Director, Regulatory Affairs

Nearmap•Lehi, UT

About The Position

Nearmap is seeking a Director, Regulatory Affairs to build and lead its insurance regulatory affairs function. The role will set Nearmap’s regulatory strategy, engage with regulators and legislators, advise insurance customers on best practices for using Nearmap AI products in admitted markets, and track and communicate regulatory developments affecting imagery and AI. The role begins with active filing engagements and will establish the state playbooks and positions that guide Nearmap and its customers. Reporting into Insurance Product, the Director will work closely with data science, actuarial, Legal, and customer-facing teams. The role owns Nearmap’s regulatory presence across rate filings, advisory organization relationships, insurance AI and imagery policy activity, and guidance to the field. It will also help ensure new products and attributes are developed in a filing-ready state and that carriers can use Nearmap products in compliance with state requirements.

Requirements

8 to 12 years of experience in property and casualty rate filings, regulatory affairs, or state product management, especially personal lines property.
Hands-on experience managing complete filing lifecycles and interacting directly with state insurance regulators.
Experience preparing regulator-ready materials, including 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 how and why state requirements differ.
Ability to translate model documentation and validation output into language acceptable to regulators.
Ability to manage parallel deadlines, including deadlines set by external parties.
Ability to work effectively with carrier actuarial and regulatory teams.
Clear writing and the ability to explain technical methods to reviewers while preserving their substance.
Comfort working as the first person in a function and building its playbook while work is underway.
Calmness under deadline pressure.
Commercial awareness, including understanding the revenue impact of filing approval and delay.
Strong communication skills in writing, conversation, and discussions 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

Act as Nearmap’s named contact throughout the filing lifecycle, from pre-filing consultation through objection response and post-approval maintenance.
Own Nearmap’s regulatory strategy, including where and how to register and file, and partner with insurance carriers to design regulatory approaches.
Lead objection response strategy using analytical input from actuarial and data science teams.
Own relationships with advisory organizations and subscriber mechanics, distinguishing regulatory requirements from commercial ones.
Develop and maintain a recommendation and strategy for advisory organization registration beyond Nearmap’s existing Arizona registration.
Partner with Legal on privilege, contractual, and compliance questions related to filings and regulator engagement.
Own the end-to-end rate filing approach supporting carrier filing programs, including scoping, materials, submission coordination, tracking, objection response, and close.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams on a 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 triggered 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 that use 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 ensure regulatory risk is considered and products are filing-ready.
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.