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# VP, Strategic Accounts at Federato

- **Company:** Federato
- **Location:** Remote
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-07-27
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/federato/jobs/5368088008

## Job description

There's nothing more exciting than transforming an industry that's been stagnant for decades.

[Federato](https://www.federato.ai/) is an AI-native platform that’s bringing agentic AI to the full policy lifecycle. We’re aggressively transforming how insurance work gets done, and the world is paying attention: we've raised $180 million, including a $100 million Series D from Goldman Sachs. We have powerful product-market fit, and we're growing fast globally.

You'll get to work on complex problems with one of the most advanced AI teams you'll find anywhere. If you're the person we need, you know that AI bolted onto legacy systems is too weak to matter. That's why we built our platform to be AI-native from day one. That's why you can do here what you can never do at a legacy software company. move fast and prove it, not theorize it. We think from first principles. You’ll work on problems that matter, building software that fundamentally changes how insurance operates.

Role Overview:

Federato is looking for a VP of Strategic Accounts to help lead our push into the largest, most complex carriers and MGAs in the P&C and specialty insurance market. This is a priority hire for our sales organization and one of the most senior individual contributor seats on the team. You'll report directly to our CRO while working closely with the broader go-to-market team to build and close a pipeline of strategic, enterprise-level relationships, then partner with Forward Deployed Engineering, Product, and Customer Success to ensure those accounts land and expand successfully.

What you'll be doing:

- Own the full sales cycle for our largest, most strategic prospects — from initial relationship-building through executive alignment, negotiation, and close.
- Build deep, trusted relationships inside complex organizations, often navigating multiple stakeholders (underwriting, IT, operations, and C-suite) across long, multi-quarter sales cycles.
- Develop and execute account strategies for named strategic accounts, including identifying champions, mapping decision-making structures, and tailoring value propositions to each carrier's or MGA's unique risk appetite and portfolio goals.
- Partner closely with Forward Deployed Engineering and Customer Success to ensure a smooth handoff post-close and support long-term account health and expansion.
- Represent Federato credibly to senior insurance executives, translating our AI-native platform and its business value into language that resonates with underwriting and executive leadership.
- Collaborate with product and marketing to bring customer and market feedback back into the business.
- Act as a model for sales excellence on the team, contributing playbooks and best practices as Federato continues to scale its go-to-market motion

Who We Hope You Are:

- 8-10+ years of quota-carrying, enterprise/strategic B2B SaaS sales experience, with a track record of closing large, complex deals with long sales cycles.
- A demonstrated ability to build trust and credibility inside large, complex organizations — comfortable navigating multiple stakeholders and long decision-making processes.
- Insurance or InsureTech experience is a strong plus, but not required. We're just as interested in strong enterprise sellers from adjacent regulated or complex industries (fintech, healthcare, data/AI, etc.) who can quickly embed themselves in a new vertical.
- A track record of stability and sustained performance — we look for people who've built deep expertise and strong results over multiple years in a role.
- Comfortable operating as a senior individual contributor in a fast-moving startup environment, including candidates coming from larger, more structured organizations who are ready for that shift.
- Strong executive presence and consultative selling skills — able to speak credibly to both technical and business stakeholders.
- Self-motivated and resourceful; excited to help build the playbook for strategic accounts at Federato rather than inherit an established one.

Our base salary for this role is targeted at $170,000 to $200,000 with OTE ranging from $340,000 to $400,000. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate location, experience and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed above. Total compensation package does include stock options, benefits and additional perks.

Here at Federato, your capabilities are important, but culture fit is quintessential. We move fast, are eager to listen to our users, take a first principles approach to solving problems, and value learning and the ability to change our minds. Most importantly, we're here to have fun. Our ability to make a difference starts with our people. We would love to work with you!

We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability status. We will provide reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation at talent@federato.ai Here at Federato, your capabilities are important, but culture fit is essential. We move fast, are eager to listen to our users, take a first principles approach to solving problems, and value learning and the ability to change our minds. Most importantly, we're here to have fun. Our ability to make a difference starts with our people. We would love to work with you!

We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability status. We will provide reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation at talent@federato.ai

## About Federato

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Federato provides an AI-native underwriting platform for the property & casualty (P&C) insurance industry, using agentic AI and deep reinforcement learning to help carriers, MGAs, and mutuals optimize portfolio performance across the full policy lifecycle.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series D, $100M raised in Nov 2025.)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, CA, USA
- **Founded**: 2020
- **Founders**: Will Ross (CEO) and William Steenbergen (CTO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Insurance Technology (Insurtech), Enterprise SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
- **Target customers**: P&C insurance carriers, Managing General Agents (MGAs), MGA Aggregators, and Mutual insurance companies (B2B, Enterprise).
- **Mission or purpose statement**: Through the use of bleeding-edge deep reinforcement learning and AI, we enable insurers to provide efficient and affordable coverage to underserved communities, people, and organizations in the face of societal issues and risks like the climate crisis, cyber attacks, and social inflation.

## Products & Services
- **Federato RiskOps Platform**: An AI-native SaaS platform that spans the full policy lifecycle. It uses a tiered approach to AI underwriting - from basic triage and AI Decision Support to Supervised AI Underwriting (automatically quoting deals within guardrails for audit) and fully **Agentic AI Underwriting** that drafts complete, explained quotes for underwriter review in seconds. The platform provides a single-pane-of-glass view of workflows, real-time portfolio visibility, and dynamic strategy alignment to prevent “strategy drift.”

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed.
- **Key Metric**: **Total Funding: $180M** across 5 rounds (Pre-Seed, Series A $15M, Series B $25M, Series C $40M, Series D $100M). **Annual Revenue**: Estimated at $37M.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Goldman Sachs Alternatives (led Series D), Pear VC (led Pre-Seed), Emergence Capital (led Series A), Caffeinated Capital (led Series B), StepStone Group (led Series C). Cloud partner: Google Cloud. Customer: QBE North America.
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew **~98.3% year-over-year** to ~190 employees. Has active job postings for 19 roles across Engineering, Sales, Customer Success, and Marketing. Expanded into UK and Canadian markets with dedicated sales directors.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Agentic AI “Built In, Not Bolted On”**: The platform is deeply native to the insurance workflow, using deep reinforcement learning and LLMs to not just rank deals but execute quoting and provide reasoning, with a tiered automation maturity model.
- **Real-time Portfolio Optimization**: Differentiator vs. legacy core systems (described as “the problem”). Allows insurers to dynamically shift appetite and see real-time goal progress, solving the “strategy drift” problem where less than 25% of bound risk aligns with strategy.
- **Customer Results**: Claims a **90% reduction in time to quote**, an **89% reduction in systems used**, a **30% lift in high-appetite premiums**, and a **50% increased hit ratio**.

## Strategic Focus
- **Expansion & Market Penetration**: Actively scaling internationally (UK, Australia/ANZ) and across different insurance segments (MGAs, Mutuals, Carriers).
- **Product Maturity**: Pushing towards “Maturity Level 5” (Full autonomous AI underwriting within guardrails). Heavy investment in Forward Deployed Engineering and Machine Learning to customize and integrate the platform with large carrier legacy systems.
- **Talent Acquisition**: Aggressively hiring across technical roles (Staff Software Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineers, ML Engineers) and go-to-market roles (Sales Directors for ANZ and UK, Customer Success) to support rapid growth.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Values**: Described as “putting the ‘service’ back into enterprise SaaS” with deep insurance subject matter expertise. Rated **4.3/5 on Glassdoor** (Culture: 4.2, Career: 4.5, Compensation: 4.5).
- **Remote-First**: The vast majority of roles are listed as **Remote** (US, Canada, UK, Australia). Significant technical team presence in Canada (13% of workforce) and commercial presence in the UK.
- **Engineering Excellence**: The company is tackling hard technical problems at the intersection of deep RL, large language models, and enterprise workflows, offering a chance to work on “bleeding-edge” AI in a high-stakes industry. Heavy focus on Forward Deployed Engineering and ML.
- **Growth Trajectory**: With 100%+ headcount growth, $180M in funding, and a massive total addressable market (legacy core system replacement), the company offers strong career advancement potential.
- **Team**: Leadership includes veterans from top SaaS companies (Emergence Capital-backed) and deep insurance domain expertise.

## Sources
1. [federato.ai](https://www.federato.ai/)
2. [federato.ai/about](https://www.federato.ai/about)
3. [linkedin.com/company/federato](https://www.linkedin.com/company/federato)
4. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/federato](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/federato)

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