Description:
An American Wireless Network Operator Company is looking for a senior attorney to join its Legal Team and work at one of its corporate headquarters in Bellevue, WA, or Overland Park, KS, primarily supporting the Marketing, Advertising & Brand, Digital, and Communications business teams.What you'll do in your role.
- Serve as lead attorney providing legal advice to multiple sophisticated business units about offers and promotions, product and service launches, signature campaigns, and consumer-facing materials.
- Serve as trusted advisor for several specialty areas such as consumer protection, pricing, endorsements & testimonials, and industry requirements. Advise senior leaders on a broad range of strategic legal and business matters, assessing legal risk and short-term tradeoffs in the context of broader strategic imperatives.
- Drive departmental initiatives from inception to completion, including the development or redesign of legal support processes to increase efficiencies and better align to the needs of the business.
- Successfully manage and lead a small team of legal professionals.
- Elevate key issues to executives via succinct and compelling oral and written communications.
- Engage and manage outside counsel relationships.
- 10+ years of experience as a business or litigation attorney, with top law firm and/or relevant in-house experience
- 2+ years' experience supervising others' work, including providing effective feedback and supporting growth and development.
- Current bar membership (in good standing) in at least one U.S. state; eligibility for admission to Washington or Kansas bar
- JD from accredited university with outstanding academic credentials
- Demonstrated ability to lead highly complex projects and other high impact initiatives and navigate ambiguity.
- Ability to interact with senior management with strong executive maturity.
- Excellent and succinct written and oral communication skills
- A demonstrated ability to collaborate with other legal and business professionals in a complex organization with a focus on delivering results efficiently.
- Keen, pragmatic business sense with strong judgment, including the ability to translate the needs of senior leaders into action.
- Ability to operate independently and effectively in a dynamic environment.
- Strong organizational skills to handle competing priorities.
- Ability to work efficiently, meet demanding deadlines, and balance multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
- Desire and ability to work as part of a team.
- Interest in and aptitude for consumer protection, advertising, and intellectual property law required; experience in those areas preferred
