Vice President Deputy General Counsel, Community Health Division

University of Maryland Medical System; Baltimore (MD); Vor Ort; USD 250.000 - 350.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

The University of Maryland Medical System seeks a Vice President, Deputy General Counsel for the Community Health Division. This senior role partners with the SVP/GC to provide strategic legal support and manage the division's legal needs across multiple practice groups.

You will oversee budget, elevate service delivery, mentor attorneys, and coordinate with the Academic Health Division and other divisions; represent OGC to leadership and boards; foster a high-performing, collaborative

Qualifikationen

• J.D. from an accredited law school and Maryland bar license or eligibility.
• 12+ years of experience as a healthcare attorney in a large health system.
• Ability to lead legal teams and coordinate complex operations.
• Strong judgment in escalating high-stakes legal and reputational issues.

Aufgaben

• Own budget development and management for legal spend for the Community Health Division, including oversight of outside counsel.
• Monitor legal operations and service delivery to ensure high-quality legal services.
• Lead cross-division collaboration with peer DGC to align practices.
• Advise executives and governance on complex matters requiring senior-level judgment.
• Represent OGC to Community Health Division leadership and boards as applicable.

Kenntnisse

Healthcare law

Budget management

Leadership

Stakeholder relations

Regulatory compliance

Ausbildung

J.D. from an accredited law school

Jobbeschreibung

The Vice President, Deputy General Counsel for the Community Health Division is a senior leadership role withinthe Office of General Counsel, accountable for ensuring that the Community Health Division receivescoordinated, timely, and high-quality legal support from OGC's practice groups.The DGC is the division's relationship owner within a practice group legal department, and works as a close peerwith the other DGC to ensure OGC operates strategically and consistently across both divisions.This role is one of two peer DGC positions covering the System's two operating divisions. The DGC is expected tomodel OGC's core values - Communication, Strategic Partnership, and Service - in every aspect of the role.

Primary Responsibilities

The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job responsibilities performed.

Management & Administrative Oversight

• Own budget development, management, for legal spend associated with the Community Health Division,including oversight of outside counsel and related legal services, in partnership with the SVP/GC andrelevant Chiefs.
• Monitor legal operations, performance indicators, and service delivery to support efficient, high-qualitylegal services.
• Support effective resource allocation and workload management in partnership with the SVP/GC andrelevant Chiefs.
• Provide leadership for legal and support resources aligned to the division, in coordination with Chiefs andHuman Resources as appropriate.
• Foster a high-performing, collaborative, and sustainable work environment that supports employee engagement, development, and well-being.

Matter Organization and Elevation to GC

• Serve as the primary senior resource for Chiefs and senior attorneys handling division matters.
• Apply a disciplined, consistent standard for determining which matters require the SVP, General Counsel'sdirect awareness, and ensure appropriate communication, context, and recommended next steps forescalated matters.
• Maintain working knowledge of significant active matters within the division and engage directly onmatters warranting DGC-level involvement.

Cross-Division Collaboration with Peer DGC

• Coordinate regularly with the VP, Deputy General Counsel - Academic Health Division so that OGC'sManagement/Administrative Oversight and Matter Organization practices are applied consistently andstrategically across both divisions.
• Proactively share approaches, tools, and lessons learned with the peer DGC, and incorporate lessonslearned from the other division in turn.
• Promote clear, aligned, and consistent expectations for Chiefs on matters that cut across both divisions.

Office Development (shared with peer DGC)

• Contribute to strategic planning, communication, and leadership initiatives across the Office of GeneralCounsel.
• Contribute to workforce development and culture initiatives across the OGC, including employeeengagement, development, and organizational effectiveness.

Practice-Group Deployment & Division Support

• Act as the accountable relationship owner for the Community Health Division, ensuring its legal needs are understood and translated into clear direction for the relevant practice group(s).
• Convene and coordinate across practice groups on division matters that span more than one practice area,ensuring a single, coordinated legal position.
• Monitor the quality, responsiveness, and consistency of legal service delivered to the division across allpractice groups; raise and help resolve service gaps.
• Partner with Chiefs to prioritize division matters when practice-group capacity is constrained, escalatinggenuine cross-division conflicts to the GC.
• Serve as the principal OGC representative to Community Health Division executive leadership and, asapplicable, related governance or board committees.

Substantive Credibility & Senior Legal Judgment

• Maintain substantive depth in at least one core OGC practice area, sufficient to serve as a senior legalresource for the Chief and attorneys in that discipline on complex matters.
• Engage directly - through review, strategic input, and senior-level judgment - on the division's highest-stakes legal matters, transactions, investigations, disputes, or regulatory issues.
• Provide direct legal counsel to executives, boards, and operational leaders on matters requiring senior-leveljudgment and experience.
• Partner with Practice Group Chiefs to develop legal strategy on complex or high-profile matters.
• Contribute to the development of OGC legal standards, policies, and best practices within the DGC's area(s)of expertise.
• Remain current on emerging legal, regulatory, and industry developments affecting healthcareorganizations.

Work Experience

• J.D. from an accredited law school and active license to practice law in Maryland (or eligibility for promptadmission).
• 12+ years' experience as a practicing healthcare attorney, including demonstrated depth in one or moreareas relevant to a large integrated health system, such as healthcare regulatory law, transactions, businessoperations, litigation, investigations, labor and employment, privacy, governance, reimbursement, orrelated disciplines.
• Demonstrated ability to operate as both a senior legal advisor and an organizational leader - bringingsubstantive legal judgment to the most significant matters while overseeing complex legal operations andstakeholder relationships.
• Demonstrated experience managing or coordinating legal teams, budgets, and operations, ideally within amatrixed or practice-group legal structure.
• Strong judgment in identifying and escalating high-stakes legal and reputational issue.

Benefits

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation

Compensation:Pay Range: Other Compensation (if applicable):Review the 2025-2026 UMMS Benefits Guide