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leadership opportunity for an experienced legal professional to shape legal strategy, lead and develop a high-performing team, and influence outcomes

  • Job Type: Personal Injury
  • Location: Sydney
  • Work Type: Permanent / Full Time
  • Hybrid Working - CBD, up to 2 Days a week in office
  • No Billiables!! Move away from Practice and step into Insurance
  • Lead a high performing, growing team of legal specialists
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Dominic Sheppard

Business Manager
Personal Injury

Dominic Sheppard, Business Manager Personal Injury, HAYLO People
HAYLO People are experts in Personal Injury and General Insurance recruitment. We are partnering with a leading organisation within the workers compensation sector to appoint a Legal Group Manager to lead its specialised insurance legal function.

This is a senior leadership opportunity for an experienced legal professional to shape legal strategy, lead and develop a high-performing team, and influence outcomes across complex and litigated workers compensation claims.
  
Sydney CBD Offices - up to 2 days in the office.
Salary of $160,000–$170,000 + Super.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead the legal strategy and operational performance of the function, aligning legal decisions with broader claims, scheme and business objectives.
  • Manage and develop a team of Lawyers and Legal Specialists, driving capability, performance and succession planning.
  • Provide strategic oversight of complex and litigated matters, including work injury damages, whole person impairment, Personal Injury Commission disputes, industrial deafness, recoveries and fatality claims.
  • Manage external legal panels, overseeing performance, quality, costs and commercial arrangements.
  • Partner with senior claims and business leaders to improve claim outcomes, manage risk and drive continuous improvement.
  • Lead legal process transformation, including technology adoption and the integration of AI capabilities across legal and claims functions.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with employers, brokers, scheme stakeholders, regulators and external legal providers.
About You
  • Hold relevant tertiary legal qualifications and a current unrestricted NSW practising certificate.
  • Bring extensive experience across workers compensation and personal injury law, with a strong understanding of NSW legislation and SIRA requirements.
  • Have demonstrated leadership experience managing and developing legal teams within a complex, high-volume environment.
  • Possess strong technical expertise across litigated workers compensation claims, including WID, WPI, statutory disputes and common law proceedings.
  • Have experience managing external legal providers, budgets, commercial relationships and legal risk.
  • Demonstrate strong commercial judgement, stakeholder management and the ability to influence senior leaders and drive strategic change.
What's on Offer?
  • Salary of $160,000–$170,000 + Super.
  • Hybrid working arrangements. Up to 2 days in office
  • A senior leadership position with genuine influence over legal strategy, operational performance and team development.
  • The opportunity to drive innovation, improve processes and shape the future of legal services within a specialist insurance environment.
If you're an experienced workers compensation legal leader looking for your next strategic move, we'd welcome a confidential conversation.
  
We believe in the freedom to be our authentic selves and welcome people of all genders, ages, nationalities, ethnicity, sexual orientations, personality, and perspectives to apply for any of our roles. 

For more information please click apply and welcome to reach out to Dominic Sheppard - Dominic.sheppard@haylopeople.com.au
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