Attorney, Senior Manager

Everlake; Northbrook (IL); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

401-k plan

Annual Incentive Program

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Everlake, a leading life insurance company headquartered in Northbrook, IL, seeks an Attorney, Sr. Manager to provide legal guidance across life and annuity operations, privacy, regulatory, and contracting activities.

You will support multiple business functions, develop guidelines, templates, and process documentation, and manage legal risk to enable business objectives. The role involves advising on product requirements, vendor relationships, compliance, and governance, with collaboration

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an accredited law school.
• Active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• Experience in insurance, financial services, or a highly regulated industry.
• Experience supporting life insurance and annuity products, regulatory inquiries, examinations, disputes, investigations.
• Expertise in drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and advising on complex contracts.

Responsibilities

• Provide practical legal counsel on life and annuity insurance issues, regulatory compliance, and risk management.
• Advise on privacy, data protection, records management, and related regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with Compliance, Risk Management, Operations, Technology, HR, Finance, and leadership.
• Develop and maintain legal guidelines, templates, procedures, and playbooks.
• Support regulatory inquiries, examinations, audits, disputes, investigations, and interactions with auditors and regulators.
• Research insurance laws and industry practices; prepare opinions, memoranda, training, and stakeholder guidance.
• Work with external counsel on insurance-related litigation when needed.
• Draft, review, negotiate, and maintain commercial agreements and vendor contracts.

Skills

Insurance laws

Regulatory compliance

Privacy & data protection

Records management

Contract negotiation

Legal research

Stakeholder collaboration

Policy development

Project management

8+ years of experience

Education

Juris Doctor (J.D.)

Active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction

Job description

Who We Are

Everlake is a leading life insurance company headquartered in Northbrook, IL, with offices in Chicago, IL, and Lincoln, NE. If you have a passion for the insurance business, value working in a dynamic team environment, and are ready to roll up your sleeves to help us achieve best-in-class results, this may be the role for you. At Everlake, you will find the dynamics of a small entrepreneurial organization and the strength of a larger corporation rolled into one. We think big and evolve quickly, backed by a collaborative mindset and a solid financial foundation.

Position Summary

The Attorney, Sr. Manager provides legal support across Everlake's life and annuity operational, privacy, regulatory, and commercial contracting activities. The role serves as a key legal advisor to Operations, Customer Service Center, Agent Licensing, Claims, Compliance, Risk Management, Technology, Human Resources, and other business functions. The successful candidate will provide practical legal guidance on product and operations matters, vendor and third-party administrator relationships, privacy and data governance obligations, commercial agreements, and business initiatives. This individual will support development of legal guidelines, templates, and process documentation while helping the organization manage legal risk and support business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide practical legal counsel on life and annuity insurance issues such as product requirements, claims, escalations, customer communications, and regulatory compliance; agent licensing; and risk management.
• Advise business partners on privacy, data protection, records management, artificial intelligence, and related legal and regulatory requirements.
• Partner with Compliance, Risk Management, Operations, Technology, Human Resources, Finance, senior management, and other business functions to identify legal risks and support strategic initiatives.
• Assist with the development, implementation, and maintenance of legal guidelines, templates, operational procedures, company policies, process playbooks, and risk management strategies.
• Support responses to regulatory inquiries, examinations, audits, customer matters, disputes, investigations, and other operational legal issues, working with auditors, external counsel, and regulators as needed.
• Research and analyze insurance laws, regulations, legal developments, and industry practices; prepare recommendations, legal opinions, memoranda, training, and stakeholder guidance.
• Work closely with external counsel on insurance-related litigation and disputes when necessary.
• Review, draft, negotiate, and maintain commercial agreements, vendor contracts, service agreements, confidentiality agreements, and third-party administrator agreements.

Qualifications:

Education

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an accredited law school and active membership in good standing with a state bar association.
• Active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction required.

Experience & Skills

• 8+ years of experience practicing law, preferably with a focus on insurance, financial services, a law firm, or another highly regulated industry.
• Strong knowledge of insurance laws, regulations, industry practices, privacy, data protection, records management, and regulatory requirements.
• Experience supporting life insurance and annuity products, insurance operations, third-party administrator relationships, regulatory inquiries, examinations, disputes, investigations, or related operational legal matters.
• Experience developing policies, procedures, governance frameworks, legal guidance, or business process documentation.
• Expertise in drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and advising on complex contracts and agreements.
• Ability to identify legal risks and provide practical, business-oriented recommendations and solutions.
• Excellent research, analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, written communication, and verbal communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate effectively internally and with external counsel, regulators, auditors, and other stakeholders.
• Proven organizational and project management capabilities, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.
• Sound judgment, professionalism, integrity, attention to detail, high ethical standards, and a commitment to maintaining confidentiality.

Benefits:

• Medical, dental and vision benefits
• 401-k plan
• Annual Incentive Program
• Flexible paid time off plan
• Hybrid work environment
• Paid holidays
• Tuition assistance