Business Development

What We Do

Yesterday's insurance wasn't built for today's risk. We see it in the data and we feel it in the field. Emerging technology can reinvent how risk is priced and managed, faster and smarter, anchored in proven expertise. First-movers will define the next era of commercial risk management, and Shepherd is building it.

Shepherd is a technology-driven Managing General Underwriter (MGU) transforming commercial Property & Casualty insurance for high-hazard industries. Our mission is to make risk frictionless for the builders and operators shaping the physical world, protecting progress from concept through construction and into decades of operation.

We're building the fastest, smartest commercial risk platform, where underwriting expertise, data, and automation work together to deliver:

Faster decisions

Smarter, more accurate pricing

Better risk outcomes

With Shepherd, safety, speed, and quality no longer trade off against one another. They compound. We're not just modernizing insurance products. We're building the risk infrastructure for the next generation of financial services, where technology, underwriting, and partnerships operate in harmony to support the world's most important industries and the progress they make possible.

Our Investors

In March 2026, Shepherd raised a $42M Series B — bringing total funding to over $60M — led by Intact Private Capital, the investment arm of one of the largest insurers in the world. Intact is not only our lead investor but also a carrier partner, a testament to the confidence the incumbent industry has in what we're building. Our investors:

Intact Private Capital , led our Series B round

Costanoa Ventures , led our Series A round

Spark Capital , led our Seed round

Susa Ventures , lead our Pre-Seed round

Y Combinator

And several others

Our Team

We're a team of technologists and insurance enthusiasts, bridging the two worlds together. Check out our About page to learn more.

About You

Business Development at Shepherd is about building deep, lasting relationships with our broker partners. We’re looking for experienced sales professionals to help us grow by aligning Shepherd’s products, technology, and underwriting expertise with the goals of leading construction-focused brokerages. Your mission: drive broker success and unlock growth by bringing Shepherd’s most compelling ideas to market.

This is a unique and exciting opportunity to join a dynamic early stage startup experiencing rapid growth across a diverse set of product offerings.

You would be our dream candidate if…

5+ years experience in selling insurance or in a wholesale brokerage capacity

Comfort with Casualty, Builder’s Risk, and construction-related coverages

Active P&C / Surplus Lines license

Existing relationships with retail brokers

Self-starter with an entrepreneurial mindset

Thrives in a fast-paced, high-growth environment

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Excellent presentation and storytelling ability

Quick to learn technical insurance and software concepts

Highly organized; able to manage multiple priorities simultaneously

About the Role

Shepherd is building a better and faster way to underwrite commercial insurance for high-hazard businesses, including using novel data sources and applying AI to reduce administrative inefficiencies for underwriting and servicing teams. Our products are supported by a full-stack platform purpose built to launch and support everything from submission intake to policy issuance. Shepherd leverages its technology to make quick, informed, underwriting decisions.

Develop new broker relationships through a mix of inbound leads and targeted outbound outreach

Identify high-potential targets for strategic outbound campaigns

Consistently meet goals for qualified opportunities, pipeline value, and closed business

Track, report, and manage all sales activity in coordination with the broader BD team

Own post-sale engagement and success for Shepherd’s broker partners through strong relationships, planning, and product expertise

Serve as the primary point of contact for broker satisfaction and long-term growth

Maintain deep fluency in Shepherd’s insurance products and technology platform; tailor positioning to broker needs

Proactively identify risks to broker success and work cross-functionally to resolve

Travel up to 30% based on territory and broker footprint

#LI-Onsite

How we work

Shepherd runs on four values. Here's what each one means in this seat.

Think big, build big. We exist to protect progress and the industries that rely on it. The work here is aimed at a system that runs on its own, and the roadmap gets sequenced backward from that rather than forward from what's easy.

Win together. We rise as one. We support each other, raise the bar, and celebrate collective success. As the first PM you set a standard the rest of the team inherits, and the milestones belong to the team rather than to product.

Cross the aisle. Collaboration wins. We listen deeply, work across boundaries, and prioritize shared success over individual lanes. The best product calls here come from engineers who've sat with underwriters and underwriters who understand where the model breaks, and much of this job is listening closely enough on both sides to make that happen.

Go get it. We act with urgency, move with confidence, take smart risks, and push forward with intention. Nobody hands you the roadmap, the data, or the meeting invite. You pull the failing runs, book the time with the underwriters, and decide what matters.

Benefits

• 🏥 Premium Healthcare
• 100% contribution to top-tier health, dental, and vision

🥕 Fertility benefits and family building support

• 🏖️ Unlimited PTO
• Flexibility to take the time off, recharge, and perform

• 🥗 Daily lunches, dinners, and snacks
• We work together, and enjoy meals together too

🖥️ SF, NYC, Dallas-Fort Worth, Chicago and LA Offices

• 📚 Professional Development
• Access to premium coaching, including leadership development

🏦 Competitive 401(k) Plan

• 🐶 Dog-friendly office
• Plenty of dogs to play with and make friends with in the SF office