VP, Associate General Counsel

Associate General Counsel - Insured Litigation (VP)

Remote Georgia

$250,000- $270.000 DOE

This role is bonus eligible

The Associate General Counsel - Insured Litigation is responsible for, and manages, all medical malpractice, general liability, aviation liability and workers compensation pre-litigation and litigation matters for Global Medical Response and its subsidiaries, including coordination with third party administrators, insurance carriers, outside counsel and employees.

Responsibility:

• Approve and manage outside counsel
• Prepare and review correspondence with insurance carriers
• Coordination between outside counsel and employees
• Assist with collection of data for discovery responses
• Prepare, or review and approve, discovery responses

• Provide sound and practical legal advice to operations and support departments
• Conduct legal research on diverse substantive matters as needed
• Review, assess and resolve liability complaints, threats, claims, and the management of litigation
• Develop and lead risk management legal process and risk mitigation improvements
• Develop in-depth knowledge of the company services/solutions and business models

Professional Qualifications:

• The position requires a Juris Doctor degree with strong academic credentials,10 years of relevant legal experience, and admitted and in good standing in any jurisdiction with authorization to practice law in Texas or Colorado
• The successful candidate will be a highly credible legal executive with a strong track record working effectively in a world-class organization (either a corporate role or as outside counsel)
• Significant experience in medical malpractice, general liability, aviation liability and workers compensation litigation
• Ability to synthesize complex issues and provide straightforward, practical solutions to business partners and carry that advice through implementation
• Strong analytical skills, work ethics and sound legal judgment
• Ability to manage multiple and changing priorities; ability to simplify complex technical information and communicate in a clear, concise and compelling/persuasive manner
• Ability to work collaboratively and effectively with internal stakeholders and clients
• A practical approach, focusing on being a business partner, team member, facilitator, and collaborator
• Experience managing by influence with related professionals; helping teams to accomplish goals through strong discipline in the execution of strategic and tactical initiatives
• Strong organizational, planning and time management skills, and a proven record of driving for and achieving results
• Demonstrated business acumen, including the ability to see the "big picture" as well as the relationship of very detailed and specific legaland business issues
• A thoughtful, articulate and effective communicator who can distill and articulate the important aspects of contracting issues to a wideaudience of participants

Personal Attributes / Cultural Fit:

• Hands-on aptitude in supporting the company's continued growth by ensuring that the company's business priorities are well represented
• A collaborative executive who aims for high performance while prioritizing team success
• Possesses strong mental horsepower and agility. Demonstrated ability to excel in different business models and end markets simultaneously
• Able to synthesize diverse and unstructured information into a coherent plan
• A strong communicator able to lead through influence to gain buy-in within the company, partners, channels and industry
• Strong leadership character able to empower teams while ensuring accountability, while leading via coaching
• Comfortable with full transparency, has a strong process orientation, focuses on problems, and learns from experiments
• A robust problem solver applying hard data and qualitative insight to frame problems and develop novel solutions
• Possesses a bias for action and has a pragmatic view of managing risk