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Chief Counsel for Global Risk Solutions Office of Underwriting & Risk Office

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Pay Range

$170,000.00/yr - $313,000.00/yr

Description

Global Risk Solutions Legal (GRS Legal) is seeking an exceptional attorney to serve as the strategic, proactive client partner and lead counsel to the GRSs Global Office of Underwriting (OOU) and as a key legal advisor to the GRS Chief Risk Officer. This senior role provides primary legal counsel for global underwriting strategy and risk governance across GRS, coordinating seamless support from Global Legal & Compliance (GL&C) subjectmatter experts to enable the OOU to establish consistent views of risk and appetites for GRSs major metalines, develop global product strategies, and execute global product plans. The Chief Counsel serves on multiple senior and executive leadership teams across GRS and Global Legal & Compliance, including underwriting and enterprise leadership groups.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as strategic, proactive lead counsel for GRSs Global Office of Underwriting (OOU), and its senior leaders and governance bodies.
• Provide primary legal counsel to the OOU, coordinating and synthesizing legal input across GL&C to deliver seamless, businessoriented guidance that enables:
• Consistent and globally aligned risk views and appetites across GRSs four major metalines
• Development and governance of global product strategies and execution of product planning
• Effective underwriting governance, sensitive topics escalation, and reputational risk management
• Deliver legal counsel on complex or novel issues requiring original and creative analysis; conduct comprehensive research and analysis in specialized areas and direct, focus, and refine comprehensive research carried out by other legal professionals.
• Advise and partner with leaders across GRS to provide strategic legal guidance on business priorities; identify, manage, and mitigate legal, regulatory, and reputational risk exposures; influence strategies and decisions to drive better outcomes.
• Anticipate, monitor, and interpret external legal and regulatory developments that may constrain or impact underwriting strategies, risk appetites, product decisions, and operations; translate regulatory trends into actionable guidance.
• Provide practical and timely legal guidance on GRS underwriting strategies.
• Advise on highprofile risk management issues, including sensitive topics and reputational risks, ensuring robust governance and escalation pathways.
• Represent GL&C across numerous key committees, councils, and forums.

Required Competencies

• Exceptional leadership skills with proven ability to influence and communicate effectively at all levels of the organization; adept at managing multiple stakeholder relationships in a fastpaced, global environment.
• Understanding of GRS business strategy and the global insurance industry environment, including underwriting governance, product development, and ERM.
• Applies legal, business, and financial acumen to develop and implement strategies and plans that enable GL&C, GRS, and Liberty Mutual Group goals.
• Ability to connect dots, surface trends and patterns, promote risk awareness, and mitigate liabilities across complex, multijurisdictional operations.
• Builds trust and collaborative relationships across multiple stakeholder groups; drives needed collaboration across GL&C to ensure seamless legal support to the business.
• Acts with urgency and drives continuous improvement; champions operational excellence, simplification, and measurable impact.

What Youll Bring

• Strategic mindset and business orientation; comfort with ambiguity and novel issues.
• High integrity, sound judgment, and discretion in handling sensitive topics.
• Proactive, pragmatic problem solver who enables smart risktaking and innovation while maintaining robust governance and compliance.
• Inclusive leadership style; ability to mentor and develop legal talent across geographies.

Location

Flexible within Libertys GRS footprint. Some travel, including international, required to support global stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school; active bar membership in good standing.
• 10+ years of progressively responsible legal experience, including significant inhouse or law firm experience advising global P&C insurers or reinsurers on underwriting, product, and risk governance.
• Expertise across commercial lines; demonstrated experience with complex underwriting issues, product development, and emerging risks (e.g., PFAS, climaterelated risks, AI/algorithmic risks, social inflation).
• Knowledge of enterprise risk management frameworks and principles; experience contributing to or leading risk committees and crossfunctional governance bodies.
• Exceptional analytical, research, and writing skills; proven ability to translate regulatory developments into actionable, businessoriented guidance.
• Demonstrated success counseling senior executives and product leaders, influencing strategy, and driving outcomes in matrixed, global organizations.

About Us

At Liberty Mutual, our goal is to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, supported, and can thrive. We build an environment that welcomes a wide range of perspectives and experiences, with inclusion embedded in every aspect of our culture and reflected in everyday interactions. This comes to life through comprehensive benefits, workplace flexibility, professional development opportunities, and a host of opportunities provided through our Employee Resource Groups. Each employee plays a role in creating our inclusive culture, which supports every individual to do their best work. Together, we cultivate a community where everyone can make a meaningful impact for our business, our customers, and the communities we serve.

We value your hard work, integrity and commitment to make things better, and we put people first by offering you benefits that support your life and wellbeing. To learn more about our benefit offerings please visit:

Liberty Mutual is an equal opportunity employer. We will not tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, disability, veteran's status, pregnancy, genetic information or on any basis prohibited by federal, state or local law.

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• California
• Los Angeles Incorporated
• Los Angeles Unincorporated
• Philadelphia
• San Francisco

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