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Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates extensive legal expertise in managing complex litigation and disputes, with a strong focus on strategic judgment, financial acumen, and collaborative leadership across cross-functional teams. Proficient in developing and implementing scalable legal processes and governance practices to enhance operational efficiency and risk management.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Juris Doctor DegreeActive License To Practice Law10+ Years Legal ExperienceComplex Litigation ManagementTrial Experience
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead strategy for significant litigation, claims, and disputes involving company products, operations, employees, and commercial relationships
- Assess liability, causation, damages, litigation posture, potential outcomes, and resolution alternatives
- Direct matters from initial assessment and investigation through discovery, expert development, product examinations, motion practice, mediation, settlement, trial preparation, and appeal
- Identify emerging allegations, recurring fact patterns, and portfolio trends requiring broader legal or business action
- Provide legal and strategic leadership for the Claims function
- Establish standards for intake, investigation, documentation, evaluation, escalation, and resolution
- Maintain visibility into matter status, strategy, deadlines, and potential exposure
- Ensure evidence, records, products, photographs, statements, and technical information are identified, preserved, and evaluated
- Develop portfolio reporting and governance practices
- Develop case evaluations and reserve recommendations
- Partner with the General Counsel, Finance, Risk Management, insurers, and stakeholders on reserve reviews, financial reporting, and portfolio forecasting
- Lead significant settlement negotiations and internal approval processes
- Monitor indemnity exposure, defense costs, settlement activity, legal spend, and financial developments
- Select, retain, and direct outside counsel, technical experts, investigators, and external resources
- Establish expectations for strategy, staffing, budgets, reporting, responsiveness, and results
- Lead, develop, and mentor legal and claims professionals
- Partner with Engineering, Quality, Product Development, Operations, Supply Chain, Sales, Marketing, Customer Care, Human Resources, Risk Management, and other functions
- Advise on evidence preservation, product examinations, testing protocols, technical documentation, warnings, instructions, labeling, and legal-risk considerations
- Support product-safety investigations, regulatory matters, internal investigations, and recall-related legal issues
- Develop scalable processes, technology, reporting, metrics, and knowledge-management practices
- Advise the General Counsel and executive leadership on significant exposure, resolution strategy, financial implications, and enterprise risk
- Provide executive and Board-level reporting when appropriate
- Perform other duties as assigned within the scope of responsibilities and requirements
- Perform essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation
Requirements
What you’ll need- Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school
- Active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
- 10+ years of progressively responsible legal experience, including substantial responsibility for complex litigation and disputes
- Experience with litigation involving manufactured, industrial, durable, or consumer products
- Combination of in-house and law firm experience
- Experience working with cross-functional and international business teams
- Trial experience or meaningful responsibility for contested litigation
- Experience improving legal or claims processes, reporting, technology, or portfolio governance
- Experience directing outside counsel, technical experts, discovery, settlement negotiations, and trial strategy
- Experience evaluating litigation exposure, developing or reviewing reserve recommendations, managing legal spend, and communicating material risks to senior leadership
- Experience leading attorneys, claims professionals, or other legal personnel
- Ability to work effectively with technical, operational, financial, and business stakeholders
- Strategic legal judgment and practical business decision-making
- Sophisticated litigation, dispute-management, and negotiation skills
- Financial acumen regarding reserves, settlements, defense costs, legal spend, and portfolio exposure
- Ability to understand and clearly communicate technical and engineering issues
- Credible executive communication and ability to translate complex legal, technical, and financial issues into actionable recommendations
- Collaborative leadership, sound judgment, discretion, and ability to influence across functions
- Ability to manage multiple significant matters in a fast-moving environment while maintaining discipline and attention to detail
- Commitment to using data, technology, and process improvement to strengthen legal operations and risk visibility
- 10%–20% domestic and international travel required
Benefits
Comp & perks- Hybrid work status with a minimum of 1 day per month in the office
- Diversity, equity and inclusion culture
- Equal opportunity employment
- Reasonable accommodation for essential job functions
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Hard Skills
Litigation StrategyClaims ManagementLegal Risk AssessmentSettlement NegotiationPortfolio GovernanceEvidence PreservationTechnical DocumentationFinancial ReportingReserve RecommendationsIndemnity Exposure Monitoring
Soft Skills
Collaborative LeadershipStrategic JudgmentCredible Executive CommunicationAttention To DetailInfluencing Across Functions
Tools & Technologies
Legal TechnologyReporting MetricsKnowledge Management Practices
Certifications & Qualifications
Active License To Practice Law
Industry Keywords
Manufactured Products LitigationConsumer Products DisputesCross-Functional CollaborationRisk ManagementRegulatory Matters