Top Benefits
About the role
At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life’s uncertainties. And for more than 90 years our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers’ evolving needs. From advocating for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws, to being an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, and, more recently, device and identity protection.
Job Description
Allstate Canada Group (ACG) is looking for a Commercial & Privacy Counsel to join its Law & Regulation Department. We are looking for a creative and high energy legal counsel interested in working at the nexus of law, business, technology, data, and consumers. Reporting to the Manager, Innovation Law, this lawyer will be required to provide proactive, timely and strategic legal advice to senior business leaders and their teams, and will handle a broad range of commercial, contract, privacy and technology related matters. This role will have an opportunity to work on a wide variety of corporate projects across ACG and collaborate with other areas of the enterprise and local Law & Regulation Department.
Successful candidates for this role will have significant experience in contract review, drafting and negotiation, and knowledge of commercial law, technology, privacy/data and AI. Knowledge of insurance legal and regulatory environment would be considered an asset.
Who is Allstate:
Allstate Insurance Company of Canada is a leading home and auto insurer focused on providing its customers prevention and protection products and services for every stage of life. Serving Canadians since 1953, Allstate strives to reassure both customers and employees with its “You’re in Good Hands®” promise and is proud to have been named a Best Employer in Canada for nine consecutive years. Allstate is committed to making a positive difference in the communities in which it operates through partnerships with charitable organizations, employee giving and volunteerism. To learn more, visit www.allstate.ca. For safety tips and advice, visit www.goodhandsadvice.ca.
Through our Employee Value Proposition, we have worked hard to develop and nurture a culture where employees feel valued, experience personal growth, have career options and truly enjoy the work they do.
Role Designation: Hybrid
Benefits to joining Allstate
- Flexible Work Arrangements
- Employee discounts (15% on auto and property insurance, plus many other products and services)
- Good Office program (receive up to 400$ back after purchasing office equipment)
- Student Loan Payment Matching Program for Government Student loans
- Comprehensive Retirement Savings Program with employer matched contributions
- Annual Wellness allowance to support employees with improving health and wellbeing
- Personal reflection day
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Working within the community and giving back!
Accountabilities:
- Advisory: Work collaboratively with business and functional partners to provide strategic, practical and risk-based legal advice on a broad range of matters and initiatives, primarily in the areas of commercial, privacy/data, emerging technology and new technology products. Support regulatory response and strategy for privacy, security, and data programs and incident response/investigations.
- Research & Analysis. Perform complex research and analysis of new and/or pertinent laws, regulations and other legal authority, to determine applicability to, and impact on, business and enable action plan.
- Commercial contracts & Third Party Risk Management. Support contracting and procurement efforts across ACG, including structuring, drafting, reviewing and negotiating simple to complex agreements, such as service, technology, data privacy, partnership and sponsorship contracts. Collaborate with key stakeholders, including Sourcing & Procurement, Third Party Risk Management and enterprise Legal to enhance contract governance process, develop and maintain various contract templates and effectively identify and mitigate legal, contracting and regulatory risks.
- Data Privacy Program design & implementation. Provide expert legal advice in evolving ACG’s data privacy management program and collaborate with key stakeholders to implement and maintain key data privacy initiatives.
Skills and attributes for success
- Experience in the following areas: commercial, privacy, data, technology, artificial intelligence and/or highly regulated sectors
- Ability to lead, collaborate and build relationships across multiple areas of the business
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, as well as advocacy
- Strategic and data driven mindset, with a proactive approach to working with the business
- Ability to partner and communicate effectively with business and functional stakeholders and to navigate competing priorities
- Creative, critical and analytical thinker; ability to interpret complex information and effectively translate into practical advice for business stakeholder
- Willingness to work in a dynamic and evolving business and regulatory environment
- Ability to adapt and integrate own experience with enterprise-wide strategy
- Continuous learning & improvement mindset
- Strong computer skills including knowledge of MS Office programs (e.g. Word, Powerpoint)
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of demonstrated commercial, technology and/or privacy law experience
- Licensed to practice law in Ontario
- Member of the Ontario Bar in good standing
- French language ability preferred, but not required.
Allstate Canada Group has policies and practices that provide workplace accommodations. If you require accommodation, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.
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About Allstate Insurance
Corporate Careers
Allstate believes that loving your job is an important step in living a good life. That’s why creating a unique and inclusive environment that supports our employees is a top priority goal. It is our goal to provide innovative resources and opportunities to all of our team members. So, whether you’re an intern or just starting out or an accountant, engineer or project manager – we want you to learn and grow while doing impactful, meaningful work that helps customers every day. To start your career visit allstate.jobs.
Allstate Agency Owner and Allstate Financial Representative
Want to work for yourself? As an Allstate Agency Owner or personal financial representative, you will. You’ll be your own boss, earn what you’re really worth and set your own schedule. And as a small business owner, you’ll have the freedom to work closely with your community and have the support of the Allstate brand to help you bring good to life where you live and work each day. If Allstate sounds like a good fit for you, learn more below. To start your career, visit www.allstate.com/careers.aspx.
Agency Staff
Put your compassion to work for others as a licensed insurance professional at a local Allstate agency. As an Allstate licensed sales professional, you’ll quickly realize the job is much more than just selling insurance. You’ll help protect what people love, make a difference in customers’ lives and enjoy a job with growth potential that matches your own. We’ll help prepare you to get licensed for your career as an insurance professional. The agency staff opportunity is not an employment opportunity directly with Allstate Insurance Co.; but rather employment as a staff member with Allstate Exclusive Agents, who are independent contractors. To start your career, visit www.allstate.com/careers.aspx.
Top Benefits
About the role
At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life’s uncertainties. And for more than 90 years our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers’ evolving needs. From advocating for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws, to being an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, and, more recently, device and identity protection.
Job Description
Allstate Canada Group (ACG) is looking for a Commercial & Privacy Counsel to join its Law & Regulation Department. We are looking for a creative and high energy legal counsel interested in working at the nexus of law, business, technology, data, and consumers. Reporting to the Manager, Innovation Law, this lawyer will be required to provide proactive, timely and strategic legal advice to senior business leaders and their teams, and will handle a broad range of commercial, contract, privacy and technology related matters. This role will have an opportunity to work on a wide variety of corporate projects across ACG and collaborate with other areas of the enterprise and local Law & Regulation Department.
Successful candidates for this role will have significant experience in contract review, drafting and negotiation, and knowledge of commercial law, technology, privacy/data and AI. Knowledge of insurance legal and regulatory environment would be considered an asset.
Who is Allstate:
Allstate Insurance Company of Canada is a leading home and auto insurer focused on providing its customers prevention and protection products and services for every stage of life. Serving Canadians since 1953, Allstate strives to reassure both customers and employees with its “You’re in Good Hands®” promise and is proud to have been named a Best Employer in Canada for nine consecutive years. Allstate is committed to making a positive difference in the communities in which it operates through partnerships with charitable organizations, employee giving and volunteerism. To learn more, visit www.allstate.ca. For safety tips and advice, visit www.goodhandsadvice.ca.
Through our Employee Value Proposition, we have worked hard to develop and nurture a culture where employees feel valued, experience personal growth, have career options and truly enjoy the work they do.
Role Designation: Hybrid
Benefits to joining Allstate
- Flexible Work Arrangements
- Employee discounts (15% on auto and property insurance, plus many other products and services)
- Good Office program (receive up to 400$ back after purchasing office equipment)
- Student Loan Payment Matching Program for Government Student loans
- Comprehensive Retirement Savings Program with employer matched contributions
- Annual Wellness allowance to support employees with improving health and wellbeing
- Personal reflection day
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Working within the community and giving back!
Accountabilities:
- Advisory: Work collaboratively with business and functional partners to provide strategic, practical and risk-based legal advice on a broad range of matters and initiatives, primarily in the areas of commercial, privacy/data, emerging technology and new technology products. Support regulatory response and strategy for privacy, security, and data programs and incident response/investigations.
- Research & Analysis. Perform complex research and analysis of new and/or pertinent laws, regulations and other legal authority, to determine applicability to, and impact on, business and enable action plan.
- Commercial contracts & Third Party Risk Management. Support contracting and procurement efforts across ACG, including structuring, drafting, reviewing and negotiating simple to complex agreements, such as service, technology, data privacy, partnership and sponsorship contracts. Collaborate with key stakeholders, including Sourcing & Procurement, Third Party Risk Management and enterprise Legal to enhance contract governance process, develop and maintain various contract templates and effectively identify and mitigate legal, contracting and regulatory risks.
- Data Privacy Program design & implementation. Provide expert legal advice in evolving ACG’s data privacy management program and collaborate with key stakeholders to implement and maintain key data privacy initiatives.
Skills and attributes for success
- Experience in the following areas: commercial, privacy, data, technology, artificial intelligence and/or highly regulated sectors
- Ability to lead, collaborate and build relationships across multiple areas of the business
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, as well as advocacy
- Strategic and data driven mindset, with a proactive approach to working with the business
- Ability to partner and communicate effectively with business and functional stakeholders and to navigate competing priorities
- Creative, critical and analytical thinker; ability to interpret complex information and effectively translate into practical advice for business stakeholder
- Willingness to work in a dynamic and evolving business and regulatory environment
- Ability to adapt and integrate own experience with enterprise-wide strategy
- Continuous learning & improvement mindset
- Strong computer skills including knowledge of MS Office programs (e.g. Word, Powerpoint)
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of demonstrated commercial, technology and/or privacy law experience
- Licensed to practice law in Ontario
- Member of the Ontario Bar in good standing
- French language ability preferred, but not required.
Allstate Canada Group has policies and practices that provide workplace accommodations. If you require accommodation, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.
#LI-KA1
About Allstate Insurance
Corporate Careers
Allstate believes that loving your job is an important step in living a good life. That’s why creating a unique and inclusive environment that supports our employees is a top priority goal. It is our goal to provide innovative resources and opportunities to all of our team members. So, whether you’re an intern or just starting out or an accountant, engineer or project manager – we want you to learn and grow while doing impactful, meaningful work that helps customers every day. To start your career visit allstate.jobs.
Allstate Agency Owner and Allstate Financial Representative
Want to work for yourself? As an Allstate Agency Owner or personal financial representative, you will. You’ll be your own boss, earn what you’re really worth and set your own schedule. And as a small business owner, you’ll have the freedom to work closely with your community and have the support of the Allstate brand to help you bring good to life where you live and work each day. If Allstate sounds like a good fit for you, learn more below. To start your career, visit www.allstate.com/careers.aspx.
Agency Staff
Put your compassion to work for others as a licensed insurance professional at a local Allstate agency. As an Allstate licensed sales professional, you’ll quickly realize the job is much more than just selling insurance. You’ll help protect what people love, make a difference in customers’ lives and enjoy a job with growth potential that matches your own. We’ll help prepare you to get licensed for your career as an insurance professional. The agency staff opportunity is not an employment opportunity directly with Allstate Insurance Co.; but rather employment as a staff member with Allstate Exclusive Agents, who are independent contractors. To start your career, visit www.allstate.com/careers.aspx.