Compliance Director

Group 1001; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 135,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401K plan with company match

Life and disability insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Group 1001, including its Gainbridge subsidiary, seeks a senior compliance leader to design and oversee the direct-to-consumer annuity compliance framework. You will partner with product, operations, marketing, engineering, and design teams to ensure compliant digital journeys and disclosures while enabling efficient customer experiences.

The role requires shaping regulatory guidance for new products, leading change across channels, and delivering targeted training to raise compliance fluency

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive compliance experience in life and annuity, with direct-to-consumer or digital distribution preferred.
• Deep knowledge of state insurance laws, NAIC models, advertising standards, consumer protection, and electronic delivery.
• Experience providing strategic guidance for product development and digital distribution.
• Experience reviewing marketing/advertising for annuities across channels for compliance.
• Ability to translate regulatory requirements into practical risk-based guidance and solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, implementation, and oversight of the compliance framework for the direct-to-consumer annuity platform.
• Partner with Product, Operations, Marketing, Engineering, Design, and Technology to review digital journeys and disclosures for compliance.
• Serve as the compliance lead for new product development and market launch.
• Build scalable review workflows, checklists, and self-service tools for fast, compliant execution.
• Lead regulatory change management and implement required enhancements.
• Develop and deliver training to raise compliance fluency across the organization.
• Contribute to Group 1001 Life and Annuity compliance program enterprise-wide.

Skills

Compliance leadership

Regulatory knowledge

Digital distribution

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Regulatory review platforms

Job description

Group 1001 is a consumer-centric, technology-driven family of insurance companies on a mission to deliver outstanding value and operational performance by combining financial strength and stability with deep insurance expertise and a can-do culture. Group1001’s culture emphasizes the importance of collaboration, communication, core business focus, risk management, and striving for outcomes. This goal extends to how we hire and onboard our most valuable assets – our employees.

Why This Role Matters

Gainbridge is a subsidiary of Group 1001, recently rebranded, and in the middle of a serious investment in growth. Gainbridge has a new brand identity, a new product lineup, and significant media spend across digital, social, print and other customer facing channels – all coupled with strong engineering, product, and design teams.

How You'll Contribute

• Lead the design, implementation, and oversight of the compliance framework for the direct-to-consumer annuity platform, ensuring adherence to applicable state insurance laws, NAIC model regulations, FINRA/SEC requirements, advertising standards, privacy requirements, electronic delivery rules, and consumer protection obligations.
• Partner with Product, Operations, Marketing, Engineering, Design, and Technology teams to review and approve digital customer journey, marketing and advertising, disclosures, online applications, and sales processes, ensuring regulatory compliance while supporting an efficient customer-friendly experience.
• Serve as the compliance lead for new product development initiatives, advising cross-functional stakeholders on product design, features, disclosures, distribution strategy, and implementation to ensure regulatory compliance and successful market launch.
• Build scalable review workflows, checklists, and self-service tools so business partners can move fast without compromising compliance.
• Lead regulatory change management by identifying emerging laws, regulations, and industry guidance affecting annuity products and digital distribution channels, assessing business impact, and driving timely implementation of required enhancements.
• Develop and deliver training that raises compliance fluency across the Gainbridge organization.
• Contribute to the broader Group 1001 Life and Annuity compliance program, sharing best practices and helping to raise the bar enterprise-wide.

What We’re Looking For

• 7+ years of progressive compliance experience within the life and annuity industry, ideally including direct-to-consumer or digital distribution.
• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• Deep working knowledge of fixed and fixed index annuities, including state insurance laws, NAIC model laws, advertising standards, consumer protection requirements, and electronic delivery.
• Demonstrated experience providing strategic compliance guidance for product development, digital distribution, and direct-to consumer sales models within the life and annuity industry.
• Extensive experience reviewing marketing and advertising for annuity products across digital, print, social media, and other distribution channels, ensuring compliance with applicable state insurance laws, advertising regulations, and company standards.
• Strong partnership and influencing skills, with experience collaborating effectively across product, operations, technology, marketing and leadership to balance regulatory compliance with business objectives, low-ego, and thrives in a fast-paced, startup environment where innovation, agility, and collaboration are valued.
• Exceptional analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex regulatory requirements into practical risk-based guidance and actionable business solutions - knows when to elevate, when to push back, and when to say “yes, and here’s how.”
• A builder’s mindset – comfortable creating processes and tooling where none exist, and iterating as the business scales.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and moving at startup speed inside an established insurance enterprise.

Nice to Have

• Prior experience supporting a direct-to-consumer fintech or insurtech platform.
• Experience with digital marketing compliance tooling, review workflow platforms, or content management systems; familiarity with SEC/FINRA advertising principles a plus.
• Series 6, 7, 24, or 26 registrations, or willing to obtain.
• Juris doctor or other advanced degree.
• Experience leading regulatory examinations, market conduct examinations, audits, or responding to regulatory inquiries.

Compensation:

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets. The total compensation for this position ranges from $135,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $165,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Benefits Highlights:

Employees who meet benefit eligibility guidelines and work 30 hours or more weekly, have the ability to enroll in Group 1001’s benefits package. Employees (and their families) are eligible to participate in the Company’s comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance plan options. Employees are also eligible for Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance, Short and Long-Term Disability. All employees (regardless of hours worked) have immediate access to the Company’s Employee Assistance Program and wellness programs- no enrollment is required. Employees may also participate in the Company’s 401K plan, with matching contributions by the Company.

Group 1001, and its affiliated companies, is strongly committed to providing a supportive work environment where employee differences are valued. Diversity is an essential ingredient in making Group 1001 a welcoming place to work and is fundamental in building a high-performance team. Diversity embodies all the differences that make us unique individuals. All employees share the responsibility for maintaining a workplace culture of dignity, respect, understanding and appreciation of individual and group differences.