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

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 GRS’s 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) subject matter experts to enable the OOU to establish consistent views of risk and appetites for GRS’s 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 GRS’s 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, business-oriented guidance that enables:
  • Consistent and globally aligned risk views and appetites across GRS’s 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 high-profile 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 fast-paced, 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, multi-jurisdictional 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 you’ll 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 risk-taking and innovation while maintaining robust governance and compliance.
• Inclusive leadership style; ability to mentor and develop legal talent across geographies.

 

Location: Flexible within Liberty’s 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 in-house 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, climate-related risks, AI/algorithmic risks, social inflation).
• Knowledge of enterprise risk management frameworks and