Head of Legal and Compliance
If you enjoy collaborating with regulators, don't scare easily, and can see the future, we would love to have you on our team! We are seeking a bright, hands-on legal and compliance insurance leader. Expertise in property and casualty insurance programs with a heavy emphasis on auto, regulator compliance, and technology, including contracts and familiarity with digital platforms is ideal.
Key Responsibilities
- Develops and runs Just Insure’s compliance function.
- Manages the relationship and all interactions with regulators including owning the filings.
- Leads design and implementation of an enterprise compliance strategy, taking into account Just Insure’s business strategy and complex regulations and nuanced supervisory expectations, including how they apply in a matrixed commercial environment.
- Manages an enterprise compliance risk management program that meets regulatory requirements and develops policies and standards to meet applicable regulatory requirements.
- These include core components of enterprise compliance such as marketing and digital, vendor management, member complaints, governance and training, and risk assessment.
- Develops standards for specific development of compliance policies, procedures, and processes.
- Develops, communicates, and reinforces the organization's compliance risk tolerance and risk appetite statement and associated limits.
- Identifies, addresses, and corrects any areas of operation within the enterprise compliance program requiring compliance attention.
- Oversees enterprise compliance reporting and analytics activity including the escalation of significant risk breaches, variation in risk assessments, and resolutions.
- Provides independent oversight for the implementation of appropriate strategic/tactical solutions for compliance requirements across the business (e.g., remediation of deficiencies, and development of new programs).
- Provides independent oversight for regulatory examinations, information requests regarding compliance, and regulatory filings.
- Provides guidance and advice related to compliance matters impacting the suite of product offerings within the LOB being supported.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- 8-10+ years of insurance brokerage, legal, consulting, or risk management background, preference for experience with complex US and EU auto programs; commercial or personal line experience.
- Desire to become an expert in emerging technology, risk, new business models, and personal and commercial insurance.
- Excellent problem-solving skills; ability to think quickly on your feet.
- Credible executive presence.
- Intellectually curious desire to become an expert on risk in the telematics-based insurance industry.
- Strong understanding of insurance fundamentals risk, exposure, and coverage.
- Collaborative - builds followership with influence and results.
- Comfortable in the gray, operating without a user's manual.
- Ability to drive projects to successful completion with minimal supervision.
- Exceptionally organized, personally accountable, and able to manage competing priorities.
- A minimum of 8 years of experience in a technical discipline (e.g. Compliance)with a proven track record leading comparable operations and programs (e.g. complex compliance programs) is required.
About Just
Just, is a revolutionary tech start-up, looking to disrupt the US auto insurance industry. Our vision is to dramatically improve road safety, while also making car insurance more fair and affordable to millions of people. At the core of our ground-breaking product is our app, which is super simple to use, built using the latest technology, and powered by our proprietary data algorithms. Customers love our product! We have a 4.5 rating on the Apple App Store.
Our investors believe strongly in this vision too. We raised just over $20m so far. Our investors include Trust Ventures - a regulatory specialist VC, ManchesterStory - one of the largest US Insurance VCs, Crosscut Ventures - the leading LA-based VC, and Plug and Play - one of the world's largest Tech VCs and investor in many Silicon Valley brands that you know and love.
We're gearing up for expansion into new States as well as looking forward to our Series-B funding round and want to grow our exceptional team to support this.