Staff Attorney

Verisk is seeking a Staff Attorney to support our Life Solutions division, which covers life insurance products, software licenses, and support services.

The ideal candidate is a commercially minded, collaborative self-starter with strong contract drafting and negotiation skills, sound judgment, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment and partner with business stakeholders, balancing risk with business objectives.

This role is based in Jersey City, NJ and will report to the Chief Litigation & Managing Counsel.

We use a hybrid work model of three days in the office per week with the option of working remotely for the remaining two days.



* Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of commercial contracts, including customer agreements, software licenses, SaaS agreements, amendments, statements of work, and consulting agreements supporting Verisk Life Solutions.


* Provide day-to-day legal support to sales, product, and operations teams by advising on contractual risk, privacy, intellectual property, and regulatory considerations.


* Interpret and apply Verisk's standard templates and playbooks, escalating non-standard terms and risk issues as appropriate.


* Collaborate with internal subject-matter experts (e.g., privacy, compliance, security, product, and finance) to deliver practical and timely legal solutions.


* Support contracting activities with customers, vendors, and strategic partners, including FAST-related post-acquisition integration matters.


* Perform legal research and analysis related to commercial, data, intellectual property, and regulatory issues impacting Verisk Life Solutions products and services.


* Contribute to continuous improvement of contract processes, templates, and internal guidance.


* Handle additional commercial or corporate legal projects as assigned.



* JD degree from a U.S.-accredited law school.


* Admission to NJ State Bar or eligible for NJ in-house counsel limited license.


* 5+ years legal experience in commercial contracting, including software licenses and support services, gained in a law firm and/or in-house legal department.


* Strong contract management experience, including drafting and negotiating, is required.


* Experience in life insurance or financial services and interest in data preferred.


* Privacy and intellectual property experience preferred.


* Comfortable operating in a client-facing role.


* Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communications skills.


* Strong attention to detail.


* Team-oriented.

Values and emphasizes cooperation and teamwork across business units.


* Strong work ethic and must be able to independently manage multiple projects under tight deadlines.

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