Director, Complex Insurance Litigation & Strategy
Uber
New York, New York
Posted 6 days ago
Significant travel required.
Qualifications
Required Licenses
- Membership in at least one U.S. state bar.
Responsibilities
Primary Duties
- Guide high-stakes litigation strategy across Uber's complex general liability and mass tort portfolios, including bellwether trials, coordinated proceedings, and large-scale resolution efforts.
- Serve as a strategic partner to senior legal leadership by independently driving initiatives, owning outcomes, and proactively developing solutions to complex legal and business challenges.
- Manage and help lead complex trials nationwide; significant travel required.
- Negotiate and mediate sophisticated, high-impact deals in complex litigation matters.
- Partner cross-functionally with actuarial, finance, data science, insurance, and business teams to evaluate litigation exposure, reserving strategy, long-term financial risk, and portfolio management considerations.
- Analyze large-scale claims inventories to develop mediation, settlement, and trial strategies that appropriately balance legal, financial, operational, and reputational considerations.
- Drive strategic decision-making related to litigation risk, legal precedent, and enterprise-wide exposure management.
- Manage outside counsel across all phases of litigation, including pleadings, discovery, expert development, motion practice, mediation, trial, and appeal.
- Advise legal and business stakeholders on risk mitigation initiatives, safety and product considerations, operational processes, and emerging litigation trends affecting the mobility platform.
About This Role
The Uber Legal Team is seeking a Director, Complex Insurance Litigation & Strategy, with expertise in complex civil litigation, insurance coverage, financial risk strategy, trials, and high-stakes general liability disputes.
Experience Requirements
Required
Minimum of 10 years of litigation experience in-house and/or at a leading law firm, with substantial experience handling complex general liability, mass tort, or other high-exposure litigation.
10 years of experience
Full Job Description
Director, Complex Insurance Litigation & Strategy
Legal
New York, New York | San Francisco, California | Chicago, Illinois
Full Time
Insurance is a critical part of Uber's business, and we are constantly innovating in this area. The Uber Legal Team is seeking a Director, Complex Insurance Litigation & Strategy, with expertise in complex civil litigation, insurance coverage, financial risk strategy, trials, and high-stakes general liability disputes. This role also advises business partners and plays a key role in the negotiation and mediation of complex matters. You will report to the Associate General Counsel of Complex Insurance Litigation & Strategy. This position is open in San Francisco, Chicago, and New York City and is a high-visibility, high-impact role.
What You'll Do
Basic Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
About the Team
The Complex Insurance Litigation & Strategy team oversees and manages litigation and claims arising out of Uber's insurance policies. In doing so, the team works hand in hand with our insurance partners and outside counsel to drive solutions and innovate. This innovative team also works across Uber's business teams, from operations to safety, to evaluate and manage risk.
Legal
New York, New York | San Francisco, California | Chicago, Illinois
Full Time
Insurance is a critical part of Uber's business, and we are constantly innovating in this area. The Uber Legal Team is seeking a Director, Complex Insurance Litigation & Strategy, with expertise in complex civil litigation, insurance coverage, financial risk strategy, trials, and high-stakes general liability disputes. This role also advises business partners and plays a key role in the negotiation and mediation of complex matters. You will report to the Associate General Counsel of Complex Insurance Litigation & Strategy. This position is open in San Francisco, Chicago, and New York City and is a high-visibility, high-impact role.
What You'll Do
- Guide high-stakes litigation strategy across Uber's complex general liability and mass tort portfolios, including bellwether trials, coordinated proceedings, and large-scale resolution efforts.
- Serve as a strategic partner to senior legal leadership by independently driving initiatives, owning outcomes, and proactively developing solutions to complex legal and business challenges.
- Manage and help lead complex trials nationwide; significant travel required.
- Negotiate and mediate sophisticated, high-impact deals in complex litigation matters.
- Partner cross-functionally with actuarial, finance, data science, insurance, and business teams to evaluate litigation exposure, reserving strategy, long-term financial risk, and portfolio management considerations.
- Analyze large-scale claims inventories to develop mediation, settlement, and trial strategies that appropriately balance legal, financial, operational, and reputational considerations.
- Drive strategic decision-making related to litigation risk, legal precedent, and enterprise-wide exposure management.
- Manage outside counsel across all phases of litigation, including pleadings, discovery, expert development, motion practice, mediation, trial, and appeal.
- Advise legal and business stakeholders on risk mitigation initiatives, safety and product considerations, operational processes, and emerging litigation trends affecting the mobility platform.
Basic Qualifications
- Minimum of 10 years of litigation experience in-house and/or at a leading law firm, with substantial experience handling complex general liability, mass tort, or other high-exposure litigation.
- Significant trial, mediation, and strategic case resolution experience.
- Membership in at least one U.S. state bar.
Preferred Qualifications
- Demonstrated initiative and an action-oriented approach, with the ability to independently manage large, high-severity portfolios in fast-moving, high-stakes environments.
- In-house experience strongly preferred, including significant experience managing matters through pleadings, discovery, dispute resolution, trial, and appeal in both state and federal courts.
- Strong leadership instincts with a demonstrated ability to operate autonomously, exercise sound judgment, and drive matters to resolution with limited oversight.
- Proven ability to synthesize legal, financial, operational, and reputational considerations into practical risk-management strategies.
- Experience partnering with finance, insurance, actuarial, or data analytics teams on litigation exposure and reserving strategy.
- Highly versatile operator with the ability to seamlessly move between strategic planning and hands-on execution, while supporting senior leadership on critical initiatives, cross-functional coordination, and enterprise-wide priorities.
- First-chair trial and mediation experience in high-exposure matters.
- Extensive deposition and witness preparation experience, including both expert and corporate witnesses.
- Excellent strategic judgment, executive communication, and relationship-management skills.
- Comfort operating in ambiguity and managing competing priorities at scale.
- Strong academic credentials.
- Enthusiasm for Uber and its mission.
About the Team
The Complex Insurance Litigation & Strategy team oversees and manages litigation and claims arising out of Uber's insurance policies. In doing so, the team works hand in hand with our insurance partners and outside counsel to drive solutions and innovate. This innovative team also works across Uber's business teams, from operations to safety, to evaluate and manage risk.
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