Director, Regulatory Affairs

Nearmap•Lehi, UT

About The Position

Nearmap is hiring a Director, Regulatory Affairs to build and lead its insurance regulatory affairs function. The role owns Nearmap’s regulatory strategy for aerial imagery and AI in insurance underwriting and rating, including engagement with regulators, legislators, advocacy groups, insurance carriers, and industry venues. The Director will track and interpret state bulletins and legislation, develop company positions and state playbooks, advise carrier customers on best practices for using Nearmap AI products in admitted markets, and help shape emerging industry standards. The position reports into Insurance Product and works closely with data science, actuarial, Legal, and customer-facing teams. It is a builder role with immediate responsibility for active filing engagements and for establishing the broader function, processes, and materials that support them. The Director owns Nearmap’s rate filing program end to end, including filing strategy, scoping, preparation, submission coordination, tracking, objection responses, close, and post-approval maintenance. The role also maintains state-by-state knowledge of filing requirements, confidentiality treatment, and filer eligibility; oversees version control and re-filings; and monitors rating plans that use aerially derived data. The Director will advise product and data science teams on filing implications before new attributes and scores are released, represent Nearmap’s perspective in relevant industry forums, and equip Sales, Sales Engineering, and Customer Success with accurate guidance on filing history and requirements.

Requirements

8 to 12 years of experience in property and casualty rate filings, regulatory affairs, or state product management; personal lines property experience is especially relevant.
Hands-on experience managing complete filing lifecycles and interacting directly with state insurance regulators.
Experience preparing regulator-ready materials such as filing narratives, methodology summaries, actuarial exhibits, statistical plans, forms, and rate pages.
Bachelor’s degree in insurance, actuarial science, public policy, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
Strong knowledge of SERFF and multi-state prior-approval processes, including differences in state requirements and practices.
Ability to translate model documentation and validation output into language regulators will accept.
Ability to manage multiple parallel deadlines, including deadlines set by external parties.
Ability to work effectively with carrier actuarial and regulatory teams.
Clear written communication and the ability to explain technical methods to reviewers without losing substance.
Comfort being the first person in a function and creating processes and playbooks while work is underway.
Calmness under external deadlines, commercial awareness of the revenue impact of filing approvals and delays, and strong communication with regulators.

Nice To Haves

California experience.
Actuarial credentials such as ASA or ACAS, or relevant regulatory training or certification.
Prior experience inside a department of insurance.
Experience with AI, predictive model, or catastrophe model filings, and familiarity with model governance frameworks.
Experience establishing or maintaining advisory or rating organization status.

Responsibilities

Build and lead Nearmap’s insurance regulatory affairs function and establish its regulatory strategy, state playbooks, and positions.
Engage with regulators and legislators, track developments affecting imagery and AI, and advise insurance customers on best practices for using Nearmap AI products in admitted markets.
Serve as Nearmap’s named contact throughout the filing lifecycle, from pre-filing consultation through objection response and post-approval maintenance.
Determine where Nearmap will register and file, what it will file, and how; partner with insurance carriers to design regulatory approaches suited to their needs.
Lead objection-response strategy using analytical input from actuarial and data science teams.
Own the relationship with the advisory organization and subscriber mechanics, distinguish regulatory requirements from commercial requirements, and recommend and manage advisory organization registrations beyond the existing Arizona registration.
Partner with Legal on privilege, contractual, and compliance questions arising from filings and regulator engagement.
Own Nearmap’s rate filing approach end to end, including scoping, materials, submission coordination, tracking, objection response, and close.
Coordinate creation and maintenance of a rate-filing materials library, including model memos, validation summaries, and methodology documentation for each Nearmap attribute and score used in rating.
Maintain state-by-state knowledge of filing requirements, permissible confidentiality treatment, and filer eligibility.
Manage version control and re-filing prompted by model updates, new attributes, validation findings, or regulator feedback.
Monitor regulatory filings across states and maintain an up-to-date database of rating plans using aerially derived data.
Track NAIC, NAMIC, and NCOIL activity on insurance AI and imagery, including the NAIC AI Systems Evaluation Tool, and represent Nearmap’s perspective in those venues.
Advise product and data science teams on filing implications before new attributes and scores ship, helping design out regulatory risk and release products in a filing-ready state.
Equip Sales, Sales Engineering, and Customer Success with accurate guidance on what filing history does and does not transfer to a given state.
Build filing schedules, metrics, and playbooks for the insurance vertical.