Senior Associate General Counsel — Strategy & Governance

Delta Dental of California; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 190,000 - 440,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base pay

401(k) matching

Medical benefits

Dental & vision coverage

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

Delta Dental of California seeks an Associate General Counsel to lead strategic legal guidance across multiple teams, influencing enterprise-wide decisions and representing the company with external stakeholders. This in-house role reports to senior leaders, including the General Counsel and Deputy General Counsel, to inform strategy and ensure timely legal counsel across diverse matters.

The position requires a seasoned attorney with global risk experience and a track record of developing

Qualifications

• Licensed attorney in the relevant state upon hire.
• 12+ years of experience providing business-appropriate legal advice to leaders.
• 5+ years leading, managing, and developing lawyers.
• Ability to provide global risk assessment and risk mitigation strategies.
• Strong collaboration across cross-functional teams.

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.
• 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.
• 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.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Legal advice to executives

Budget management

Communication

Risk assessment

Insurance business knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Delta Dental of California seeks an Associate General Counsel to lead strategic legal guidance across multiple teams, influencing enterprise-wide decisions and representing the company with external stakeholders. This in-house role reports to senior leaders, including the General Counsel and Deputy General Counsel, to inform strategy and ensure timely legal counsel across diverse matters.

The position requires a seasoned attorney with global risk experience and a track record of developing