Industry: Insurtech | Insurance | Financial Services | Regulatory & Compliance
Introduction
Our client is a global insurtech organisation with a mission to build the world’s leading technology-enabled ecosystem for protection and insurance. Through advanced digital and data-driven capabilities, the business connects insurers, distributors, and customers to simplify and modernise the purchase and distribution of insurance and protection products worldwide.
Part of Pacific Century Group, the organisation operates across North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa, supporting multinational partnerships within highly regulated insurance markets.
They are seeking an experienced Legal & Compliance Officer to join their Johannesburg-based hybrid team. This role plays a critical function in managing commercial legal matters, regulatory compliance, governance frameworks, and risk management across Africa — primarily South Africa and Kenya — while supporting broader UK and EMEA regulatory and partnership activities.
This opportunity is ideal for a commercially minded legal professional with strong insurance regulatory, compliance, and commercial contracting experience looking to operate within an international, fast-growing insurtech environment.
Role Purpose
To provide strategic legal and regulatory compliance support by managing commercial agreements, identifying and mitigating legal and compliance risks, and ensuring adherence to insurance regulatory frameworks across multiple jurisdictions while embedding a strong compliance culture throughout the organisation.