Senior Product Underwriting Counsel (Remote)

Overview

Product Underwriting Counsel positions provide title insurance underwriting expertise to teams building modern technology products that involve or affect title insurance policies or underwriting processes. This role works on multidisciplinary product teams—typically including product managers, designers, researchers, engineers, and data/AI teams—to identify, manage, and communicate title insurance underwriting risk and provide subject matter expertise in title insurance law, title insurance coverage, real estate conveyancing law, and real estate transaction pathways.

Responsibilities

• Lead underwriting vision and strategy for a technology or AI-enabled product or product line, including tools that augment underwriting decision-making, risk evaluation, and operational efficiency.
• Identify, evaluate, communicate, and manage title insurance, regulatory, operational, and model-related risk associated with a technology or AI-enabled underwriting tool.
• Provide underwriting, title insurance, real estate conveyancing, and underwriting workflow subject matter expertise to product managers, designers, researchers, engineers, and data science/AI teams.
• Partner with product, engineering, and data science teams to design and deploy AI-assisted underwriting tools and workflows.
• Collaborate with legal, compliance, information security, and risk management stakeholders to support responsible and compliant use of AI technologies.
• Serve as a strategic liaison between transaction underwriters and technology teams to ensure AI-enabled products align with real-world underwriting practices.
• Hold a leadership role in product strategy discussions.
• Interface with stakeholders in other departments and help clear roadblocks to product success.
• Demonstrate deep knowledge of market dynamics, competitive threats, and competitive advantages.
• Translate complex title insurance and real estate concepts into clear ideas that influence product strategy.
• Translate complex technology product concepts into clear ideas that influence transaction underwriting protocol.
• Execute tasks and assignments on the product roadmap.
• Partner with product managers to drive product evolution and priorities.
• Mentor and train more junior product underwriting counsel.
• Contribute to the development and advancement of product underwriting principles throughout the enterprise.

Requirements

• Law degree required.
• Admitted to law practice in manner appropriate for the position and location.
• 3-5 years of experience as product underwriting counsel; or 7-10 years of title underwriting or real estate law practice experience and demonstrated aptitude for the position.
• Understanding of AI-assisted workflows, generative AI tools, machine learning concepts, and automation technologies relevant to underwriting and real estate transactions.
• Ability to evaluate AI-generated outputs for accuracy, explainability, consistency, and underwriting applicability.
• Superior verbal and visual communication skills.
• Superior understanding of land titles, real estate law, and conveyancing process.
• Superior understanding of federal and state laws related to title insurance and settlement services.
• Demonstrated curiosity and adaptability regarding emerging technologies and digital transformation.
• Strong business acumen and strategic agility that influences outcomes and successfully negotiates for resources.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with keen ability to explain complex concepts across the organization and to large audiences.
• Successful track record of designing, developing, and executing complex projects.

Preferred Qualifications

• None stated.

Compensation & Benefits

• Pay Range: $129,300.00 - $172,300.00 Annually
• Comprehensive benefits package (eligibility based), including medical, dental, vision, 401k, PTO/paid sick leave, and an employee stock purchase plan.

Location

• Note: The following statements only apply to candidates who will be working from an unincorporated area within Los Angeles County. First American will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws (e.g., the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act). First American intends to conduct a review of an applicant’s criminal history in connection with a conditional offer. First American reasonably believes that a criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following material job duties for this position potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment: handling of confidential, proprietary or trade secret information belonging to First American or its customers, administrating or facilitating financial transactions, and the ability to meet customer-imposed criminal history requirements.