Vice President Legal and Risk Management

Smart Care Equipment Solutions; Houston (TX); Sur place; USD 180 000 - 260 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Smart Care is seeking an experienced in-house Senior Legal Counsel to lead employment and contract litigation, risk management, and complex commercial negotiations. The role supports compliance, licenses, and corporate legal needs across our national operations.

You will manage outside counsel, handle IP licenses, leases, and dispute resolution, and work with business leaders to mitigate risk while ensuring lawful, ethical operations.

Qualifications

• J.D. from an accredited law school.
• 10+ years of employment and contract litigation experience.
• Significant responsibility in complex federal and state court cases, including strategy, major motion practice, and depositions.
• Experience working with service and manufacturing industries; substantial employment law background is a plus.
• Excellent legal writing and research skills, with a track record of high-quality briefs and motion work.
• Strong courtroom presence, oral advocacy skills, and comfort arguing motions.
• Ability to work independently, exercise sound judgment, and thrive in a team-oriented, trial-focused environment.
• High attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and ability to manage multiple high-stakes matters simultaneously.
• Proficiency with litigation technology and tools necessary for efficient in-office and remote work.

Responsabilités

• HR matters including personnel issues, employee contracts, and all compliance activities to include conflicts of interest, ethics, and other LMS training, PII protections, and 401K fiduciary requirements.
• Risk Management activities including collaborating with insurance company legal teams to minimize claims settlements
• Commercial contract negotiations with end user customers and with business leaders on matters to include customer contract terms, project claims and delinquencies, lien matters, utilizing AI Legal tools
• Maintain all business licenses on behalf of the organization
• Support acquisition-related activity including purchase agreements and protections
• Support corporate legal needs and control costs of outside attorneys, to include: including IP data software licenses, facility leases, business licenses, and class action lawsuits
• Provide support for delinquent AR to avoid bad debts or agency charges through early intervention
• Maintain surety relationship and monitor outstanding bonds
• Participate in any and all disputes with vendors
• Participate in union activities and wage matters
• Conduct compliance audits
• Centralized approach to company-wide contract landscape and digital filing
• Develop company SOPs for all areas as appropriate
• Commercial contract negotiations with end-user customers
• Establish process COI (Certificates of Insurance) management of vendors/contractors and development of centralized repository

Connaissances

Oral advocacy

Legal writing

Research skills

Independent work

Formation

J.D. from an accredited law school

Description du poste

Responsibilities:

• HR matters including personnel issues, employee contracts, and all compliance activities to include conflicts of interest, ethics, and other LMS training, PII protections, and 401K fiduciary requirements.
• Risk Management activities including collaborating with insurance company legal teams to minimize claims settlements
• Commercial contract negotiations with end user customers and with business leaders on matters to include customer contract terms, project claims and delinquencies, lien matters, utilizing AI Legal tools
• Maintain all business licenses on behalf of the organization
• Support acquisition-related activity including purchase agreements and protections
• Support corporate legal needs and control costs of outside attorneys, to include: including IP data software licenses, facility leases, business licenses, and class action lawsuits
• Provide support for delinquent AR to avoid bad debts or agency charges through early intervention
• Maintain surety relationship and monitor outstanding bonds
• Participate in any and all disputes with vendors
• Participate in union activities and wage matters
• Conduct compliance audits
• Centralized approach to company-wide contract landscape and digital filing
• Develop company SOPs for all areas as appropriate
• Commercial contract negotiations with end-user customers
• Establish process COI (Certificates of Insurance) management of vendors/contractors and development of centralized repository

Qualifications:

• J.D. from an accredited law school
• 10+ years of employment and contract litigation experience.
• Significant responsibility in complex federal and state court cases, including strategy, major motion practice, and depositions.
• Experience working with service and manufacturing industries; substantial employment law background is a plus.
• Excellent legal writing and research skills, with a track record of high-quality briefs and motion work.
• Strong courtroom presence, oral advocacy skills, and comfort arguing motions.
• Ability to work independently, exercise sound judgment, and thrive in a team-oriented, trial-focused environment.
• High attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and ability to manage multiple high-stakes matters simultaneously.
• Proficiency with litigation technology and tools necessary for efficient in-office and remote work.

About Smart Care

Smart Care is a national repair and service provider for commercial foodservice, refrigeration, and cold storage equipment. Our offering of comprehensive mechanical services includes hot side cooking equipment, stand-alone refrigeration, specialty coffee and beverage, complex rack refrigeration and HVAC.

Smart Care is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other protected class status. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply. If you need a reasonable accommodation with respect to Smart Care's application or hiring process due to a disability, please contact the Human Resources department at [e-mail].