Full-Time

Manager – Growth

Growth

Posted on 8/13/2025

Kalepa

Kalepa

51-200 employees

AI-powered underwriting decision support platform

Compensation Overview

$140k - $170k/yr

New York, NY, USA

In Person

Category
Business & Strategy (2)
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Required Skills
Data Analysis
Requirements
  • 5+ years in a client-facing enterprise SaaS, growth, consulting, sales engineering, or technical sales/solutions role
  • Based in the greater New York City area
  • Hustle mindset - you remove obstacles, take initiative, and find ways to get things done
  • Commercially oriented, data-driven, and excited to scale a world-class SaaS product
  • A natural relationship-builder who champions the voice of our clients
  • Comfortable navigating ambiguity in a fast-paced startup environment
  • Strong communicator with a focus on transparency and action - you value open, frank, and respectful communication
Responsibilities
  • Foster and own trust-based relationships with underwriters and executives alike
  • Master Kalepa's Copilot SaaS platform
  • Prepare and deliver presentations to C-level executives
  • Plan, execute, and lead client user training
  • Leverage large datasets to analyze the impact on client KPIs
  • Lead 1:1 and group user sessions to gather feedback, educate, and ensure clients are getting the utmost value from Copilot
  • Coordinate with Kalepa’s Product team to support Copilot’s growth via issue identification, remediation tracking, and enhancement drafting
Desired Qualifications
  • InsurTech or FinTech experience
  • Experience at a venture-backed startup during hypergrowth
  • Analytics background and experience with SQL

Kalepa provides an AI-powered decision support platform called Copilot for commercial insurance underwriters. It combines artificial and human intelligence to identify true hazards and exposures in businesses, helping underwriters make more accurate risk assessments and pricing. The platform is offered as a software-as-a-service (SaaS) to specialty carriers and other commercial insurers, enabling them to write new and renewal business more efficiently. Copilot works by blending data-driven insights with expert review to guide underwriting decisions, reducing time to quote and improving binding rates. Kalepa differentiates itself by integrating AI with human judgment to focus on real-world hazards and exposures, delivering measurable improvements in underwriting speed and accuracy. The company’s goal is to help insurance carriers reduce anticipated losses and operate more efficiently, ultimately increasing profitability through better risk selection and pricing.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$14M

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2018

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Merchants Insurance Group adopted Copilot to streamline underwriting triage.
  • Beyond Risk selected platform to automate intake and boost MGA growth.
  • Kalepa Insurance Services launched excess casualty MGA with Everspan.

What critics are saying

  • Shift Technology's end-to-end AI erodes hybrid Copilot model.
  • Everspan's A- downgrade halts Kalepa MGA capacity in 6-12 months.
  • Munich Re and Arch build in-house AI, terminating subscriptions.

What makes Kalepa unique

  • Copilot combines AI and human intelligence for precise commercial underwriting.
  • Platform triages submissions, prioritizing profitable risks for underwriters.
  • Trusted by Arch, Munich Re, Paragon, and Bowhead Specialty.

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Benefits

Competitive salary

Significant equity options package

100% covered medical, 100% covered vision and dental

20 days of PTO a year.

Global team offsites

Healthy living/gym stipend.

Mobile phone bill stipend

Continuing education credits

Home office stipend

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-1%

1 year growth

-3%

2 year growth

-7%
FF News
Aug 9th, 2024
Merchants Insurance Group Selects Kalepa’S Copilot Underwriting Platform To Power Underwriting Excellence

Merchants Insurance Group, a leading mutual insurance company based in Buffalo, NY, has chosen Kalepa‘s Copilot underwriting platform to elevate its commercial underwriting capabilities. This strategic partnership underscores Kalepa’s continued rapid growth and Merchants’ long-standing commitment to underwriting excellence.Charles Makey, President and CEO of Merchants Insurance Group, expressed enthusiasm about the collaboration, stating, “As we embark on our next century of serving policyholders, it’s imperative that we invest in cutting-edge solutions like Copilot to navigate evolving risks and market dynamics effectively. Copilot’s underwriting capabilities align with our commitment to providing tailored coverage and exceptional service to our agents, our policyholders, and our communities.”Joe Meyer, Senior Vice President of Underwriting, Product Management, and Corporate Programs at Merchants Insurance Group, highlighted ways that Copilot drives value from day one, saying, “Thanks to Copilot, we can streamline our underwriting processes immediately, and our underwriters can make even better risk decisions with greater confidence. With Copilot managing our triage process, our underwriters know exactly which submissions to prioritize and can focus their time on the risks most likely to bind profitably.”“We had heard fantastic feedback about Copilot from one of our program partners, so we knew we had to explore adopting it ourselves,” said Paul Musialowski, Director of Corporate Programs at Merchants Insurance Group. “Copilot doesn’t just scratch the surface; it dives deep into every risk, uncovering exposures and providing recommendations with full transparency and clear evidence. With Copilot, we have confidence that we’re equipped with the information we need to make informed decisions and underwrite with precision.”“We are excited to partner with Merchants Insurance Group to power their ambitions for many years to come,” said Paul Monasterio, CEO of Kalepa, “Mutual insurance companies like Merchants play a vital role in our industry, and we are proud that Copilot is the underwriting platform of choice for mutual insurers everywhere

Coverager
Jul 11th, 2022
Kalepa Forms New Mga

Kalepa, a NY-based insurance startup providing an AI-powered decision support platform for commercial insurance underwriters, has formed a new MGA. Kalepa Insurance Services, which is led by Connie Germano, will focus on small and midmarket policyholders, with policies distributed through wholesale broker partnerships. The MGA will underwrite excess casualty risks using Everspan paper, a susbsidiary of Ambac Financial Group

Cision
Jul 11th, 2022
Kalepa Launches Potent Combination Of Ai And Expert Underwriting To...

Kalepa Corporation is pleased to announce the launch of Kalepa Insurance Services (KIS), an insurance offering with capacity through a program partnership with specialty insurer Everspan Group, Rated “A-” by AM Best. With the program, KIS combines the power and speed of Kalepa's proprietary AI-powered Copilot software with deep underwriting expertise to offer insurance solutions in a marketplace in need of capacity. The excess casualty program at KIS, which is writing business effective immediately, focuses on small and mid-market insureds, with policies distributed through exclusive wholesale broker partnerships. A variety of industries are in appetite

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