Director of Legal, Honeycomb
$150-190k
+ 20% Bonus and ISO stock options
More information about location
3 days a week in office (New York City, NY)
Computer vision & AI-powered real estate insurance
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Computer vision & AI-powered real estate insurance
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
$150-190k
+ 20% Bonus and ISO stock options
More information about location
3 days a week in office (New York City, NY)
101-200 employees
Company mission
To bring simplicity and transparency to real estate insurance.
Role
Who you are
- J.D. from a prestigious law school, admitted to practice in relevant jurisdictions
- 5+ years of legal experience, ideally in the insurance or insurtech industry, and significant experience advising high-growth companies
- Deep familiarity with U.S. insurance regulation (state licensing, MGA/agency models, P&C underwriting, distribution/agent relationships), plus exposure to tech/data/privacy/regulatory matters
- Strong commercial mindset: you thrive on partnering with business stakeholders (product, underwriting, marketing, operations, sales, partnerships) to enable growth while protecting the company
- Track record of building and scaling legal teams and operating systems at a growth-stage company
- Excellent communicator (written and verbal), able to simplify legal risk into actionable business recommendations
- High integrity, strong sense of ownership, and able to make timely decisions in a fast-paced, scaling environment
- Comfortable operating globally (US + Israel base/resourcing) and cross-functionally across operations, marketing, HR, and risk
- Preferred: Prior experience working for or with startup/tech-enabled insurers/insurtechs; experience in multi-state licensing
- Embraces our culture: takes full ownership, challenges the status quo, readily adapts (Flexibility), stays focused on what matters, prioritizes “we” over “I”, and acts with urgency
- Comfortable in a start-up/scale-up environment with ambiguity and rapid change
- Collaborative, builds strong relationships across functions and geographies
- Continuous improvement mindset: always looking to refine legal processes, enhance operational efficiency, and embed craftsmanship
- Maintains highest ethical standards — as we’re an insurance business with regulatory/regime risk, trust and integrity are non-negotiable
- Hybrid availability: Must be able to work from our NYC office three days per week (Tuesday through Thursday)
What the job involves
- As Director of Legal, you will lead Honeycomb’s legal strategy and operations. You will be a key partner to senior leadership, enabling the business to scale rapidly while maintaining strong risk-managed, rights-protected operations
- Provide legal counsel to the SLT on business initiatives, product launches, partnerships, regulatory/licensing matters, fundraising, fronting carriers and re-insurers, corporate governance, contracts, and risk
- Lead and oversee internal and external legal partners in areas such as commercial contracts, licensing, regulatory filings, corporate governance, intellectual property, data privacy and security, employment law, litigation management, and external counsel coordination
- Assist the growth agenda: entering new states, new product lines, new jurisdictions — legal readiness, and enablement
- Build, scale, and mature our legal infrastructure, processes, and operating system in alignment with “HiveOS” (Honeycomb’s Organizational Operating System): establish legal playbooks, standard contract templates, approval workflows, KPI dashboard, stakeholder servicing levels
- Partner with InfoSec Officer and the Director of Compliance to ensure legal support for Insurance-related programs and operations, cyber, privacy, and data-governance risks
- Act as a trusted advisor, translating complex legal/regulatory issues into business-friendly advice and decisions — enabling the business to move fast without compromising quality
- Monitor relevant regulatory and legal developments (insurance law, P&C regulations, insurtech legislation, data/privacy) and proactively advise the business on emerging risk and opportunities
- Interact directly with carriers, reinsurers, MGAs, wholesalers, partners, agencies, and vendors to reach amicable ‘red line’ resolutions
- Oversight of external legal spend; negotiate engagement terms; ensure cost-effectiveness and quality outcomes
Our take
With many real estate insurers relying on a generalized approach, homeowners and landlords often have to pick up the slack when it comes to complex and serious claims. Plus, insuring properties against rising costs in the US means many insurers simply won't cover a large portion of homes.
Honeycomb Insurance aims to remedy these real estate coverage issues using AI and computer vision to quantify insurance claim costs. It analyzes aerial photographs of building roofs and street-level shots to analyze quality and risk, thus removing the need for expensive physical inspections. This means the company can accurately underwrite risks in a fraction of the time, and deliver a better service to more consumers.
The value of its offerings is reflected in its expansion to 18 states, now covering over 60% of the US population and insuring more than $35B in assets. And substantial funding is fueling its growth into new insurance markets and accelerating its AI-powered technology, as the company continues to scale its impact in the commercial real estate insurance space.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
May 2024
$36m
SERIES B
Jan 2022
$15.4m
SERIES A
Total funding: $54.7m
Company HQ
East Garfield Park, Chicago, IL
Leadership
Itai Ben-Zakai
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously an Advisor at IT-Farm VC and SafeDK. Was also Co-Founder and CEO at Comprendi, and a Senior Director at Quin Street.
Nimrod Sadt
(Co-Founder & CTO)Previously Co-Founder and CTO at HotelRatePRO. Was also Senior Application Development Engineer at Applied Materials and a Software Engineer at Intel Corporation.
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