  • You are passionate, deeply motivated and have a strong will to win. You are excited about bringing a world-class solution to clients and to helping them win in-market.
  • You are an excellent listener. You are perceptive to clients’ strategic priorities and business considerations. You serve as a trusted thought partner and always look ways to enable clients further with our Copilot solution.
  • You are methodical, organized and adept at utilizing CRM and other sales tools.
  • You value open, frank, and respectful communication.

As a plus:

  • FinTech experience and/or experience selling into insurers

What you’ll get

  • Competitive salary (based on experience level).
  • Significant equity options package.
  • Work with an ambitious, smart, global, and fun team to transform a $1T global industry.
  • 20 days of PTO a year.
  • Global team offsites.
  • 100% covered PPO medical, 100% covered vision and dental for individuals and families.
  • Healthy living/gym stipend. Mobile phone bill stipend.
  • Continuing education credits.
  • 401(k) plan with employer contribution (regardless of employee contribution)

Kalepa's team members bring experience from top technology, including Facebook, Google, Amazon, Mastercard, and Uber. Kalepa is backed by IA Ventures (early investors in Datadog, Wise, Better, Digital Ocean, TheTradeDesk, Flatiron Health, Komodo Health, etc.); former Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker’s Inspired Capital; and leaders in financial services and technology, including Gokul Rajaram from Doordash, Coinbase, and Square, Jackie Reses from Square, Affirm, and Alibaba, and Henry Ward from Carta.