Your new company

Our client is a well-established, top-tier financial services group undergoing a strategic transformation of its legal function. As part of this change, they are investing in dedicated, specialist leadership to support their fast-growing Commercial Insurance division. This role offers the rare opportunity to lead a newly structured legal team with a clear growth mandate and full support from senior leadership.

Your new role

• Broker and distribution agreements
• New product design and platform structuring
• Policy wording and PDS review
• Complex claims support and risk advisory
• Regulatory interpretation and commercial enablement

• Lead and develop a national team of experienced lawyers, supported by a highly regarded special counsel
• Provide commercially astute legal advice on growth initiatives, platform-based products, and regulatory risk
• Engage directly with senior leaders across underwriting, claims, compliance, and business strategy
• Shape legal strategy to align with the business’s commercial ambitions and risk appetite

What you'll need to succeed

• A senior legal professional with experience in insurance or financial services—ideally with exposure to commercial insurance

• A proven or emerging people leader with the ability to manage, mentor and influence across a national legal team

• Excellent knowledge of financial services regulation, insurance law, and commercial frameworks

• Strong commercial acumen and stakeholder engagement skills—you’re confident advising senior business leaders

• A pragmatic problem-solver who brings both legal rigour and a business-enabling perspective

What you'll get in return

• Newly created role – shape your own legacy in a team built for future success

• Breadth and depth – work across the entire legal lifecycle of a growing commercial insurance business

• Leadership impact – lead a respected, capable legal team with national reach

• Trusted advisor status – work shoulder-to-shoulder with executives in a business that values legal insight
  
  

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us Suras Khosla now on (03) 9604 9519 or email suras.khosla@hays.com.au.