Senior Legal Counsel, Retirement Solutions

Job description

The opportunity We’re looking for a Senior Legal Counsel to support a large, complex retirement solutions business operating in a rapidly evolving regulatory and digital landscape. This is a high‑impact role where you’ll provide pragmatic legal advice across commercial, regulatory and operational matters, while also helping improve how legal processes, documentation and workflows are delivered. You’ll partner closely with leaders across Operations, Technology, Transformation and Client teams to simplify complexity, enable commercial outcomes, and help design future‑ready contracting and governance frameworks. Location: Melbourne (this role is Melbourne‑based) Key responsibilities: In this role, you will: - Lead the drafting and negotiation of high‑value, strategic contracts (client‑side and vendor/partner‑side), including longer‑term third‑party service arrangements. - Advise on risk allocation, service levels, performance frameworks, accountability and governance. - Provide guidance on contract performance, variations, disputes and operational governance. - Interpret and apply regulatory requirements impacting superannuation administration and outsourcing arrangements (e.g. APRA/A...