Head of Legal Services recruitment
The successful individual must also be able to provide the full suite of legal/tax services (corporate, contract, regulatory, legal agreements, technical etc.) to the company either directly or through the use of external legal advisors.
The role holder must meet a demanding implementation schedule and will need to partner with both internal and external resource providers; a vital part of the role will be the identification and successful management of interdependencies in support of specific business outcomes.
The role holder will be required to manage resource conflicts, planning issues, legal and regulatory issues, and project issues. The role holder will also be required to give update briefings at the Steering Committee. It will be a requirement for the role to work closely with Sales team and to support managers to ensure there is a common understanding and shared vision of the product and legal services agenda across the organisation.
Distinguishing Features:
- Influencing skills at Executive level and the ability to lead a highly skilled team.
- Role holder needs to have international business experience and be current with latest legal and tax developments in the life insurance sector.
- Role holder will be senior, mobile, confident, have good communications skills, a proven track record and have advanced technical competence in all aspects of European cross border life assurance products.
- Hold relevant legal/tax/marketing qualifications.
- The role holder will need to demonstrate strong leadership and people management skills.
Main Accountabilities:
- Responsible for Defining Product Development Strategy. Take Ownership of the company’s Product Suite
- Creates the Strategic Vision with Senior Management and communicates the priorities, projects and initiatives to all teams.
- Acts as a consultant, mentor and support for each team to ensure that they properly manage their strategic initiatives
- Makes Presentations to Board of Directors on an “as needed” basis
Required / Desirable Qualifications and Experience:
- Essential to have in depth technical knowledge of European Life Assurance Industry and Products.
- Proven Business Analysis and Product development.
- Proven Strategic decision maker.
- Significant exposure to cross border insurance legal, compliance, tax and regulatory matters/issues.
- Relevant 3rd level or professional qualification
- Minimum 7 years experience at Management level in a relevant role and more than 10 years in Financial Services/Insurance Industry.
- Must be mobile and prepared to travel at short notice