Head of Insurance Regulatory & Public Policy

At Waymo Insurance, you will work on the cutting edge of emerging risk and related issues surrounding our transformational autonomous driving technology and help drive our business lines forward from technology ideation through scaled commercial deployment. We partner with our legal, public policy, safety, security and privacy experts to evaluate and manage risks for the autonomous driving world to come, advising on insurance trends, evaluating and quantifying product liability, auto, cyber and related risks to ensure we build the appropriate risk and insurance frameworks to support and protect our users around the world. We collaborate with our business development, product partnership, strategy and operations teams in the execution of our business plans to ensure the company's interests are well protected from existing, new and emerging risks. We support the legal, policy and regulatory teams as they optimize our exposure in line with our risk appetite through the review of contracts, evaluation and shaping of emerging law and regulation at both the state and federal level. And we anticipate, quantify and mitigate emerging risk by maintaining active relationships and frequent contact with insurance and AV industry partners.

The Head of Insurance Regulatory & Public Policy is a critical, highly strategic leadership role designed to develop reasonable frameworks that help secure our freedom to operate during a phase of aggressive expansion. Operating at the intersection of insurance, complex auto/product liability law, public policy, and corporate risk strategy, this leader will be directly responsible for shaping domestic and international insurance regulatory frameworks. The role maintains a focus on managing regional insurance regulatory requirements and preparing for international deployments, including active public policy efforts that combat cost-prohibitive insurance mandates.

Partnering directly with internal Legal and Public Policy teams, you will drive absolute alignment on intertwined issues of product liability, auto liability, and insurance requirements in regulatory frameworks . You will proactively engage with high-level regulators, lawmakers, and industry groups to counter aggressive lobbying efforts aiming to impose restrictive financial mandates on autonomous vehicles. This position requires an industry leader with the ability to command authority in sensitive legislative sessions and the expertise to ensure our regulatory frameworks scale dynamically alongside our technology and operational growth.

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  Legislative Advocacy & Policy Shaping: Actively participate in legislative sessions, defend against adverse active bills, and directly influence model laws (such as NCOIL initiatives) to develop reasonable, AV-specific insurance and liability frameworks.

  
  
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  Global Regulatory Intelligence & Mapping: Continuously identify, analyze, and map and influence evolving insurance and liability requirements across multiple international jurisdictions to clear the path for immediate global deployments.

  
  
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  Cross-Functional Alignment: Partner deeply with internal Legal, Regulatory and Public Policy on all active policy and legislative efforts as the Insurance SME and more long term strategic efforts to drive alignment on product liability, auto liability, and risk allocation, closing strategic gaps.

  
  
• Stakeholder & Regulator Relations: Leverage and maintain deep, high-level relationships with insurance regulators, lawmakers, and industry groups to counter aggressive lobbying efforts.
• Long-Term Framework Evolution: Manage the ongoing evolution of legal and insurance structures over time, ensuring frameworks scale dynamically alongside technology and operational growth.

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  Deep Insurance Subject Matter Expertise: Strong, specialized knowledge of complex insurance mechanics, auto/product liability law, and the nuances of insurance-related policy and regulatory issues.

  
  
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  Established Regulatory Relationships: Pre-existing, deep-rooted relationships with high-level insurance regulators, legislators, and key insurance industry groups.

  
  
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  Insurance Policy & Legislative Advocacy: Demonstrated ability to navigate high-stakes insurance environments, command industry credibility in sensitive legislative sessions, and actively shape or counter complex regulatory mandates.

  
  
• Global Regulatory Mapping: Experience identifying, analyzing, and mapping highly complex insurance and liability frameworks across multiple regional and international jurisdictions.

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  Autonomous Vehicle (AV) Industry Experience: Direct experience shaping insurance and liability frameworks specifically tailored to autonomous vehicles or emerging highly-regulated mobility technologies.

  
  
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  Model Law Influence: Direct experience successfully influencing model laws or wide-reaching policy initiatives (such as NCOIL initiatives).

  
  
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  Cross-Functional Legal Leadership: Background working intimately with corporate legal frameworks to align risk management with shifting liability landscapes.

  
  

Travel Requirements:

• 40%

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