Overview As Senior Counsel at Travelers, you provide high-quality legal services in a defined specialty area and guide senior leadership on complex issues. You will negotiate, draft and review legal documents while managing risk and maintaining key internal and external relationships. The role may oversee a small team and budgeting for matters, leveraging technology to drive efficiency. You contribute to a collaborative, innovation-driven culture as part of a long-standing insurer with a strong reputation.
Compensation / Benefits- Health insurance for employees and dependents
- 401(k) match dollar-for-dollar up to 5%
- Pension plan funded by Travelers
- Paid time off (minimum 20 days) plus holidays
- Wellness program with mental health support
- Volunteer and charitable giving programs
Responsibilities- Advise senior management on complex legal issues within a line of business or practice area
- Negotiate with clients and leaders, influencing important legal matters
- Research legal principles and precedents in your area of expertise
- Identify and communicate risk and recommend mitigations
- Draft, negotiate and execute legal documents
- Monitor external legal developments and maintain client relationships
- Mentor junior attorneys or paralegals/staff
- Review and approve external legal invoices within authority
- Leverage technology and automation in legal practice
- Perform other duties as assigned
Key requirements- Ten years of legal experience as a practicing attorney
- Experience managing complex commercial litigation and strategy
- Prior experience in insurance defense, coverage litigation, or in-house litigation management preferred
- Familiarity with management liability policy forms (D&O, E&O, EPL) and cyber liability forms
- Experience with breach response provisions and ransomware/extortion clauses
- Familiarity with fidelity and crime policy forms
- Experience providing coverage analysis on management liability claims
- Active license to practice law in required states
- Strong client relationship skills
- Mentorship and coaching
- Strategic thinking and risk communication
- Legal research and analysis
- Budgeting and cost management
- Use of practice-management technology and automation
