Job Description
Locations: Kansas City, MO, US | Armonk, NY, US
An exciting opportunity has arisen
Are you a tech-savvy legal professional with a passion for technology, SaaS, digital innovation, and complex commercial contracts? We're looking for a dynamic lawyer to join our highly motivated team in Legal Solutions & Services team and Services! Could you provide high-quality advice on innovative tech platforms in support the cutting edge of re/insurance space, working with business colleagues across an international organization and culturally diverse environment? This might be the right opportunity for you!
technology.About the Role
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This is a Legal Counsel role is a legal partner role to supporting our Reinsurance Solutions business unit, with a sharp focus on advising on the development contractual and sale of legal frameworks behind our risk knowledge tech platforms/tools intelligence platforms and other fee-based service offerings, including digital services. You'll advise on the development, commercialization, and regulatory positioning of our flagship SaaS offerings?such as Risk Data & Services (RDS), CatNet CatNet, and Magnum solutions and other Magnum?as well as bespoke consulting services.engagements.
What are the key responsibilities?
Key Responsibilities include:- Review, draft
- Contract Leadership: Draft, review, and negotiate contracts, in particular SaaS agreements and similar IT platform/tool terms a wide range of access, and related commercial agreements
- Analyze agreements, with a strong emphasis on SaaS contracts and advise platform access terms.
- Tech Counsel: Provide legal guidance on the development and deployment of tech platforms in the re/insurance space.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with sales, product owners, engineers, risk management and compliance teams across global markets to enable scalable, sustainable growth.
- Governance & Risk: Develop internal policies and frameworks to uphold legal integrity and operational efficiency.
- External Counsel Management: Engage and oversee outside legal advisors as needed.
- Knowledge Sharing: Monitor legal and regulatory matters as they apply to the development and offering of tech platforms/tools and fee-based service offerings, including in the re/insurance regulatory space
- Work closely with a diverse and international group of product owners, sales teams and other cross-functional colleagues; build and maintain collaborative working relationships with our customers
- Help trends, develop policies and processes to promote efficient management of high legal templates and ethical standards
- Instruct knowhow, scalable best practices, and manage outside counsel (as needed)
- Monitor legal and regulatory trends affecting relevant business areas and conduct and/or arrange deliver internal presentations and trainings training on legal topics emerging issues in tech solutions.
About the Team
As Swiss Re diversifies its income streams by developing risk knowledge tech platforms/tools and other fee-based service offerings, the Legal Solutions & Services
We're a global team provides of 10 legal advice on the development and sale of these innovative products. Our team comprises 10 people professionals based in locations across Europe and North America.America, embedded in the heart of Swiss Re?s innovation engine and backed by Swiss Re's global Legal & Compliance function. We support the company?s diversification into tech-driven revenue streams and are passionate about delivering pragmatic, business-oriented legal advice. Our culture is built on trust, collaboration, and curiosity.
We collaborate closely with our colleagues in other legal teams across the globe. We are committed to building a team with a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, which values communication and collaboration. We seek to provide Swiss Re with pragmatic, business-oriented legal advice, while safeguarding high integrity and sound governance standards. Our team spirit is based on trust, ease of interaction and fun!
\About You
You bring high integrity and the courage to advance the best solution
You?re a confident legal advisor with a curiosity and willingness to learn new areas and understand new concepts. You would describe yourself as a trusted colleague who openly shares assumptions, beliefs, values and thought processes in reaching conclusions. Self-reflective and collaborative, you enjoy learning from colleagues as well as working independently.
A strong influencer grasp of SaaS and excellent communicator digital platform models, and you can lead legal projects and handle multiple requests. By adopting a pragmatic, solutions-focused, consultative approach to problem-solving, you provide high-quality, timely client service that is balanced with a clear focus on protecting the interests and reputation of the firm.
Additional requirements include:
thrive in fast-paced, cross-border environments. You bring:- Fully qualified US lawyer (bar exam/practicing certificate)
- A U.S. law degree and bar admission, with a minimum of at least 5 years post qualification experience, preferably with a law firm or of post-qualification experience (ideally in-house in the (re)insurance or at a firm with tech industry
- Successful track record or re/insurance clients)
- Proven expertise in drafting and negotiating Saas platform agreements or SaaS and commercial agreements generally
- Experience advising on insurance regulation applicable tech contracts
- Familiarity with U.S. re/insurance regulatory frameworks or an interest to selling insurance develop this experience in the US
- Ability to negotiate house
- Excellent communication and work professionally in English; additional languages are a plus influencing skills
- A collaborative, solutions-focused mindset with high integrity and sound judgment
This role requires taking accountability for progress and/or outcomes, applying a measured appetite for risk, and planning ahead
If you?re ready to deliver workable solutions. As well as ability to readily identify and report legal, regulatory and reputational risks, provide professional advice, expertise and guidance, and apply sound judgement beyond help shape the dimensions legal backbone of laws and regulations. If you are intrigued, we look forward our digital future, we?d love to meeting meet you!
The estimated base salary range for this position is $156,000 to $240,000. The specific salary offered for this or any given role will take into account a number of factors including but not limited to job location, scope of role, qualifications, complexity/specialization/scarcity of talent, experience, education, and employer budget. At Swiss Re, we take a "total compensation approach" when making compensation decisions. This means that we consider all components of compensation in their totality (such as base pay, short-and long-term incentives, and benefits offered), in setting individual compensation.
About Swiss Re
Swiss Re is one of the world's leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer, working to make the world more resilient. We anticipate and manage a wide variety of risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime. Combining experience with creative thinking and cutting-edge expertise, we create new opportunities and solutions for our clients. This is possible thanks to the collaboration of more than 14,000 employees across the world.
Our success depends on our ability to build an inclusive culture encouraging fresh perspectives and innovative thinking. We embrace a workplace where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive and develop professionally regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, skillset, thought or other characteristics. In our inclusive and flexible environment everyone can bring their authentic selves to work and their passion for sustainability.
If you are an experienced professional returning to the workforce after a career break, we encourage you to apply for open positions that match your skills and experience.
Reference Code: 134638
Practice Areas & Specialty
Corporate, Insurance
