Senior Legal Specialist

Summary

Ready to elevate your legal career and make a strategic impact? As a Senior Legal Specialist, you’ll be a trusted legal partner and problem-solver across the organization. Working both independently and collaboratively, you’ll play a key role in navigating legal and compliance matters that support our fast-paced, mission-driven business. This is more than a back-office legal role — it’s an opportunity to drive change, lead high-impact projects, and be a legal voice in critical company initiatives.

Why Jewelers Mutual:

We are a financially secure, exceptionally positioned, and intellectually curious company driven by our core values of Agility, Accountability and Relevancy! We continue to raise the tide of the jewelry industry we’ve served since 1913 through our innovative people, our unyielding customer commitment, and evolution of our products and services to be the most trusted advisor to all we serve.

With a generous benefits package, office locations throughout the United States, and a mantra of “making your mark today”, consider evolving your career and shining bright with Jewelers Mutual Group!

What You’ll Do:

Be a Contract Champion

• Own the contract lifecycle — from NDAs to MSAs and everything in between — partnering closely with sales, operations, and leadership to keep deals moving and risk managed.
• Draft, review, and execute agreements with precision and efficiency, ensuring compliance and business alignment every step of the way.
• Support and manage contract databases and legal matter management tools, ensuring legal operations run smoothly and efficiently.
• Be a resource for internal teams navigating systems and processes.

Lead Strategic Legal Projects

• Take the reins on exciting initiatives like M&A due diligence, cross-functional legal research, and company-wide innovation projects.
• Bring your voice to the table as a legal SME, shaping processes, influencing outcomes, and helping teams navigate complexity with confidence.

Protect What Matters

• Help manage and protect the company’s intellectual property portfolio.
• Lead company efforts in maintaining and enforcing records retention and legal policy adherence.

Tackle Legal Challenges Head-On

• Review legal actions, respond to subpoenas, and resolve customer complaints in partnership with internal and external stakeholders.
• Proactively monitor legal trends and industry shifts, identifying risks and raising red flags before they become issues.

Support with a Compliance Mindset

• As needed, partner with Compliance to review marketing and communications content — ensuring everything that goes out meets regulatory and legal standards.

Lead with Influence

• Own your tasks with minimal oversight and consistently deliver high-quality work.
• Serve as a mentor and role model, inspiring trust through professionalism, detail-orientation, and proactive leadership.

 

Who You’ll Work With

• Internal: Legal team attorneys and colleagues across departments — from Compliance to Sales to Operations.
• External: Insurance regulators, outside counsel, and other industry experts.

 

What You’ll Bring:

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university preferred and a minimum of 5+ years of related experience in a corporate legal environment or other related environment.  Paralegal certification or training is desirable.

Computer Skills

Must be proficient in the use of Microsoft Outlook, Word, SharePoint, Excel, Teams, DocuSign, PowerPoint and Adobe Acrobat and be able to learn various software and research applications