Director, Associate General Counsel

Overview

This role serves as Associate General Counsel, providing strategic legal guidance and leading cross-functional teams of legal professionals and people leaders. The position advises enterprise leadership on a wide range of legal matters and plays a critical role in informing enterprise strategy and representing the organization with external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality legal service through cross-functional teams to resolve complex legal issues in support of enterprise strategic outcomes.
• Serve as a legal and business generalist by understanding critical enterprise legal issues across a wide variety of disciplines and advising leadership accordingly.
• Coach and guide the Assistant General Counsel to collaborate across the enterprise and within the Division to deliver high-quality, integrated, and proactive legal services that protect the organization and support business objectives.
• Cultivate and manage relationships with business stakeholders, including participation in cross-functional strategic business planning.
• Maintain a thorough understanding of the enterprise and industry to identify trends and opportunities, formulate business-appropriate legal advice and strategies, and serve as a resource to enterprise leaders.
• Promote proper organizational governance by escalating legal and risk management issues to the appropriate level and ensuring the Deputy General Counsel, General Counsel, and enterprise leaders are informed of department activities and initiatives.
• With the strategic guidance of the Deputy General Counsel, strengthen the legal talent landscape to support business roadmaps by forecasting future talent gaps, assessing bench strength, developing talent, and supporting succession planning.
• Collaborate across the Division to align Legal Department goals and execution strategies, ensuring a solid legal foundation for business operations.
• Build budget requirements, including outside counsel budget, and ensure proper management of the department budget.
• Where needed, provide oversight to lawyers and Assistant General Counsels on outside counsel management, and act as a liaison for outside counsel on complex initiatives.

Requirements

• 12+ years of experience providing business-appropriate legal advice to leaders.
• 5+ years of demonstrated success leading, managing, and developing lawyers to deliver high-quality outcomes (highly preferred).
• 12 years of experience with a bachelor's degree, including 3 or more years of supervisory experience required.
• Ability to provide global risk assessment and risk mitigation strategies.
• Ability to collaborate and bring cross-functional teams together.
• Adaptable and flexible; comfortable with ambiguity and uncertainty.
• Ready, willing, and able to contribute and refine new and innovative solutions.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to use logic and reasoning to identify solutions, conclusions, or approaches.
• Self-motivated and goal-oriented, able to determine strategies and objectives with little guidance.
• Ability to take decisive action and provide direction with little guidance based on desired outcomes and resources.
• Strong communication skills with a mindset of educating and empowering stakeholders.
• Understanding of the business of insurance and demonstrated ability to advise toward success outcomes based on both legal and business considerations.

Licenses

• Licensed attorney required upon hire (varies by state).

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of demonstrated success leading, managing, and developing lawyers to deliver high-quality outcomes (highly preferred).

Compensation & Benefits

• Pay Grade 27: $190,254 - $439,724 (national base pay range; good-faith estimate)
• Additional pay considerations: actual pay may vary based on the candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), related experience, education, certifications, ability to meet required minimum job qualifications, prevailing wages in the work location, and internal equity.
• Competitive base and incentive pay
• 401(k) with robust matching and non-matching contributions
• Medical & pharmacy benefits
• 100% employer-paid dental and vision benefits
• Holistic wellbeing program with deep financial incentives
• Generous paid time off plus 12 paid holidays and your birthday off
• Career development, tuition reimbursement, and a recognition program
• Family support: adoption assistance, fertility treatment, child, elder & pet care assistance
• Social responsibility and volunteer opportunities
• Employee discount program

Location

• Remote role (as indicated by #LI-Remote).
• Applicants residing in Alaska, North Dakota, Nebraska, Hawaii, Oklahoma, Vermont, Maine, West Virginia, New Hampshire, Wyoming, Puerto Rico, District of Columbia (Washington D.C.) or other U.S. Territories cannot be hired at this time.

Background Check & Work Authorization

• Background check required.
• The organization will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.
• Proof of eligibility to work in the United States must be provided if selected for hire.

Fair Chance / Criminal Background Considerations

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws, including but not limited to the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and/or New York Corrections Law Article 23-A.