Flex - Senior Director, New Verticals Sales (Auto Insurance)
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Requirements
• 10+ years of experience in enterprise sales, business development, or strategic partnerships, with meaningful experience selling into or partnering with auto insurance carriers and independent agencies • 10+ years of experience in enterprise sales, business development, or strategic partnerships, • Deep knowledge of the auto insurance market — you understand how personal lines carriers and agencies operate, how premium payment and installment programs are structured, and where embedded payment flexibility creates value for policyholders and partners alike • Deep knowledge of the auto insurance market • A track record of closing complex, first-of-kind enterprise deals in new markets, ideally involving embedded financial products, premium financing, or consumer payment programs in high-ACV, multi-stakeholder environments • A track record of closing complex, first-of-kind enterprise deals • Executive presence and influence — you have operated confidently at the C-suite level, building trust with senior decision-makers at carriers and agencies and navigating complex organizations to drive deals to close • Executive presence and influence • Strong financial and legal acumen — you can build and defend deal models, structure partnership economics, and negotiate agreements with commercial rigor and an understanding of insurance regulatory considerations • Strong financial and legal acumen • High agency and comfort with ambiguity — you define your own approach in undefined spaces, bring clarity and momentum to evolving situations, and set the agenda rather than waiting for direction • High agency and comfort with ambiguity • Proven cross-functional leadership — you have aligned Product, Engineering, and Marketing around partner priorities and used those relationships to accelerate deal outcomes and improve the product • Proven cross-functional leadership • Fluency with AI-assisted sales tools as a core part of your workflow — you use them to sharpen competitive intelligence, personalize outreach at scale, and drive more efficient pipeline management • Fluency with AI-assisted sales tools
Responsibilities
• Build Flex’s go-to-market strategy for the auto insurance vertical — identifying the highest-value partner segments across personal lines carriers, independent agencies, and insurtechs, and building the pipeline to pursue them • Build Flex’s go-to-market strategy for the auto insurance vertical • Lead enterprise sales development end-to-end, from prospecting and executive relationship-building through term sheet negotiation, contract execution, and go-live • Lead enterprise sales development • Serve as a credible, trusted advisor to C-level and senior decision-makers at target organizations, deeply understanding their strategic priorities and articulating exactly how Flex creates value for their policyholders and their business • Close deals by owning complex, multi-stakeholder deal negotiations — structuring partnership economics that work for both parties while navigating legal, compliance, and procurement processes with urgency • Close deals • Shepherd each partnership from signed agreement through technical deployment and go-live, working closely with Product and Engineering to ensure strong execution and early performance metrics • Shepherd each partnership • Translate partner feedback and competitive dynamics in the auto insurance market into actionable input for Product, Marketing, and Pricing — continuously sharpening Flex’s positioning and offering • Translate partner feedback • Build the auto insurance sales playbook — documenting learnings, establishing scalable processes, and developing the repeatable partner acquisition motion that enables efficient growth beyond initial market entry • Build the auto insurance sales playbook • Leverage AI-assisted sales tools to drive pipeline efficiency, inform competitive strategy, and accelerate deal progression at scale • Leverage AI-assisted sales tools
Benefits
• Flex takes a market-based approach to pay, and compensation may vary depending on your primary work location. Work locations are categorized into one of three tiers based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be commensurate with their experience, qualifications, and Flex’s internal leveling guidelines and benchmarks. • Senior Director, New Vertical Sales: $320,000-$400,000 OTE • Life at Flex • Life at Flex • We understand that it takes a diverse team of highly intelligent, curious, determined, empathetic, and self aware people to grow a successful company. Our HQ is located in New York City, but we have employees located throughout the US, Australia, Canada and South America. We are growing quickly, but deliberately, with a focus on building an inclusive culture. Our dynamic team has incredible perspectives to share, just as we know you do, and we take great pride in being an equal opportunity workplace. • Roles posted in New York, San Francisco, and Salt Lake City are hybrid positions with on-site expectations of 2-3 days per week in our local offices. For candidates outside of these areas, you may be eligible for our relocation assistance program. • Competitive medical, dental, and vision • 401(k) plan with company match • Unlimited paid time off + 13 company paid holidays • Flex Cares Program: Non-profit company match + pet adoption coverage • Free Flex subscription • For full-time non-U.S. employees, we offer: • Competitive compensation + company equity
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