Vice President, Deputy General Counsel

Are you passionate about making a difference in people's lives? Do you enjoy working in a service-oriented industry? If so, this opportunity may be the right fit for you!

The Deputy General Counsel serves as a key member of the Legal leadership team and acts as a strategic partner to the General Counsel. This role requires a highly versatile, business-oriented attorney with broad expertise across corporate, governance, privacy, employment, regulatory, and transactional matters, and a proven track record of delivering improved legal services at lowered costs. The successful candidate will serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership and the Board of Directors and provide leadership across multiple legal and compliance functions as the company increases cost discipline and
future-readiness.

This position is ideal for a seasoned legal executive who thrives in complex, fast-paced environments and brings a "Swiss Army knife" approach to legal leadership; capable of managing virtually any issue across the enterprise and tasked with doing so outside of day-to-day commercial contracting and
litigation management. A successful candidate will have a demonstrated ability to take apart any legal function and rebuild it from the ground up to a higher standard of performance and at a lower cost.

This role...

Executive Leadership

• Provide strategic and business oriented legal advice to executive leadership on enterprise risks, governance, compliance, and business initiatives through turnaround process.

• Partner with business leaders to identify risks and develop practical, business-focused solutions in changing business conditions.

• Advise executive leadership on enterprise digital and technology transformation initiatives, ensuring legal, contractual, and risk frameworks keep pace with new systems, platforms, and ways of working.

Legal Strategy

• Lead strategic rebuild across legal functions optimizing the delivery of legal services and operations consistent with best practice and aligned to future enterprise needs.

• Design and implement outsourced and lower-cost legal delivery models, optimizing use of alternative legal service providers and scaled resources to reduce cost while preserving quality and control over core legal work.

• Oversee departmental operations, including budgeting, resource allocation, outside counsel management, and organizational planning.

• Lead and manage legal, privacy, and related teams, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and excellence along with a deep drive for self-improvement.

Corporate Governance

• Support the General Counsel in all Board of Managers and committee matters.

• Serve as backup Corporate Secretary, including preparation of board materials, resolutions, minutes, and governance documentation.

• Advise on corporate governance best practices, fiduciary duties, delegated authorities, and subsidiary governance.

• Advise on governance frameworks and Board reporting structures appropriate to private ownership, including transitions in ownership and governance structure.

• Maintain and oversee complex subsidiary and intercompany structures and entity management. Continuously develop related internal service models to improve delivery at a lower cost.

Data Governance & Privacy & AI

• Lead enterprise data governance initiatives, including data inventories, remediation efforts, and data cleanup programs.

• Serve as a strategic leader on privacy matters, with deep knowledge of global privacy laws and US state-specific requirements, including California and other emerging state privacy regimes.

• Advise on privacy-by-design principles, data retention, incident response, and information governance.

Emerging Technologies & AI

• Lead AI integration initiatives across the enterprise, applying deep knowledge of AI systems and technologies and related privacy and security matters.

• Develop, customize, and deploy cost-efficient AI, ML, and related technologies in partnership with business and technical stakeholders.

• Develop and oversee policies and frameworks related to artificial intelligence governance and responsible AI use.

Employment & Regulatory Matters

• Provide sophisticated advice on employment and labor matters, including employee relations, investigations, reductions in force, accommodations, wage and hour issues, executive compensation, and compliance.

• Partner closely with Human Resources to support enterprise workforce strategies and employment-related initiatives.

• Advise on regulatory and compliance matters affecting the organization and support internal investigations as needed.

• Lead remediation of existing HR legal documentation and compliance gaps, including employment agreement standardization, compliance audits, and policy/handbook updates.

Transactions, Finance & Corporate Development

• Lead and support mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, corporate restructurings, and strategic transactions.

• Advise on corporate financings, debt transactions, and related financing arrangements.

• Prior experience working with sophisticated credit facilities in complex settings is strongly preferred.

• Support diligence efforts and integration planning for acquisitions and organizational changes.

• Manage legal aspects of complex organizational and subsidiary structures.

Enterprise Initiatives

• Provide legal support for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives and reporting programs.

• Advise on equal employment opportunity (EEO) compliance and related legal risk, inclusive workplace culture and talent practices, and other regulatory and legal considerations affecting workforce policy. Partner with Communications and executive leadership on sensitive public relations and crisis management matters.

• Support enterprise-wide strategic initiatives as assigned by the General Counsel.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Determines appropriate resourcing of staff within the scope of the Deputy General Counsel's duties in order to achieve goals and objectives.

• Helps to ensure the Office of the General Counsel’s staff has mentoring and educational opportunities to enable continued substantive and professional growth.

• Assists in defining annual Key Performance Indicators aligned with corporate goals.

• Accountable for strategic design, execution, and collective results within the scope of their duties when collaborating with teammates that report to the Deputy General Counsel.

• Directs and influences change management initiatives to drive improvements and efficiencies cross-functionally.

• Ability to direct and interact collaboratively and communicate effectively with external, internal customers, and stakeholders to address legal issues and ensure alignment across the organization to drive business opportunities.

• Prepares and manages the budget as assigned; analyzes variances and initiates change when necessary to maximize operational performance.

Leadership Competencies

• Track record of driving measurable outcomes under pressure including cost reduction, risk mitigation, or operational turnaround.

• Strategic thinker with an enterprise mindset, operating with integrity, sound judgment, and discretion. Demonstrated drive for action in ambiguous or deteriorating situations, proactively surfacing risk and driving change.

• Strong people leader with demonstrated experience building, mentoring, and leading highperforming teams across diverse geographies, cultures and time zones. Collaborative, pragmatic, and solutions-oriented approach.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and operate effectively in ambiguous and rapidly changing environments. Ability to act dispassionately in high-stress environments.

• Comfortable serving as an advisor, operator, and executor across a broad range of legal disciplines. Competence to identify knowledge gaps, ability and willingness to learn and advise on emerging and niche matters of law, and comfort counseling through uncertainty.

We are interested in speaking to individuals with the following...

Required

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an accredited law school.

• Active membership in at least one U.S. state bar.

• 12+ years of progressively responsible legal experience, including both law firm and significant in-house experience.

• 10+ years of leadership experience.

• Expertise in designing, deploying, and managing lower-cost, technology-enabled legal delivery models, including alternative legal service providers (ALSPs), legal operations tools, and outside counsel spend optimization.

• Knowledge of organizational transformation strategies, including rebuilding legal functions within companies experiencing financial or competitive challenges.

• Knowledge of data governance, data remediation, and enterprise data management principles and practices.

• Knowledge of artificial intelligence technologies, AI security and governance, and emerging AI regulatory frameworks.

• Knowledge of employment law compliance, including auditing and remediating employment documentation, agreements, policies, and handbooks.

• Knowledge of global privacy laws and regulations, employment and labor law, and corporate governance and Board support.

• Knowledge of mergers and acquisitions, corporate financings, and subsidiary management.

• Ability to design and implement technology-enabled legal operations that improve efficiency and reduce cost.

• Ability to lead enterprise legal transformation initiatives resulting in measurable operational and financial improvements.

• Ability to manage outside counsel and legal operations across multiple practice areas.

• Ability to influence and advise executive leadership and Boards of Managers.

• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.

• Strong executive presence.

• Exceptional judgment and business acumen.

• Strong analytical and strategic thinking abilities.

• High attention to detail.

• Ability to balance legal risk with business objectives.

• Ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives and drive organizational change.

Preferred

• Experience operating in organizations undergoing significant transformation, growth, or restructuring.

• Experience in cost-disciplined, tech-leveraged, and highly regulated industries (e.g., banking and finance or global technology) evidenced by delivering cost-efficient, technology-forward, and compliant solutions.

• Public company experience, including Board governance and SEC-related matters, as well as private company practice.

• Experience leading a privacy function through transformation and rebuild, evidenced by increased compliance and reduced cost.

• Experience supporting public relations, crisis communications, and reputation

• management initiatives.

• Experience with ESG and related programs.

Salary: $252,900 - $303,450

This role is bonus eligible based on individual and company performance.

The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. 

Primarily seated work; extensive computer and telephone use; occasional standing, walking, reaching, bending, and lifting up to 10 lbs. 

Modivcare’s positions are posted and open for applications for a minimum of 5 days. Positions may be posted for a maximum of 45 days dependent on the type of role, the number of roles, and the number of applications received.  We encourage our prospective candidates to submit their application(s) expediently so as not to miss out on our opportunities. We frequently post new opportunities and encourage prospective candidates to check back often for new postings. 

We value our team members and realize the importance of benefits for you and your family.

Modivcare offers a comprehensive benefits package to include the following:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Employer Paid Basic Life Insurance and AD&D
• Voluntary Life Insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Pre-Tax and Post --Tax Commuter and Parking Benefits
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with Company Match
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Discounts (retail, hotel, food, restaurants, car rental and much more!)

Modivcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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• We consider all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, handicap or disability, or status as a Vietnam-era or special disabled veteran in accordance with federal law. If you need assistance, please reach out to us at hr.recruiting@modivcare.com