Senior Litigation & Claims Counsel

Reporting to the General Counsel, the Senior Litigation & Claims Counsel leads the litigation and claims functions of Azuria Water Solutions, Inc. (the "Company") across North America, including management of the claims team, oversight of outside counsel and third-party administrators, and implementation of litigation and claims management processes and reporting. This position serves as a primary legal advisor for insured and uninsured claims, commercial disputes, regulatory matters, and litigation involving the Company’s operating businesses.

The Senior Litigation & Claims Counsel uses practical business judgment to mitigate risk, protect the Company’s interests, and support timely and effective resolution of disputes.

• Directly supervise members of the Company's claims team and will be responsible for establishing priorities, developing talent, allocating workload, and driving accountability across the claims management function. The position will also oversee outside counsel, third-party administrators, investigators, expert witnesses, and other external service providers supporting litigation and claims matters.

• Oversee the Company's insured and uninsured claims portfolio, including general liability, automobile liability, property damage, environmental, professional liability, and contractual indemnity matters.

• Identify trends within the claims portfolio and develop strategies to reduce overall litigation exposure.

• Collaborate with operational leadership to ensure consistent and timely claim investigation, reporting, and resolution.

• Establish claims handling standards, reporting protocols, escalation procedures, reserve discipline, and key performance metrics for the claims team.

• Directly manage and develop claims personnel, including performance management, coaching, training, and workload balancing.

• Manage the Company's portfolio of litigation, arbitrations, mediations, administrative proceedings, and pre-litigation disputes.

• Evaluate claims and disputes and develop resolution strategies aligned with the Company's business objectives, risk tolerance, and settlement authority protocols.

• Serve as a primary point of contact for business leaders regarding litigation strategy, risk assessment, dispute avoidance, and resolution.

• Direct and oversee outside counsel, including matter staffing, budgets, legal strategy, work product, billing, and performance.

• Support contract-related disputes, construction claims, warranty claims, collections matters, liens, bond claims, and other commercial disagreements.

• Partner with Operations, Finance, Human Resources, and business leaders to investigate claims, preserve evidence, assess exposure, and develop resolution plans.

• Coordinate with insurance carriers, brokers, third-party administrators, and coverage counsel regarding claim reporting, handling, coverage, reserves, and recovery opportunities.

• Advise the business regarding incident reporting, claim preservation, litigation holds, document preservation, investigation practices, contractual indemnity obligations, and risk transfer.

• Lead the implementation, administration, and continuous improvement of litigation and claims tracking, matter management, e-billing, and reporting processes.

• Establish and maintain standardized matter intake, status reporting, reserve tracking, budgeting, forecasting, and escalation procedures.

• Develop dashboards, metrics, and reports concerning litigation exposure, claim trends, outside counsel spend, reserves, and matter outcomes.

• Partner with Finance regarding litigation budgets, accruals,…