Senior Associate General Counsel & Legal Strategy Lead

Delta Dental; Camp Hill (Cumberland County); On-site; USD 190,000 - 440,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base and incentive pay

401(k) with robust matching

Medical & pharmacy benefits

Dental and vision benefits (employer‑p

Employer-paid dental and vision

Job summary

Delta Dental is seeking an Associate General Counsel to lead strategic legal guidance across the enterprise. This in-house senior role collaborates with the General Counsel and Deputy General Counsel to advise on a wide range of matters and to shape enterprise strategy while representing the company with external stakeholders.

The successful candidate will manage cross-functional teams, forecast talent needs, oversee budgets (including outside counsel), and develop governance practices to

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality legal service through cross-functional teams to resolve complex legal issues in service of enterprise strategic outcomes.
• Act as a legal and business generalist, understanding critical legal issues for the enterprise from a wide variety of disciplines to comprehensively counsel and guide leadership.
• Coach and guide the Assistant General Counsel in collaborating with leaders across the enterprise and within the Division to provide high-quality, integrated, and proactive legal services that innovatively protect our company and help us achieve our business objectives.
• Cultivate and manage relationships across the enterprise with business stakeholders, including participation in cross-functional strategic business planning.
• Develop and maintain a thorough understanding of the enterprise and industry to identify trends/opportunities, to formulate business-appropriate legal advice/strategies, and to serve as a resource to enterprise leaders.
• Promote proper organizational governance and management accountability by escalating legal and risk management issues to the appropriate level and ensuring that the Deputy General Counsel, General Counsel, and enterprise leaders are well informed of department activities and initiatives.
• With the strategic guidance of the Deputy General Counsel, work to strengthen the legal talent landscape to enable business roadmaps by forecasting future talent gaps, assessing bench strength, developing talent, and succession planning.
• Collaborate across the Division to align on Legal Department goals and execution strategies, with the overall objective of ensuring the Company maintains a solid legal foundation upon which to do business. Coach the Assistant General Counsel in doing the same for their practice group.
• Accountable for building budget requirements (including outside counsel budget), and for ensuring proper management of the department budget.
• Where needed, provide oversight to lawyers and Assistant General Counsels on outside counsel management and serve as a liaison for outside counsel for complex initiatives.

Job description

Delta Dental is seeking an Associate General Counsel to lead strategic legal guidance across the enterprise. This in-house senior role collaborates with the General Counsel and Deputy General Counsel to advise on a wide range of matters and to shape enterprise strategy while representing the company with external stakeholders.

The successful candidate will manage cross-functional teams, forecast talent needs, oversee budgets (including outside counsel), and develop governance practices to