Associate General Counsel – Litigation & Risk

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Presently this position is in a hybrid status with a minimum of 1 day per month in the office for collaboration, teamwork, and business needs. The status and minimum in-office requirements are subject to change based on evolving business needs.

The Associate General Counsel - Litigation and Risk leads and strengthens the Company's approach to significant litigation, claims, disputes, and related legal risk. Reporting to the General Counsel, this role combines sophisticated legal judgment with disciplined portfolio governance, financial acumen, and practical business leadership. The position has meaningful responsibility for matter strategy, resolution, external legal resources, claims oversight, and executive visibility into material risk.

This is a senior leadership opportunity for an attorney who can move confidently between individual matters and the broader portfolio: developing defensible strategies, improving consistency and accountability, and translating litigation experience into better decisions across the enterprise.

• Litigation Strategy and Dispute Resolution
  • Lead strategy for significant litigation, claims, and disputes involving the Company's products, operations, employees, and commercial relationships.
  • Assess liability, causation, damages, litigation posture, potential outcomes, and resolution alternatives, and provide clear recommendations that balance legal exposure with financial, reputational, and business considerations.
  • Direct matters from initial assessment and investigation through discovery, expert development, product examinations, motion practice, mediation, settlement, trial preparation, and appeal.
  • Identify emerging allegations, recurring fact patterns, and portfolio trends that may require broader legal or business action.
• Claims Leadership and Portfolio Governance
  • Provide legal and strategic leadership for the Claims function and promote consistent standards for intake, investigation, documentation, evaluation, escalation, and resolution.
  • Maintain clear visibility into the status, strategy, critical deadlines, and potential exposure of open matters.
  • Ensure relevant evidence, records, products, photographs, statements, and technical information are appropriately identified, preserved, and evaluated.
  • Develop portfolio reporting and governance practices that support accountability, informed decision-making, and timely escalation of significant developments.
• Financial and Resolution Governance
  • Develop and periodically reassess case evaluations and reserve recommendations based on the available facts, litigation developments, expert input, and expected exposure.
  • Partner with the General Counsel, Finance, Risk Management, insurers, and other appropriate stakeholders on reserve reviews, financial reporting, and portfolio forecasting.
  • Evaluate resolution opportunities and lead significant settlement negotiations and internal approval processes.
  • Monitor indemnity exposure, defense costs, settlement activity, legal spend, and other material financial developments across the portfolio.
  • Provide concise, supportable reporting on material matters, reserve activity, resolutions, and emerging exposure.
• Outside Counsel, Experts, and Team Leadership
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