# Founding Growth & Ops Lead

**Company:** [Fernstone](https://zerogtalent.com/ai-companies/fernstone)
**Location:** New York City
**Work mode:** On-site
**Seniority:** Mid
**Employment type:** Full Time
**Salary:** USD 90K–130K/yr
**Category:** Business & Finance
**Listed:** 2026-09-24

[View and apply on Zero G Talent](https://zerogtalent.com/ai-jobs/fernstone/founding-growth-ops-lead-111987)

## What you'll do

- Own, launch, grow core industry vertical
- Partner with carriers to place coverage, transact policies
- Translate operations into scalable agent-led workflows

## What you need

- 2-4+ yrs operational rigor in high-growth startup/consulting/banking
- Built something before; ownership, ambiguity, fast execution
- Impressive professional, academic, or competitive achievements

## Job description

**Fernstone is building a new kind of insurance company: we combine AI with expert advisors to place insurance faster and at better terms.**

Insurance is a $1T category that still runs on pen and paper. We believe AI will fundamentally reshape how insurance is bought, sold, and serviced.

We’ve raised $3M from YCombinator and other notable investors.

Fernstone was founded by [**James**](http://bookface.ycombinator.com/user/737672/linkedin_redirect?key=f4f026c4cd7e51d1014e2de378f0e60f559cb6ac) (BCG, Traba, UChicago), and [**Bryant**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryant-le-3884a7134/) (Google, SentiLink, Vanderbilt). We work in-person in our NYC office.

**Since the start of the year we’ve grown from 0 to 500+ customers** – we’ve built a compelling product, and now we are scaling it up to reach thousands more.

As Founding Growth & Ops Lead, your scope will span Growth, Operations, and Product:

-   **Growth** : own, launch, and grow an industry vertical core to our business
-   **Operations** : partner with insurance carriers to place coverage and transact on policies
-   **Product** : transmit operations work into scalable, agent-led workflows

We’ll be most excited if you:

-   Have 2 - 4+ years working on a team that requires operational rigor and analytical excellence (high-growth startup, consulting, banking/PE, or similar)
-   Have built something before and are excited about ownership, ambiguity, and fast execution
-   Have accomplished impressive things in your life, whether professionally, academically, competitively, or otherwise

This is a founding role, and that is reflected in scope, equity, and upside.

## Other open roles at Fernstone

- [Founding Engineer](https://zerogtalent.com/ai-jobs/fernstone/founding-engineer-112215) — New York City
- [Growth & Operations Analyst](https://zerogtalent.com/ai-jobs/fernstone/growth-operations-analyst-112216) — New York City
- [Founding Sales Development Representative](https://zerogtalent.com/ai-jobs/fernstone/founding-sales-development-representative-111398) — New York, NY, US

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