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Time Type: Full time
Worker Type: Employee
Location: Sydney
Type: Permanent, full time position
Your part in a changing world
At QBE, our purpose is to enable a more resilient future.
We’re an international insurer and reinsurer with a local presence in 27 countries.
Leveraging our deep expertise and insights, QBE offers commercial, personal and specialty products and risk management solutions to help people and businesses manage risks, build strength and embrace change to their advantage.
We’ve been cultivating resilience since 1886, when our founders started a marine insurance company in Townsville, Australia to give early pioneers a safeguard against uncertainty.
Today, we employ more than 11,600 people around the world, and our product portfolio includes property, motor, crop, energy, marine and aviation insurance.
The opportunity
QBE are in a phase of transformation and modernisation. Our Modernisation agenda places a heavy focus on uplifting of technology, including simplification and digitisation across the business, and we need an exceptional Senior Legal Counsel to ensure that privacy and information security related legal risks are identified to support us on our journey. You will have specialist expertise in legal issues arising from privacy and cybersecurity related matters and will join the Group Legal - Technology & Commercial team to provide independent, quality, commercially-focused legal advice to the QBE Group.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and driven lawyer who is as excited as we are by finding effective and innovative solutions to the challenges emerging from rapidly evolving global environment and laws and regulations relating to data protection and privacy, cybersecurity, resilience and operational risk.
Due to the constantly evolving world of technology and the laws and regulatory regimes that surround this, QBE place a strong focus on the mitigation of risk. You will partner with C-Suite executives and global Legal, Privacy and Compliance, Cyber, Risk and Operations teams to develop pragmatic global solutions that enable QBE’s strategic priorities.
As a senior lawyer within Group Legal, you will have a key role to play in managing, supervising, and training junior lawyers and paralegals across the broader team.
Your responsibilities will include:
Advising on data protection and privacy laws relevant to a global organisation, including management of risks associated with the operational use of data. This requires in-depth knowledge of Australia’s laws relevant to privacy and security of information, and awareness of the legal landscape relevant to the key regions in QBE’s global footprint.
Actively scanning the horizon for legal and regulatory developments that may impact the organisation, including developments in Australia and other relevant jurisdictions relating to privacy and data protection, security of critical infrastructure, preparing for and responding to cyber-threats, and operational resilience.
You will use your understanding of QBE’s global operations to provide sound, pragmatic, and proportionate legal advice on the impacts of such developments.
Identify strategies to manage and minimise legal issues and risks relating to security of information, cyber incidents and data breaches.
Define QBE minimum positions and maintain currency of provisions relating to privacy and security of information in QBE’s global templates. Actively engage with other global legal teams and relevant stakeholders (Cyber, Privacy, etc) to gain input and approval for positions and global templates. Provide advice and support to Legal teams on negotiation of provisions relating to privacy and security of information; lead negotiation of Standard Contractual Clauses where required.
Draft and negotiate commercial contracts and provide legal advice on matters related to commercial contracts.
Enthusiastically contributing to the Technology & Commercial Team, helping the team to find ways to innovate and improve the way we provide legal support to deliver the best outcomes for QBE
Active participation in our Global Privacy Council and contribute as a subject matter expert to the Global Practice Group for Commercial & Technology, working with lawyers across the globe to develop and implement a consistent and best practice approach to contracting across the QBE Group
Knowledge and Experience:
Law Degree - admitted to practice as a solicitor in an Australian jurisdiction or other common law jurisdiction (e.g. NZ, UK or US).
Experience in either a leading law firm or in-house legal team with exposure to global technology and outsourcing transactions, including global business process outsourcing, systems integration, global software licences, and cloud computing arrangements.
Experience in Insurance/Financial Services will be highly regarded
Specialist knowledge of IT and contract law, with a good understanding of privacy and data protection laws.
Technical skills:
Highly effective communication both written and verbal with strong interpersonal skills
Ability to work across global footprint observing cultural nuances
Ability to work to demanding time frames
Effective management of competing priorities and resilience under pressure
Ability to forge strong internal and external business relationships
Strong negotiation skills with excellent attention to detail
We are here to support you
We offer a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life, whatever your circumstances. As a QBE employee you will have access to and benefit from:
‘Hybrid Working’ – a mix of working from home and in the office to enhance your work/life balance
Our ‘Thriving at our Best’ wellbeing program, including free holistic wellbeing coaching, nutritional, confidential counselling, financial and legal advice
12 weeks’ gender-equal flexible leave for all new parents, including paid super
The ability to maximise retirement savings through voluntary super contributions and company matching
Income protection insurance & reimbursed Death and Total Permanent Disability insurance premiums
Additional leave and support through QBE’s Family Domestic Violence First Responder Network
Discounts on insurance products, car hire, hotels, goods and services including benefits through our various sports and arts sponsorship partners
We value our employee’s experience with us and are proud to have been recognised for the following awards:
2021 LinkedIn Top Employer & HRD Employer of Choice
2020 Best Workplace Diversity & Inclusion and Excellence Award for Best Health & Wellbeing at the Australian HR Awards
Gold Employer status for 4 years in a row 2019 - 2022 Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) – the definitive national benchmark on LGBTQI+ workplace inclusion
Ranked 6th place in the AAGE Top Graduate Employers 2021 as voted by graduates
Top 20 Workplaces for Dads in 2019 and 2020 (HBF Direct Advice for Dads)
Family First accredited employer since 2021
Join us
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QBE takes a risk and compliance approach to COVID-19 vaccination and strongly encourages our employees to be vaccinated. Some roles require COVID-19 vaccination to perform the role. When relevant we will ask you to share your vaccination status as part of the application process. We won’t be able to progress with applications where candidates choose not to disclose their status for roles that require vaccination in line with our risk and compliance approach.
QBE recognise the value of diverse perspectives and experience. We are committed to an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected for who they are. If we can provide support with access requirements, alternative work arrangements or you would like to connect with one of our networks please contact us at recruitment@qbe.com.
Application Close Date: 04/04/2023 11:59 PM
How to Apply:
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Equal Employment Opportunity:
QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.
