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title: 'Director of Data at First Connect Insurance'
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# Director of Data at First Connect Insurance

- **Company:** First Connect Insurance
- **Location:** Tel Aviv, Israel
- **Posted:** 2026-06-10
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/firstconnectinsurance/jobs/5253345008

## Job description

We're hiring a Director of Data to lead First Connect's data function and build our data into a real competitive moat. You'll report to the CPO, manage and grow our lean data team, and partner across the leadership table. The role is roughly 70% Build & Operate, 30% Lead & Influence in year one, shifting toward 50/50 as the team scales.

## About First Connect

First Connect is an insurance marketplace and aggregator. We connect thousands of independent insurance agencies with a wide network of carriers, MGAs, and wholesalers. We sit at a vantage point neither agents nor carriers have on their own, and turning that asymmetric view into proprietary intelligence is one of the most important things we'll do over the next several years.

## What you'll do

- Lead and grow our data team. Set direction, raise the bar, make their job better.
- Make self-service analytics real across First Connect, so every leader gets to their answers without queuing behind the data team.
- Create a contracts-based partnership with the engineering teams producing source data.
- Build a core proprietary data asset that powers our internal and partner-facing experiences and anchors real conversations with our carriers.
- Own the data infrastructure roadmap and the question of how we evolve our data engineering investment over the next 12–24 months.
- Define how AI gets leveraged across our data stack and analytical workflows.
- Be the data partner the leadership team actually wants to call.

## Who you are

- You've led a data team inside a startup. You're a player-coach, comfortable writing SQL one day, pushing back on C-level the next. Startup experience is essential.
- You operate via contracts with source teams, not central ownership of every dataset. You've held source teams accountable for data quality.
- You're technically broad enough to make warehouse, ELT, and orchestration decisions. Fluent in the modern data stack: a major BI tool (Sigma, Looker, Mode, Hex), dbt, Postgres or Snowflake or BigQuery or Redshift, ingestion tooling like Fivetran.
- You have a real point of view on AI in data work and can describe what you'd try first.
- You connect data investments to revenue, cost, retention, and competitive position. You bring questions, not just answers.

## Nice to have

Insurance, Insurtech, or marketplace experience. Direct experience standing up a modern BI platform.

## About First Connect Insurance

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: First Connect is an all-in-one insurtech platform that empowers independent insurance agents with digital tools, carrier access, and streamlined workflows to grow their agencies.
- **Entity Type**: Private (acquired by Centana Growth Partners in November 2024) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/firstconnectinsuranceservices)
- **Headquarters**: Austin, Texas, United States [firstconnectinsurance.com](https://www.firstconnectinsurance.com/)
- **Founded**: 2014 [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/firstconnectinsuranceservices)
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Insurtech (Insurance Technology), Digital Distribution for Independent Insurance Agencies
- **Target customers**: B2B — Independent insurance agents and agencies across the U.S.
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "We’re on a mission to connect agents with the best insurance solutions while building a team of driven, innovative, and customer-focused professionals." [firstconnectinsurance.com](https://www.firstconnectinsurance.com/careers/)

## Products & Services
- **Carrier Marketplace (Carrier Store)**: A self-service platform providing access to 150+ insurance carrier and MGA partners across home, auto, commercial, life, and specialty lines. Zero onboarding or subscription fees. [firstconnectinsurance.com](https://www.firstconnectinsurance.com/)
- **Quote Connector**: A proprietary comparative rater that delivers fast, side-by-side quotes from multiple carriers, helping agents find the right coverage for clients. [firstconnectinsurance.com](https://www.firstconnectinsurance.com/)
- **Appetite Finder**: Real-time tool that maps carrier market appetite to client needs, helping agents quickly identify which carriers to approach in a dynamic insurance market. [firstconnectinsurance.com](https://www.firstconnectinsurance.com/)
- **Self-Service Dashboard**: Enables quoting, binding, and policy servicing directly from a single, intuitive platform. [firstconnectinsurance.com](https://www.firstconnectinsurance.com/)
- **Incentive & Bonus Programs**: Introductory offers, quarterly bonuses, sales contests, and exclusive carrier incentives. [firstconnectinsurance.com](https://www.firstconnectinsurance.com/)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed; acquired by Centana Growth Partners (November 2024) for $100M [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/firstconnectinsuranceservices)
- **Total Funding**: $48.0M (Private Equity round dated November 2024, led by Centana Growth Partners) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/firstconnectinsuranceservices)
- **Key Metric**: Surpassed $500 million in annual gross written premium in 2025 [firstconnectinsurance.com](https://www.firstconnectinsurance.com/blog/first-connect-inc-2026-best-workplaces/)
- **Revenue (Estimated)**: $631.8K (annual, according to third-party data; may not reflect actual top-line growth given premium volume) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/firstconnectinsuranceservices)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Centana Growth Partners (parent company); 150+ carrier and MGA partners [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/firstconnectinsuranceservices) [firstconnectinsurance.com](https://www.firstconnectinsurance.com/)
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - 71.6% YoY headcount growth (102 employees as of latest data) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/firstconnectinsuranceservices)
  - 5,710 LinkedIn followers with +47.7% yearly growth [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/firstconnectinsuranceservices)
  - Named to Inc.'s 2026 Best Workplaces list [firstconnectinsurance.com](https://www.firstconnectinsurance.com/blog/first-connect-inc-2026-best-workplaces/)
  - 95% of employees classified as "highly engaged" in confidential surveys [firstconnectinsurance.com](https://www.firstconnectinsurance.com/blog/first-connect-inc-2026-best-workplaces/)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Free platform with zero fees**: No onboarding, subscription, or hidden costs for agents — they keep more commissions. [firstconnectinsurance.com](https://www.firstconnectinsurance.com/)
- **Broad carrier access in one place**: 150+ carrier partners across multiple insurance lines (personal, commercial, life, specialty), reducing the need for multiple logins and relationships. [firstconnectinsurance.com](https://www.firstconnectinsurance.com/)
- **Proprietary technology**: Quote Connector comparative rater and Appetite Finder are differentiated tools that streamline quoting and market matching for agents. [firstconnectinsurance.com](https://www.firstconnectinsurance.com/)
- **Fast onboarding**: Average agent sign-up completed in 5 minutes; instant access to select carriers via one-click request. [firstconnectinsurance.com](https://www.firstconnectinsurance.com/)
- **Carrier partnerships + agent focus**: Acts as a true intermediary with incentives, exclusive offers, and dedicated support for agencies, not just a listing directory.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scaling platform adoption**: Rapidly growing premium volume (surpassed $500M GWP in 2025) and agent base. [firstconnectinsurance.com](https://www.firstconnectinsurance.com/blog/first-connect-inc-2026-best-workplaces/)
- **AI-powered capabilities**: Embedding AI into quoting workflows, market appetite matching, and carrier-agent collaboration to further differentiate. [firstconnectinsurance.com](https://www.firstconnectinsurance.com/blog/first-connect-inc-2026-best-workplaces/)
- **Global talent expansion**: Building engineering teams in Poland (remote) and product/leadership in Tel Aviv, with a growing U.S. presence. [firstconnectinsurance.com](https://www.firstconnectinsurance.com/careers/)
- **Post-acquisition growth**: Under Centana Growth Partners, likely focused on accelerating product development, expanding carrier partnerships, and increasing market share in the independent agent channel.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & engagement**: Named to Inc.'s 2026 Best Workplaces list with a 96% overall workplace score; 95% of employees are "highly engaged." The most-used word to describe the environment is "collaborative." [firstconnectinsurance.com](https://www.firstconnectinsurance.com/blog/first-connect-inc-2026-best-workplaces/)
- **Work model**: Remote and hybrid options available based on role and location. Roles open in the U.S. (remote, PST/MST/CST time zones preferred), Poland (remote), and Tel Aviv (hybrid). [firstconnectinsurance.com](https://www.firstconnectinsurance.com/careers/)
- **Total rewards**: Competitive compensation, equity, comprehensive health benefits, paid time off, parental leave, wellness programs, and mental health support. [firstconnectinsurance.com](https://www.firstconnectinsurance.com/careers/)
- **Values-driven culture**: Integrity & Transparency, Customer Focus, Innovate With Purpose, Team Camaraderie, Ownership, and Action Oriented. [firstconnectinsurance.com](https://www.firstconnectinsurance.com/careers/)
- **Growth opportunities**: Rapidly scaling company (70%+ headcount growth YoY) with career development paths and challenging work at the intersection of insurance and technology.
- **Open roles (as of July 2025)**: Engineering (Fullstack Engineer, Senior Backend Engineer in Poland), Product (Senior Product Manager in Poland), Marketing (Product Marketing Manager in U.S.), Sales (Account Manager, SDR, Strategic Account Manager in U.S.). [firstconnectinsurance.com](https://www.firstconnectinsurance.com/careers/)

## Sources
1. [First Connect Insurance Website](https://www.firstconnectinsurance.com/)
2. [First Connect Insurance Careers Page](https://www.firstconnectinsurance.com/careers/)
3. [LinkedIn Company Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/company/firstconnectinsuranceservices)
4. [Inc. Best Workplaces 2026 Announcement](https://www.firstconnectinsurance.com/blog/first-connect-inc-2026-best-workpl

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