Risk & Compliance Lead

The role

The Risk & Compliance Lead will build and own the risk management function from the ground up. This person will map liability exposure, optimize insurance programs, and act as a bridge between various internal teams and external brokers.

What you will do

• Build and maintain comprehensive liability mapping across entities and business units
• Design risk isolation strategies for multi-entity and GOCO/COCO structures
• Advise leadership on liability implications of new facilities and contracts
• Own end-to-end design, procurement, placement, and renewal of insurance programs
• Manage layered coverage requirements tied to nuclear-related operations
• Develop recommendations for contingency adequacy and reporting
• Build reporting frameworks and KPIs for leadership, Board, and investors
• Serve as the primary bridge between insurance brokers, legal, operations, IT, security, finance, and regulatory teams
• Partner with BD on new deployments to ensure risk and coverage considerations are included
• Work with Regulatory Engineering to own compliance procedures and keep documentation audit-ready

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in risk management, insurance brokerage, underwriting, or a related compliance discipline
• Bachelor's degree in risk management, finance, or a related field
• Demonstrated experience designing and procuring insurance programs across multiple lines of coverage
• Experience with regulatory compliance frameworks
• Experience structuring liability and risk isolation strategies across multiple legal entities
• Experience quantifying risk exposure and developing contingency reserve recommendations
• Working knowledge of relevant accounting principles (GAAP/statutory) as they apply to risk and insurance
• Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as necessary
• Must work 100% onsite at El Segundo HQ

Nice to have

• Experience in regulated, multi-entity, or government-contracting environments
• Familiarity with NRC requirements or other highly regulated licensing environments

Benefits

• Substantial incentive stock plan for all full-time employees
• Medical: 100% up to base silver level plan for employee + 50% dependents, offers up to Platinum plans
• One Medical: Sponsored memberships for employees and their dependents
• Vision: 100% top tier plan coverage + 50% for dependents
• Dental: 100% top tier plan coverage, orthodontia extra, 50% for dependents
• Voluntary life, accident, hospital, critical illness, commuter and FSA/HSA offered as employee contributed benefits
• 8-weeks of paid parental leave for all parents
• Additional paid pregnancy leave for CA employees
• Nuclear Engineering Certificate Program: 100% covered educational program with Penn State University for eligible employees
• Daily catered lunch
• Free snacks and drinks
• Flexible PTO policy

Before you apply

• Job offer contingent upon capacity to serve in compliance with U.S. export controls

About the company

Radiant is an El Segundo, CA-based company building the world's only mass-produced, transportable nuclear microreactors. Founded in 2020, Radiant is under contract to deliver power to the U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force.