Associate General Counsel II (Remote)

Job Description:
Location Details:
Hybrid position reporting to an office roughly 1-2 times per year. This position is currently able to work remotely from a home office location for day-to-day operations unless occasional travel for meetings, collaborative activities, or team building activities is specified by leadership. This is subject to change based on amendments and/or modifications to the ACG Flex Work policy.

Position Schedule:
Monday- Friday 8am-5pm

Position Summary:
The Office of the General Counsel for The Auto Club Group (ACG) is responsible for providing legal advice and counsel to business units throughout the organization. Corporate specialties include, but are not limited to: Anti-trust, Bankruptcy, Litigation, Compliance, Computer Licensing, Contracts, Copyrights, Corporate Law, Employment Law, Employee Benefits, Financial Operations, Insurance Operations/Regulations, Marketing, and Real Estate Property.

Provide the highest level of technical oversight and legal advice regarding the most complex and important matters pertaining to corporate issues. Act as the "legal authority" in specific disciplines due to extensive experience, vision, commitment and/or educational background within their specialty. Advocate a strong team and client relationship within the company and with the various organizations, agencies and professional legal authorities. Provide guidance, direction and motivation to peers and other legal staff. Act as a project manager for projects having broad corporate impact. Review contracts and/or legal documents.

Research and analyze highly technical and specialized legal questions and issues as they relate to specific disciplines. Develop and recommend legal strategies and prepares any necessary material to keep senior management informed regarding achievement of objectives and accomplishments of stated goals. Advise senior management on a regular basis on the legal ramifications of corporate decisions and organization practices. Assist senior management with short and long term business plans and identifies opportunities to improve department performance and effectiveness.

Supervisory Responsibilities:
None

Qualifications:
Required:

• Education (include minimum education and any licensing/certifications):
• Juris Doctor degree
• Member of any State Bar with authorization to represent the company

Experience:

• Highly complex and strategic legal analysis related to multiple core business areas or functions
• Rendering legal advice and complex strategic advice in multiple specialties to Company clients for legal issues regularly involving two or more state jurisdictions
• Rendering the highest level of technical legal advice to business clients, with a complete understanding of the Company's business operations, finances, and products, as well as the ability to translate strategic business objectives into a bottom-line impact from a business and legal perspective
• Multiple legal specialties (e.g. class action litigation, claims litigation, product, regulatory, etc.)
• Broad and varied legal assignments that require a high level of creative legal thinking
• conducting legal research and preparing formal legal documents
• Project planning and management
• Working in a General Counsel department within the insurance or banking industry or large corporation
• Drafting high level strategic documents for senior management
• Advising members of senior management on a regular basis on matters critical to the organization

Experience working with professional staff to include:

• organization and planning
• analyzing and problem solving
• judgment and decision making
• Leadership
• team building and cooperation

Knowledge and Skills:

• Specific expertise in one or more of the following:
• Insurance law, including litigation, corporate, regulatory, and compliance.
• Litigation management, including effective management of litigation expenses and litigation case closure
• Compliance programs affecting corporations generally
• Corporate law, including corporate organization, operations, mergers/acquisitions, finance, anti-trust, copyright, trademark, etc.

Ability to:

• Consistently demonstrate advanced levels of professional maturity, leadership, productivity and judgment similar to a partner level in an outside law firm
• Demonstrate advanced teamwork, attitude, and interpersonal skills including being accessible and available to clients and colleagues with the ability to inspire and motivate others to achieve corporate and department goals
• Communicate clearly, concisely and persuasively about complex technical legal issues
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships within the company and with various organizations, agencies and legal authorities
• Lead interdisciplinary teams on critical issues
• Work independently with a high degree of self-discipline, initiative, accountability, and responsiveness in a primarily remote work environment, while maintaining strong collaboration and engagement with members of the Office of the General Counsel and business clients.
• Foster strong working relationships across the Office of the General Counsel, actively share knowledge and best practices, and contribute to a collaborative and high-performing legal team.

Preferred:

• Experience reviewing, drafting, and advising on insurance policy forms, endorsements, coverage provisions, and related product matters.
• Active member in good standing of the Florida, North Carolina, and/or South Carolina State Bar.

Work Environment:
Hybrid position reporting to an office roughly 1-2 times per year. This position is currently able to work remotely from a home office location for day-to-day operations unless occasional travel for meetings, collaborative activities, or team building activities is specified by leadership. This is subject to change based on amendments and/or modifications to the ACG Flex Work policy.