SENIOR LEGAL Counsel Montreal or Quebec

Senior Legal Counsel (15+ years' experience)

Empire Life is looking to hire a Senior Legal Counsel to join our Legal team. The Senior Legal Counsel will provide legal, regulatory and risk management advice on a wide variety of matters related to individual life, health, disability and travel insurance products and related online platforms and processes. The successful candidate will also advise on complex IT and commercial contracts, distribution arrangements, and other legal matters, as required.

The Senior Legal Counsel will report directly to the General Counsel. Although Empire Life’s head office is located in Kingston, this position may be based out of Empire Life’s Toronto, Kingston, Montreal or Quebec City offices, with the option for working from home for part of the time. This position will fill an existing vacancy.

Founded in 1923, The Empire Life Insurance Company (“Empire Life”) is one of the top ten life insurance companies in Canada. Empire Life offers a full range of life and health insurance products and services to Canadians including individual and group insurance and investment and retirement products. Proudly Canadian, this organization’s mission is to provide expertise and intelligent solutions to help Canadians navigate life with confidence.

The Senior Legal Counsel will provide legal, regulatory and risk management advice on a wide variety of matters related to individual life, health, disability and travel insurance products and related online platforms and processes. The successful candidate will also advise on complex IT and commercial contracts, distribution arrangements, and other legal matters, as required.

• Minimum 15 years of experience working within the financial services industry.
• Strong preference for experience advising on legal and regulatory issues pertaining to the operations of a life and health insurance company, as well as life and health insurance products, processes and systems, and emerging technology.
• Strong leadership skills; ability to provide advice and guidance on legal and regulatory risk to senior management and executive leadership teams.
• Potential to take on a managerial role for the right candidate.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, sound judgment, and a pragmatic, risk‑based approach to providing legal advice.
• Bilingual (English and French) language skills will be valued.

Please forward your CV and cover letter to Lorene Nagata and Lesa Ong of Nagata Connex Executive Legal Search.