Associate General Counsel

CrossCountry Consulting • McLean, VA

50d • Hybrid

About The Position

CrossCountry Consulting is seeking an Associate General Counsel to act as a senior, broad-based legal advisor for the firm. This role, reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, has been elevated to a more senior, strategic position due to the firm's growth and increasing complexity. The Associate General Counsel will oversee the firm’s commercial contracting, lead post-acquisition legal integration, partner on employment and labor matters, manage intellectual property and technology, oversee outside counsel and litigation, and manage the firm’s privacy, compliance, and records retention programs. A key aspect of this role will be implementing and improving the contract lifecycle management (CLM) platform and legal operations infrastructure, with a focus on leveraging AI tools like Harvey to enhance efficiency and decision-making within the legal function.

Requirements

• Minimum 10 years of pertinent legal experience, whether at a law firm, in-house, or a combination of both, with meaningful in-house exposure preferred.
• Experience supporting a private equity-sponsored or professional services company strongly preferred.
• Proficient understanding of business sensitivities and confidentiality, with the ability to resolve and handle difficult negotiations and issues with tact and diplomacy.
• Ability to self-motivate and work independently as well as collaboratively within a team.
• Strong time management skills to manage contract volume and project workflows across multiple simultaneous projects.
• Professionalism and discretion when interacting with executives and internal clients.
• Juris Doctor (JD) and admission, in good standing, to the bar of a U.S. state.
• Demonstrated experience implementing, configuring, and managing an enterprise Contract Management System (CMS/CLM) — including template and clause libraries, approval workflows, reporting, and integrations — is required.
• Experience selecting, managing, and evaluating outside counsel against scope, budget, and outcomes.
• Demonstrated fluency with and enthusiasm for AI in a legal context, including hands-on use of enterprise AI tools and legal-specific platforms (e.g., Harvey, Spellbook, CoCounsel, or equivalent).
• Track record of driving adoption, building responsible-use guardrails, and measuring impact preferred.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of global privacy laws, regulations, and standards, such as CCPA and GDPR, preferred.
• Hands-on experience with Ironclad is a strong plus; experience with Icertis, Agiloft, ContractWorks, DocuSign CLM, or similar platforms will also be considered.
• Demonstrated experience leading post-acquisition legal integration (contract assignment and novation, employment documentation, policy harmonization) and managing high-volume commercial contracting at scale in a high-growth environment.

Responsibilities

• Research, analyze, and stay current on legal issues, laws, legislation, regulations, and court decisions affecting the consulting industry, and advise management about any impact on the business.
• Review, draft, and negotiate professional services agreements and contracts with clients, third parties, and vendors, including master service agreements (MSA), statements of work (SOW), data processing agreements (DPA), and licensing/vendor arrangements.
• Interpret and explain contract terms and conditions to internal stakeholders and confirm that transactions comply with the organization’s structure, policies, and procedures.
• Advise and counsel internal teams on legal policies, risks, and the implications of proposed transactions or projects, while maintaining open communication and strong working relationships.
• Implement and review standardized policies, protocols, and training programs in compliance with data privacy laws.
• Lead post-acquisition legal integration in partnership with outside transaction counsel, including contract assignment and novation, customer and vendor consent processes, integration of acquired agreements into the firm’s templates and CLM, offer and employment letters for transitioning employees, restrictive covenant and confidentiality coverage for new hires, and harmonization of acquired-entity policies with firm policies.
• Negotiate and manage commercial real estate matters, including office leases, amendments, renewals, expansions, subleases, and assignment provisions.
• Partner with the firm’s Partners and the Chief People and Operations Officer on employment and labor matters, including offer letters, partner and managing director employment terms, restrictive covenants, separation and release agreements, internal investigations, wage and hour compliance, and EEO matters across a multi-state workforce.
• Protect and advance the firm’s intellectual property and technology assets, including trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, the proprietary CrossCore AI platform, open-source usage policies, client data rights, and AI/ML governance.
• Manage pre-litigation matters, disputes, demand letters, subpoenas, legal holds, and outside counsel engagements; oversee budgets and outcomes across all litigation and regulatory matters.
• Collaborate with Finance and the broker on the firm’s insurance program, including D&O, E&O/professional liability, cyber, fiduciary, and employment practices liability coverage, and lead the legal aspects of claim notification and resolution.
• Implement, administer, and continuously improve the firm’s contract lifecycle management (CLM) system, including template library, clause library, approval workflows, reporting, and integration with Salesforce and other systems of record.
• Lead the legal function’s adoption and responsible use of AI, including enterprise AI tools deployed across the firm (such as the firm’s proprietary CrossCore AI platform) and legal-specific AI platforms such as Harvey, with applications across contract review and drafting, legal research, due diligence support, policy generation, and knowledge management.
• Establish guardrails, quality controls, and measurement to demonstrate efficiency, accuracy, and risk-managed outcomes.
• Own the firm’s ethics, compliance, and records retention programs, including the code of conduct, conflicts of interest, and whistleblower processes.
• Conduct and maintain an ongoing assessment of the legal function's capacity against the full scope of the Senior Counsel’s mandate, including identification of coverage gaps across practice areas (e.g., employment, commercial contracts, regulatory, data privacy, IP), geographic expansion requirements, and the extent to which AI-enabled tooling can offset headcount need versus where dedicated legal resources are required.
• Present findings and resource recommendations to the COO and CFO on a defined cadence, with clear build/buy/outsource analysis for each identified gap.
• Assess and maintain oversight of the firm's international legal entity structure, ensuring appropriate legal support is in place across all foreign jurisdictions where CrossCountry operates, including Canada, Ireland, Malaysia, the Philippines, and South Africa.
• Serve as the primary point of accountability for identifying jurisdictional risk, evaluating the adequacy of local counsel relationships, and recommending structural or coverage changes as the firm's international footprint evolves.
• Serve as the firm's primary relationship owner and budget authority for all legal spend, including outside counsel, legal technology platforms, and third-party legal service providers across domestic and international operations.
• Establish spend management discipline through matter-level budgeting, outside counsel guidelines, preferred vendor agreements, and regular reporting to the CFO on legal cost performance against plan.

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare options, including medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Flexible spending accounts
• 401(k) with company matching
• Generous parental and maternity leave policies
• Technology stipends
• Wellness reimbursement programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior