Legal Counsel

POSITION OVERVIEW:

Director, Counsel, Legal-Revenue

The role of Director, Counsel, Legal – Revenue is a full-time attorney position within Asurion’s Revenue Contracts team, reporting to the Assistant General Counsel or Sr. Assistant General Counsel.  This role has responsibility to support drafting and negotiating commercial client agreements, including external-facing contract negotiations. Director, Counsel, Legal – Revenue will provide day-to-day legal support to Asurion’s client services teams. This role requires facilitating discussions designed to consistently provide cross-functional communication and guidance for activities requiring legal support.

The ideal candidate will be a dynamic leader, with excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills, strong time- and project-management and prioritization skills, and will have prior corporate and commercial legal experience.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
• Works to support internal client needs and to act as a liaison; brokers creative solutions for relevant stakeholders
• Develops a thorough understanding of Asurion’s business, processes and goals to provide innovative legal solutions that solve unique or challenging problems
• Establishes strong collaborative relationships with cross functional teams, including legal, underwriting, finance, tax, treasury, comp, and client services
• Exhibits strong drafting, negotiating, collaboration and communication skills
• Demonstrates good analytical skills and judgment to evaluate factual and qualitative information in complicated or novel situations
• Acts as a trusted advisor and leader to drive results and complete transactions and projects, as needed
• Actively seeks operational understanding and implications of initiatives and implements process improvements to streamline support and complete successful transactions
 

Qualifications:
• J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school and admission to the bar in Tennessee
• 8 to 10+ years of relevant experience; AI and/or privacy experience a plus
• Experience in commercial transactions, including client agreement negotiations is required
• Demonstrates the ability to effectively understand, consider and address the internal client or business while mitigating risk exposure
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Must possess strong judgment, confidence, collaborative problem-solving skills, and ability to spot potential issues quickly
• Must be able to independently handle a variety and number of legal matters in timely fashion with minimal supervision
• Exceptional ability to schedule and prioritize work and deliverables to ensure on-time response to a large variety of changing demands/requests/requirements
• Highly organized and driven to thoroughly understand the issue and the possible implications of legal guidance
 

Benefits/perks: 

• Unlimited PTO and flexible schedules

• 401(K) retirement savings plan with employer match
• Competitive pay and benefits (health, dental and vision)
• Generous medical, dental and vision benefits program
• Career growth opportunities 
• Continuing education support
• Tuition reimbursement

Starting pay for the successful applicant will depend on a variety of job-related factors, which may include education, training, experience, location, business needs, or market demands.