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Legal Recruiter & Business Director at Hays - Recruiting Lawyers across Australia - Brisbane QLD, Sydney NSW & Melbourne VIC
Step into a newly created legal leadership role with full ownership of a high-performing legal team.
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. The role offers autonomy, work life flexibility and a max salary package of $219 with scope for further career advancement.
Your new role
As Legal Manager for the Commercial Insurance Division, based in Brisbane, you will lead a nationally distributed legal team providing end-to-end legal support to the Commercial Insurance business unit. You will oversee all legal matters across:
* 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
What You’ll Be Doing
* 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
This is a full-spectrum legal role—spanning front-end advisory, operational guidance, and business partnering at senior levels.
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
Apply now for this exciting role!
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Director
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Legal
* Industries
Legal Services
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