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About the Role
Provide leadership and legal advice to Guardian’s Financial Protection and Retirement Solutions business, focusing on retirement and income products. Collaborate with business partners on product development, sales, administration, and reinsurance. Mentor other attorneys to foster team development.
Responsibilities
- Provide leadership and advice regarding the development, administration, claims handling, and sale and distribution of various annuity contracts, including both retail and institutional annuity products.
- Provide counsel on insurance and securities laws and regulations applicable to institutional and individual annuities as well as other individual insurance products, including individual life and disability insurance.
- Provide influence and counsel to senior leadership regarding reinsurance transactions and other various forms of risk transfer.
- Negotiate and advise on reinsurance transactions between Guardian and third-party insurance companies, as well as negotiate customer, third-party administrator, distribution, and vendor agreements.
- Draft or review a variety of documents, including policy forms, reinsurance treaties, collateral agreements, administrative service agreements and other business-related contracts.
- Interface with state and federal regulators as needed regarding individual insurance products and/or reinsurance transactions.
- Coordinate with the business, regulatory affairs, government relations, compliance, and other cross-functional teams on multi-disciplinary issues.
Requirements
- Law degree (J.D. or equivalent) and bar admission required.
- 8+ years of relevant experience either with a law firm, insurance company or other financial services institution.
- Previous experience working on the development of annuities, life insurance and disability insurance products.
- Experience with the development of institutional annuity products strongly preferred.
- Experience working closely with actuaries, risk professionals and investments.
- Previous experience interfacing with insurance regulatory bodies strongly preferred.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States, without the need for employer sponsorship/support now or at any future time.
Skills
- Interpersonal Effectiveness
- Business Savvy
- Legal Expertise
- Lead by Example
- Communications
- Concise communication
- Composure
- Confidence
- Engaging manner
- Proactive leadership
- Business understanding
- Strategic planning
- Influencing others
- Problem-solving
- Written and oral communication
- Subject matter expertise
- Solutions-based approach
Location
- New York, NY
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 8+ years
Education Level
- Law degree (J.D. or equivalent)
- Bar admission
Salary/Compensations
- $178,690.00 - $293,560.00
Benefits
- Support and flexibility for professional and personal goals
- Skill-building opportunities
- Leadership development opportunities
- Philanthropic opportunities
- Contemporary, supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources
About the Company
- Guided by our company Purpose of “Inspiring well-being for our colleagues, consumers, and communities”, we are committed to building a best-in-class Law Department.
- We drive a high-performance culture across our Legal, Compliance, and Government Affairs functions.
- At Guardian, you’ll have the support and flexibility to achieve your professional and personal goals.
- Through skill-building, leadership development and philanthropic opportunities, we provide opportunities to build communities and grow your career, surrounded by diverse colleagues with high ethical standards.
Equal Opportunity
- Guardian is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, marital status, disability, military or veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law.
- Guardian is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities.
- Guardian also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants (and employees) to accommodate the individual's known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless doing so would create an undue hardship.
- Guardian Life is not currently or in the foreseeable future sponsoring employment-based visas (e.g., such as an H-1B).