Director, Assistant General Counsel - Insurance...

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The Impact You'll Make in this Role
As a Director, Assistant General Counsel – Insurance Recovery Litigation, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. As a member of An American Multinational Conglomerate Corporation's world-class Litigation team, you will partner closely with An American Multinational Conglomerate Corporation's Insurance Department and other groups on complex, cutting-edge insurance recovery disputes. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Refining a unified insurance recovery strategy across multiple complex insurance claims
• Communicating with C-suite executives on insurance recovery strategy on a regular basis
• Managing day-to-day aspects of complex insurance recovery disputes including engaging and managing outside counsel, participating in mediations and other settlement meetings, and obtaining input from stakeholders as necessary
• Closely managing claims allocation processes, including managing allocation consultants and obtaining information necessary for claims allocation
• Advising on other insurance issues, including program structure, policy procurement strategy, policy language, claims notifications, claims preparation, and communications with insurers
• Advising and assisting insurance department on records retention and management
• Collaborating and maintaining relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, including senior executives, the insurance department, environmental health & safety, insurance brokers, and various other business groups and functions
• Partnering with Government Affairs and other groups on policy issues and advocacy

To set you up for success in this role from day one, An American Multinational Conglomerate Corporation requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Juris Doctorate and be admitted to practice in any state in the U.S.
• Ten (10) years of experience at a law firm, corporate legal department, insurance company, insurance brokerage firm, or risk management department
• Seven (7) years of experience litigating complex insurance recovery disputes, with 10+ years preferred

• Experience arbitrating disputes under integrated-occurrence (Bermuda form) policies
• Demonstrated ability to negotiate claims directly with senior executive level counterparties at insurance companies
• Experience with captive insurers
• Experience managing outside counsel
• Experience managing to a budget and alternative fee arrangements

• Honesty and unwavering integrity
• Long-term, strategic, and practical thinker
• Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to collaborate transparently, efficiently, and effectively at all levels within a team environment
• Demonstrated capability of working with agility
• Self-starter with the ability to triage and manage time-sensitive matters simultaneously
• Sense of humor, curiosity, courage, and a drive for continuous improvement

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