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Deputy General Counsel, Global Head of Legal Enablement & Strategic Transactions
PRIMARY PURPOSE : The Deputy General Counsel, Global Head of Legal Enablement & Strategic Transactions leads the Legal and Compliance Organization's Enablement and Strategic Transactions function, with a dual mandate. The first is modernizing and running legal and compliance operations, meaning the processes, technology, metrics, and workflows that allow the legal and compliance department to operate efficiently at scale. The second is embedding strategic legal counsel directly into the business to identify, structure, and create value for Sedgwick and its clients. This role serves as a trusted advisor to business leaders across Sedgwick's claims and risk administration operations, translating complex commercial, technology, and transactional matters into practical guidance. Partners closely with the Global Chief Legal Officer to advance the legal and compliance department as an enterprise intelligence center, serving as a function that anticipates risk, informs business decisions, and creates value across the enterprise and for its clients.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS and RESPONSIBILITIES
Legal and Compliance Operations Leadership
Ensures legal and compliance functions operate as generators of enterprise intelligence, with enhanced feedback loops, agile processes, and execution focus.
Designs, builds, and runs the legal and compliance department's operating infrastructure, including budgeting, outside counsel management, matter management, legal technology, workflow design, and performance metrics, to support a modern, efficient, and scalable legal and compliance function.
Identifies and leads adoption of legal and compliance technology, including AI enabled tools, to improve efficiency, consistency, and visibility across the department.
Develops and tracks department-wide metrics and reporting to demonstrate the legal and compliance function's impact and support data-driven decision-making by the Global Chief Legal Officer and executive leadership team.
Manages outside counsel relationships, budgets, and alternative fee arrangements to control cost and ensure value.
Oversees knowledge management, contract templates and playbooks, and training to standardize and scale legal and compliance support across the enterprise.
Strategic Transactions & Commercial Counsel
Embeds as a strategic partner within key business units, advising on commercial transactions, strategic partnerships, and new business and product initiatives.
Structures, drafts, reviews, and negotiates complex commercial agreements, including client, vendor, technology, and strategic partnership agreements, to protect the company while enabling growth and new revenue opportunities.
Partners with business leaders to identify legal and structural opportunities to create value for Sedgwick's clients, including through new service offerings, contract structures, and commercial models.
Advises on mergers, acquisitions, and other strategic transactions as needed, coordinating with outside counsel and internal stakeholders.
Anticipates legal and regulatory risk in new and evolving business lines and proposes creative, business-minded solutions.
Leverages subject matter experts in critical areas such as AI, privacy, and cyber to quickly and creatively counsel the business on complex or fast-moving matters.
ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS and RESPONSIBILITIES
Performs other duties as assigned.
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