Senior Managing Counsel, Technology and AI

About Allstate

At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life’s uncertainties. For over 90 years, our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers’ evolving needs, from advocating for seat belts and airbags to being an industry leader in telematics, device, and identity protection.

Join Our Team as a Senior Managing Counsel, Technology and AI!

We are seeking a creative, high-energy attorney passionate about the intersection of law, business, technology, and data. In this remote role, you will join the Business Law division of Allstate’s Law and Regulation department, providing strategic and practical legal counsel to Allstate’s technology organization and supporting enterprise-wide initiatives in technology, privacy, and artificial intelligence.

As a recognized senior subject matter expert and trusted business partner, you will leverage advanced business acumen to guide the development of new products—including both regulated and non-insurance offerings—as well as innovative technology initiatives and emerging technologies. This role requires a collaborative, cross-functional approach to drive effective outcomes and shape the future of technology and AI at Allstate.

Get ready to make an impact and shape the future of technology and AI at Allstate!

Key Responsibilities

• Provide real-time, business-focused legal advice on emerging business issues, risks, and initiatives in technology, insurance regulation, privacy, artificial intelligence, and consumer protection.
• Proactively conduct complex research on pertinent laws and regulations applied to emerging technologies, collaborating cross-functionally to determine and explain business impacts.
• Conduct holistic risk analyses on key issues, recognizing enterprise-wide impact, and making strategic recommendations for risk management.
• Play a key role in strategy determination, action planning, and communication with business partners and other legal teams.
• Anticipate legal concerns and provide creative problem solving in a dynamic business environment.
• Understand the dynamics of working within a highly regulated environment, including interactions with business partners, technology, compliance, risk, and government relations.
• Execute on goals and objectives through ambiguity and in a changing business and legal landscape.
• Assist in building a culture of constructive debate and conversations with a virtual team.

A Typical Day Might Include:

• Advising business partners on insurance regulatory legal issues impacting new technology product design or rollout.
• Coordinating, understanding, and synthesizing complex legal advice from internal and external experts to provide simple, direct counsel to business partners.
• Building or improving processes for seamless legal and compliance review of emerging technologies.
• Driving implementation of a compliance plan.

What You Bring

You might be the right fit if:

• You thrive on advising in areas of law that are unsettled and constantly changing.
• You understand how to build new, efficient processes.
• You volunteer ideas and creative solutions.
• You are comfortable working with both a legal and business mindset simultaneously.

Education & Experience

• J.D. is required and active bar membership in good standing.
• 10+ years legal experience in a law firm or in-house legal department with a focus on technology and emerging businesses.
• Strong experience in insurance regulation, privacy, technology, and artificial intelligence.
• Knowledge of intellectual property, cybersecurity, and/or other highly regulated industries.
• Advanced experience advising technology teams.
• Ability to manage outside counsel and budgets.

Key Competencies & Functional Skills

• Strong leadership skills: team building, collaboration, coaching, guiding others.
• Executive presence with excellent verbal and written communication, delivered concisely and effectively.
• Budget and project management experience.
• Proficiency in computer applications, including Microsoft Office suite.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Discretion and ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Business acumen: quantify ROI, develop business cases, contribute to risk evaluations.

Remote Work & Travel Expectations

This is a remote role with travel expectations. While candidates may be located anywhere in the U.S., travel will primarily be to Chicago/Northbrook, IL, with occasional travel to Dallas, TX; Charlotte, NC; Scottsdale, AZ; or other sites as needed due to team collaboration and business travel considerations.

Key skills/competency

• Technology Law
• Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Data Privacy Protection
• Insurance Regulation
• Risk Analysis
• Legal Counsel
• Emerging Technologies
• Compliance
• Cybersecurity
• Project Management