Closing Date: 6th February, 2025
Description:
The Managing Associate General Counsel will lead the Medicaid Legal team and is responsible for directing the legal functions of assigned areas and managing a team of attorneys and/or paralegals who provide legal support for clients. Additionally, is responsible for providing legal advice and recommendations for actions. Develops and executes initiatives and projects in response to clients' overall objectives and needs. Focus of work is on large scale and/or high financial level projects with broad department and/or organizational impact and moderate level of risk. Works as a strategic partner and decision maker with more senior leaders.How you will make an impact:
- Creates legal strategies aimed at supporting the business objectives of the Medicaid line of business, assigned client groups and the company
- Oversees and leads on strategic legal initiatives impacting the government business
- Responsible for managing a team of attorneys and/or paralegals who provide legal support for clients
- Accomplishes strategic business results through assigned legal staff
- Serves as an expert for other attorneys and paralegals as well as business clients instructing and advising on strategic, technical and tactical issues
- Sets objectives for assigned legal team to ensure the clients and the company's business strategy are achieved
- Provides concise and timely briefings to senior level business and upper-level legal management
- Works on extremely complex and multifaceted problems in which analysis of solutions and/or facts require an evaluation of intangible variables
- Develops methods, approaches and evaluation criteria for obtaining results
- Manages and participates in extensive research of legal principles and precedents and consults with outside counsel on legal strategies on particular issues
- This position is regarded as an expert in its area of expertise due to the combination of advanced legal and business knowledge
- Assesses and mitigates risk on the most difficult and challenging issues and manages high-level organizational risks
- Hires, trains, coaches, counsels and evaluates the performance of direct reports
Minimum Requirements:
Requires a JD, current license to practice law and minimum of 9 years specific industry and/or technical legal experience post licensure including experience in managing a staff, department budget and outside counsel; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.
Preferred Skills, Capabilities, and Experiences:
- Knowledge of business operations and ability to translate legal issues into business context
- Deep knowledge of Medicaid and Medicare managed care legal issues and ability to analyze complex legal issues, along with strong research and writing skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills to effectively interact with senior management and outside counsel
- Proven leadership abilities
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects with tight deadlines
- For candidates working in person or remotely in the below location(s), the salary* range for this specific position is $216,040 to $324,060.
