Gyde Health, Inc.
Head of Origination Austin, Texas, United States, New York, New York, United Sta
Gyde Health, Inc., Austin, Texas, us, 78716
Austin, Texas, United States, New York, New York, United States
About Us The insurance broker is a critical, yet underleveraged asset within the healthcare value chain. Despite being the first point of contact for patients and providing critical guidance on everything from insurance plan selection to care navigation, many still rely on manual workflows and spreadsheets to run their business, and are unable to grow at their desired pace.
Gyde is building an AI-native brokerage platform by acquiring traditional agencies and supercharging them with workflow automation, voice and chat AI applications, and predictive product and plan selection guidance.
Our vision is to be the premier partner for ambitious agencies, streamlining their operations through the Gyde platform to enable their success in the current regulatory and technological paradigm shift.
Our founding team boasts pedigrees from Oscar, Stripe, Vista Equity Partners, Scale AI, and Spark Advisors. Lightspeed led Gyde’s Seed financing, with participation from Virtue and Crystal Venture Partners, and angels from Oscar, Uber, and more.
Role Summary As Head of Origination at Gyde, you will lead the strategy and execution of sourcing and deal origination initiatives that expand our business through acquisitions and new revenue opportunities. This role is less about individual deal‑making and more about building the teams, systems, and processes that enable Gyde to identify high‑value acquisition targets, nurture relationships, and generate a predictable pipeline of opportunities. You’ll balance high‑level strategy with hands‑on execution, working across functions to position Gyde as the partner of choice for ambitious agencies.
This role is ideal for a growth‑mindset leader with experience in private equity, LMM investing, or corporate development who thrives in ambiguity, enjoys building from zero to one, and is excited to manage a high‑performing sourcing and relationship team. You will report to Will Johnson, Co‑Founder & CEO.
Key Responsibilities
Deal Origination & Sourcing:
Lead efforts to identify, prioritize, and engage acquisition targets, leveraging networks, intermediaries, and research to generate high‑quality opportunities.
Pipeline & Relationship Management:
Build and maintain strong relationships with target companies, brokers, and partners, ensuring a consistent flow of acquisition opportunities.
Operational Excellence:
Design and implement systems, processes, and metrics to track sourcing performance, manage deal flow, and optimize conversion from target identification to engagement.
Team Leadership:
Directly manage a team focused on sourcing, outreach, and relationship‑building while serving as a key cross‑functional leader collaborating with Marketing, Operations, and Strategy teams to ensure aligned execution.
External Stakeholders:
Serve as a point of contact for investors, consultants, and strategic partners, representing Gyde’s vision and approach to growth.
What You Bring and Who You Are
5–8+ years of experience in private equity, LMM investing, corporate development, or other growth/sourcing‑focused roles.
Proven experience in deal origination, identifying acquisition targets, or leading sourcing initiatives.
Strong management experience—able to build, coach, and lead a high‑performing team.
Exceptional relationship‑building and networking skills; comfortable engaging with C‑level executives, owners, and intermediaries.
Analytical and data‑driven mindset; able to track KPIs, interpret results, and adjust strategies accordingly.
High degree of ownership, intellectual curiosity, and adaptability; thrives in ambiguity and tackling complex challenges.
Familiarity with healthcare, insurance, or financial services is a plus but not required.
What We Offer Gyde offers a competitive benefits package to all employees.
On‑Target Earnings: $200k - $250k + Offers Equity + Offers Commission
Flexible (Unlimited) Paid Time Off
Hybrid Work in Austin or NYC
Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits for you and your family
Retirement Plan (e.g., 401K)
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Why are you being asked to complete this form?
We are a federal contractor or subcontractor. The law requires us to provide equal employment opportunity to qualified people with disabilities. We have a goal of having at least 7% of our workers as people with disabilities. The law says we must measure our progress towards this goal. To do this, we must ask applicants and employees if they have a disability or have ever had one. People can become disabled, so we need to ask this question at least every five years.
Completing this form is voluntary, and we hope that you will choose to do so. Your answer is confidential. No one who makes hiring decisions will see it. Your decision to complete the form and your answer will not harm you in any way. If you want to learn more about the law or this form, visit the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) website at www.dol.gov/ofccp.
How do you know if you have a disability?
A disability is a condition that substantially limits one or more of your “major life activities.” If you have or have ever had such a condition, you are a person with a disability.
Disabilities include, but are not limited to:
Alcohol or other substance use disorder (not currently using drugs illegally)
Autoimmune disorder, for example, lupus, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, HIV/AIDS
Blind or low vision
Cancer (past or present)
Cardiovascular or heart disease
Celiac disease
Cerebral palsy
Deaf or serious difficulty hearing
Diabetes
Disfigurement, for example, caused by burns, wounds, accidents, or congenital disorders
Epilepsy or other seizure disorder
Gastrointestinal disorders, for example, Crohn’s Disease, irritable bowel syndrome
Intellectual or developmental disability
Mental health conditions, for example, depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorder, schizophrenia, PTSD
Missing limbs or partially missing limbs
Mobility impairment, benefiting from the use of a wheelchair, scooter, walker, leg brace(s) and/or other supports
Nervous system condition, for example, migraine headaches, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis (MS)
Neurodivergence, for example, attention‑deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder, dyslexia, dyspraxia, other learning disabilities
Partial or complete paralysis (any cause)
Pulmonary or respiratory conditions, for example, tuberculosis, asthma, emphysema
Short stature (dwarfism)
Traumatic brain injury
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U.S. Standard Demographic Questions We invite applicants to share their demographic background. If you choose to complete this survey, your responses may be used to identify areas of improvement in our hiring process.
How would you describe your gender identity?
How would you describe your racial/ethnic background?
How would you describe your sexual orientation?
Do you identify as transgender?
Do you have a disability or chronic condition (physical, visual, auditory, cognitive, mental, emotional, or other) that substantially limits one or more of your major life activities, including mobility, communication (seeing, hearing, speaking), and learning?
Are you a veteran or active member of the United States Armed Forces?
Voluntary Self‑Identification For government reporting purposes, we ask candidates to respond to the below self‑identification survey. Completion of the form is entirely voluntary. Whatever your decision, it will not be considered in the hiring process or thereafter. Any information that you do provide will be recorded and maintained in a confidential file.
As set forth in Gyde’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.
If you believe you belong to any of the categories of protected veterans listed below, please indicate by making the appropriate selection. As a government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA), we request this information in order to measure the effectiveness of the outreach and positive recruitment efforts we undertake pursuant to VEVRAA. Classification of protected categories is as follows:
A "disabled veteran" is one of the following: a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service‑connected disability.
A "recently separated veteran" means any veteran during the three‑year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.
An "active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran" means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.
An "Armed forces service medal veteran" means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.
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About Us The insurance broker is a critical, yet underleveraged asset within the healthcare value chain. Despite being the first point of contact for patients and providing critical guidance on everything from insurance plan selection to care navigation, many still rely on manual workflows and spreadsheets to run their business, and are unable to grow at their desired pace.
Gyde is building an AI-native brokerage platform by acquiring traditional agencies and supercharging them with workflow automation, voice and chat AI applications, and predictive product and plan selection guidance.
Our vision is to be the premier partner for ambitious agencies, streamlining their operations through the Gyde platform to enable their success in the current regulatory and technological paradigm shift.
Our founding team boasts pedigrees from Oscar, Stripe, Vista Equity Partners, Scale AI, and Spark Advisors. Lightspeed led Gyde’s Seed financing, with participation from Virtue and Crystal Venture Partners, and angels from Oscar, Uber, and more.
Role Summary As Head of Origination at Gyde, you will lead the strategy and execution of sourcing and deal origination initiatives that expand our business through acquisitions and new revenue opportunities. This role is less about individual deal‑making and more about building the teams, systems, and processes that enable Gyde to identify high‑value acquisition targets, nurture relationships, and generate a predictable pipeline of opportunities. You’ll balance high‑level strategy with hands‑on execution, working across functions to position Gyde as the partner of choice for ambitious agencies.
This role is ideal for a growth‑mindset leader with experience in private equity, LMM investing, or corporate development who thrives in ambiguity, enjoys building from zero to one, and is excited to manage a high‑performing sourcing and relationship team. You will report to Will Johnson, Co‑Founder & CEO.
Key Responsibilities
Deal Origination & Sourcing:
Lead efforts to identify, prioritize, and engage acquisition targets, leveraging networks, intermediaries, and research to generate high‑quality opportunities.
Pipeline & Relationship Management:
Build and maintain strong relationships with target companies, brokers, and partners, ensuring a consistent flow of acquisition opportunities.
Operational Excellence:
Design and implement systems, processes, and metrics to track sourcing performance, manage deal flow, and optimize conversion from target identification to engagement.
Team Leadership:
Directly manage a team focused on sourcing, outreach, and relationship‑building while serving as a key cross‑functional leader collaborating with Marketing, Operations, and Strategy teams to ensure aligned execution.
External Stakeholders:
Serve as a point of contact for investors, consultants, and strategic partners, representing Gyde’s vision and approach to growth.
What You Bring and Who You Are
5–8+ years of experience in private equity, LMM investing, corporate development, or other growth/sourcing‑focused roles.
Proven experience in deal origination, identifying acquisition targets, or leading sourcing initiatives.
Strong management experience—able to build, coach, and lead a high‑performing team.
Exceptional relationship‑building and networking skills; comfortable engaging with C‑level executives, owners, and intermediaries.
Analytical and data‑driven mindset; able to track KPIs, interpret results, and adjust strategies accordingly.
High degree of ownership, intellectual curiosity, and adaptability; thrives in ambiguity and tackling complex challenges.
Familiarity with healthcare, insurance, or financial services is a plus but not required.
What We Offer Gyde offers a competitive benefits package to all employees.
On‑Target Earnings: $200k - $250k + Offers Equity + Offers Commission
Flexible (Unlimited) Paid Time Off
Hybrid Work in Austin or NYC
Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits for you and your family
Retirement Plan (e.g., 401K)
Voluntary Self‑Identification of Disability Form CC-305 Page 1 of 1 OMB Control Number 1250-0005 Expires 04/30/2026
Why are you being asked to complete this form?
We are a federal contractor or subcontractor. The law requires us to provide equal employment opportunity to qualified people with disabilities. We have a goal of having at least 7% of our workers as people with disabilities. The law says we must measure our progress towards this goal. To do this, we must ask applicants and employees if they have a disability or have ever had one. People can become disabled, so we need to ask this question at least every five years.
Completing this form is voluntary, and we hope that you will choose to do so. Your answer is confidential. No one who makes hiring decisions will see it. Your decision to complete the form and your answer will not harm you in any way. If you want to learn more about the law or this form, visit the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) website at www.dol.gov/ofccp.
How do you know if you have a disability?
A disability is a condition that substantially limits one or more of your “major life activities.” If you have or have ever had such a condition, you are a person with a disability.
Disabilities include, but are not limited to:
Alcohol or other substance use disorder (not currently using drugs illegally)
Autoimmune disorder, for example, lupus, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, HIV/AIDS
Blind or low vision
Cancer (past or present)
Cardiovascular or heart disease
Celiac disease
Cerebral palsy
Deaf or serious difficulty hearing
Diabetes
Disfigurement, for example, caused by burns, wounds, accidents, or congenital disorders
Epilepsy or other seizure disorder
Gastrointestinal disorders, for example, Crohn’s Disease, irritable bowel syndrome
Intellectual or developmental disability
Mental health conditions, for example, depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorder, schizophrenia, PTSD
Missing limbs or partially missing limbs
Mobility impairment, benefiting from the use of a wheelchair, scooter, walker, leg brace(s) and/or other supports
Nervous system condition, for example, migraine headaches, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis (MS)
Neurodivergence, for example, attention‑deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder, dyslexia, dyspraxia, other learning disabilities
Partial or complete paralysis (any cause)
Pulmonary or respiratory conditions, for example, tuberculosis, asthma, emphysema
Short stature (dwarfism)
Traumatic brain injury
PUBLIC BURDEN STATEMENT: According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless such collection displays a valid OMB control number. This survey should take about 5 minutes to complete.
U.S. Standard Demographic Questions We invite applicants to share their demographic background. If you choose to complete this survey, your responses may be used to identify areas of improvement in our hiring process.
How would you describe your gender identity?
How would you describe your racial/ethnic background?
How would you describe your sexual orientation?
Do you identify as transgender?
Do you have a disability or chronic condition (physical, visual, auditory, cognitive, mental, emotional, or other) that substantially limits one or more of your major life activities, including mobility, communication (seeing, hearing, speaking), and learning?
Are you a veteran or active member of the United States Armed Forces?
Voluntary Self‑Identification For government reporting purposes, we ask candidates to respond to the below self‑identification survey. Completion of the form is entirely voluntary. Whatever your decision, it will not be considered in the hiring process or thereafter. Any information that you do provide will be recorded and maintained in a confidential file.
As set forth in Gyde’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.
If you believe you belong to any of the categories of protected veterans listed below, please indicate by making the appropriate selection. As a government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA), we request this information in order to measure the effectiveness of the outreach and positive recruitment efforts we undertake pursuant to VEVRAA. Classification of protected categories is as follows:
A "disabled veteran" is one of the following: a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service‑connected disability.
A "recently separated veteran" means any veteran during the three‑year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.
An "active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran" means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.
An "Armed forces service medal veteran" means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.
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