Director of Federal Government Affairs

Director of Federal Government Affairs

Corgi Insurance

Full Time | $200,000 – $300,000 | In-House / Remote / Hybrid (Washington, DC preferred)

At Corgi, we're building the first fully automated insurance carrier.

Our goal is to rebuild the $1T+ insurance industry from the ground up using AI. We're not just building a company; we're building infrastructure for the next hundred years.

We're well-funded, backed by top investors, and operating with the seriousness this industry requires. You'll help build Corgi's federal government affairs function from the ground up, defining how we show up in Washington as AI rewrites the rules of insurance. You'll work directly with the Head of Legal and Government Affairs, with the runway and resources to do the job right.

Insurance has always been state-regulated, but the federal footprint is growing fast. The SEC's expanding work on AI disclosure, cybersecurity, and climate risk; new AI legislation moving through Congress; the White House AI Framework and its preemption proposals; Treasury and FSOC's AI Innovation Series; an active McCarran-Ferguson Restoration Act fight over the future of the Federal Insurance Office. Corgi sits at the center of all of it, an AI-powered carrier whose ability to operate depends on how Washington resolves these debates. We need someone who can be in the room when the rules get written, with the relationships at the SEC and across the federal government to make sure Corgi's voice is heard.

What You'll Do

As our Director of Federal Government Affairs, you will be Corgi's voice in Washington. The top priority is leading our engagement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, across AI disclosure, cybersecurity, climate risk, and (as Corgi grows) the capital markets posture of an AI-powered carrier. Around that, you'll cover the broader federal AI and insurance landscape: Congress, Treasury, FIO, FSOC, and the trade associations where federal policy actually gets made.

Key Responsibilities

• Be Corgi's primary point of contact with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Build, deepen, and exercise relationships across SEC leadership and staff on the issues most relevant to Corgi: AI and algorithmic disclosure, cybersecurity rules, climate-related risk, and investor-facing matters that touch our capital markets strategy.

• Build and maintain relationships with key Congressional offices and committees, especially House Financial Services and Senate Banking (where insurance lives), the tax committees, and the committees driving AI legislation. Know the members and senior staff before we need them.

• Engage directly with Treasury, the Federal Insurance Office (FIO), and FSOC on AI-in-insurance issues — including FIO roundtables, the FSOC AI Innovation Series, and the Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance.

• Be Corgi's substantive voice in the federal AI policy debate, covering federal AI legislation, the White House AI Framework, and preemption fights between federal AI standards and state insurance authority.

• Lead Corgi's engagement with relevant trade associations. APCIA, NAMIC, and emerging AI/tech trade groups, using these venues to amplify Corgi's positions where individual lobbying can't reach.

• Track and shape federal regulatory action affecting insurance: FTC on AI and algorithmic discrimination, CFPB on consumer financial data, and any agency expanding into insurance-adjacent space.

• Write and own Corgi's federal policy positions, comment letters to the SEC, Treasury, FIO, and other agencies; talking points and briefing materials for executives heading to the Hill; testimony when called.

• Be Corgi's early-warning system, pick up signals from SEC staff, the Hill, agency leadership, and trade groups, and bring intelligence back home in time to shape outcomes.

What We're Looking For

• Extensive existing relationships at the SEC. This is the single most important thing: we want someone who already has deep connections at the Commission, can pick up the phone with senior staff, and can lead Corgi's SEC engagement from day one.

• Genuine fluency in both AI policy and insurance regulation. Candidates with Hill staff experience on financial services or AI committees, time at SEC / Treasury / FIO / FTC / CFPB, or insurance trade association experience are particularly relevant.

• 5–8 years of federal government affairs, policy, or regulatory experience. SEC, Hill, executive branch, agency, trade association, or in-house.

• Track record of substantive policy work: comment letters, testimony, position papers, coalition-building, that influenced outcomes.

• Working knowledge of the federal insurance landscape: McCarran-Ferguson, Dodd-Frank Title V, FIO authority, NAIC model laws, and how the state-federal balance actually works.

• Strong policy writing chops. At the federal level, what you put on paper matters as much as who you know.

• Strong judgment and excellent communication; comfortable sitting across from an SEC staffer one day and Corgi's CEO the next.

• Comfortable with ambiguity and rapid change; the federal AI agenda is moving fast and Corgi's playbook is still being written.

• Based in or willing to be in Washington, DC frequently. This role lives where federal policy happens.

Why You Should Join

• Founder Mentality: We value extreme ownership and want people who think like founders — fast decision makers, natural problem solvers, and executers.

• Ground Floor Opportunity: You'll be helping to shape and grow a revolutionary company with the resources to back it.

• Impact & Speed: Work in a fast-paced environment where your contributions will have immediate, tangible effects on the company's success.

Salary

$200,000 – $300,000