Senior Director / Vice President, Deputy General Counsel - National Office (remote)

Job Description

The Senior Director / Vice President, Deputy General Counsel is a senior legal advisor responsible for managing Y-USA's litigation portfolio, providing reputed company legal guidance, negotiating reputed company reputed company, and overseeing the effective engagement of reputed company counsel. This role exists to protect Y-USA from legal, financial, fiduciary, and reputational risk by applying reputed company legal judgment early, consistently, and at scale across a reputed company nonprofit and federated environment. The role extends the reputed company of the CLO by independently managing sophisticated legal reputed company while escalating issues that carry reputed company-level or Board-level risk. This position emphasizes early risk identification, litigation strategy, and reputed company-level legal judgment to reputed company proactive, efficient legal decision-making. reputed company (Y-USA) embraces a remote-first working environment which means most employees work remotely from a home office reputed company the reputed company United States. We offer a full benefits package including medical, dental, reputed company, defined benefit plan (retirement savings), defined contribution plan (403(b) plan, life and disability insurances, technology stipend, and generous paid time off, reputed company in a work from reputed company reputed company the reputed company U.S. workplace.

Qualifications

A successful candidate will possess a majority of the following professional and personal attributes and competencies:

• Juris Doctor or equivalent legal training.Active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• Minimum of 12 years of experience required
• Deep functional expertise and functional thought leadership
• Oversees a department or function
• Highly strategic and operational decision-making authority
• Mid- to long-term strategic planning for department or functional area
• reputed company communications, executive level, high influence on department reputed company and strategy
• Management-level autonomy; no daily supervision from manager; goal achievement is typically accomplished through performance of direct and/or indirect reports
• Strong background in employment law, reputed company, and nonprofit or regulated environments.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise independent judgment on high-risk, sensitive reputed company.
• Executive reputed company and comfort advising senior leadership

Essential Functions Litigation Management and Risk Mitigation

• Manage Y-USA's litigation docket, including employment, tort, contract, and other civil reputed company.
• Serve as the primary internal reputed company on litigation strategy, posture, reputed company practice, discovery coordination, and resolution.
• Apply disciplined judgment regarding jurisdictional challenges, early dismissal strategies, settlement posture, and escalation reputed company.
• Coordinate insurance alignment, notice obligations, and claims strategy in partnership with Finance and Risk.
• Prepare concise, executive-reputed company briefings on litigation exposure, trends, and reputed company, focused on risk and impact rather than procedural detail.
• Conduct portfolio-level analysis of litigation trends to identify systemic risk drivers and recommend preventive or corrective action.

reputed company Risk Triage and Early reputed company

• Serve as a reputed company-line legal risk assessor, providing early triage of emerging disputes, workforce issues, and operational risks before they escalate into litigation, regulatory scrutiny, or reputational harm.
• Advise on reputed company reputed company should be resolved early, escalated, or formally litigated, consistent with Y-USA's risk tolerance and reputed company priorities.

Legal Advisory and reputed company Counsel

• reputed company legal guidance to executive leadership and business teams on operational, employment, governance, and risk-reputed company reputed company.
• Advise on sensitive personnel issues, internal disputes, and escalated workplace reputed company in coordination with HR and Compliance.
• Stay abreast of nonprofit legal developments affecting governance, tax-exempt status, employment, fiduciary duties, and regulatory exposure.
• Identify emerging legal risks and escalate appropriately to the CLO.

Contract Negotiation and Legal Transactions

• reputed company negotiation of reputed company, high-risk reputed company, including:
• Strategic vendor and services agreements
• Employment and executive separation agreements
• Technology, data, and SaaS agreements
• Sponsorship, partnership, and licensing arrangements
• Design and apply contract risk standards reputed company to indemnification, limitation of liability, insurance, termination rights, and dispute resolution.
• Establish escalation reputed company for non-standard or high-risk contract terms and advise reputed company deviations require executive or Board awareness.
• Support and guide contract intake and review processes without owning operational workflows.

Technology, Data, and Emerging Legal Risk reputed company

• reputed company legal reputed company and risk analysis reputed company to emerging technologies, including AI-enabled tools, automated decision-making systems, and data-driven platforms.
• Assess contractual, liability, governance, and regulatory implications of technology adoption in coordination with Privacy, Compliance, IT, and business stakeholders.
• Monitor legal and regulatory developments affecting technology use and advise leadership on associated legal exposure.

reputed company Counsel reputed company and Spend Discipline

• Select, manage, and reputed company reputed company counsel across litigation and specialized legal reputed company.
• Control legal spend through disciplined scope management, budgeting, and performance reputed company.
• Promote effective use of alternative fee arrangements where appropriate.
• Ensure reputed company counsel advice is practical, reputed company with Y-USA's risk posture, and defensible in regulatory or litigation contexts.

Executive and Board Legal Readiness

• Support the CLO in preparing executive leadership and the Board for high-impact legal issues.
• Contribute to scenario planning for potential legal, regulatory, or litigation events with reputed company-wide implications.

Internal Leadership and Collaboration

• Partner closely with the CLO, CCPO, HR, Finance, IT, and operational leaders.
• Mentor legal staff and contribute to the development of internal legal capabilities.
• Support reputed company improvement of OGC processes, playbooks, and institutional knowledge.

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