Manager, Litigation and Risk Management
About The Position
At Life Fitness / Hammer Strength, we’re not just building equipment—we’re shaping the future of fitness. As pioneers in fitness innovation, we’re committed to delivering high-performance, reliable solutions and exceptional experiences to customers around the world. As Manager, Litigation & Risk Management, you'll help protect and strengthen our global business by managing litigation, claims, insurance, corporate governance, intellectual property administration, and legal operations. Reporting to the General Counsel, this role partners across Legal, Finance, Product, Quality, Engineering, and Operations to drive risk management, operational excellence, and informed business decision-making. This is a hybrid position based out of our Global Support Hub in Rosemont, IL. Monday and Friday are typically remote, while Tuesday through Thursday are in-office collaboration days.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree required; JD, paralegal certification, risk management, insurance, or related legal training preferred.
- 5-8+ years of experience in litigation management, claims administration, legal operations, risk management, corporate governance, intellectual property administration, or a related field.
- Corporate legal department experience strongly preferred.
- Experience managing product liability claims, insurance matters, and outside counsel relationships preferred.
- Strong knowledge of litigation processes, claims management, legal holds, governance, insurance, and intellectual property administration.
- Excellent project management, analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
- Financial acumen with experience managing budgets, reserves, accruals, and legal spend.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and exercise sound judgment in a fast-paced global environment.
Nice To Haves
- JD, paralegal certification, risk management, insurance, or related legal training preferred.
- Corporate legal department experience strongly preferred.
- Experience managing product liability claims, insurance matters, and outside counsel relationships preferred.
Responsibilities
- Manage litigation, product liability claims, demand letters, subpoenas, regulatory inquiries, and dispute resolution activities.
- Partner with outside counsel and internal stakeholders on investigations, discovery, legal holds, and case strategy.
- Participate in cross-functional product risk and performance reviews, partnering with Quality, Engineering, and Product teams to identify trends and mitigate risk.
- Monitor claims, litigation exposure, reserves, settlements, and legal spend.
- Coordinate insured claims, insurance renewals, coverage matters, and recovery opportunities.
- Support Board and subsidiary governance activities, corporate records, resolutions, and corporate entity compliance requirements across U.S. and international entities.
- Partner with outside counsel to administer Life Fitness / Hammer Strength's global trademark, patent, and intellectual property portfolios, including maintenance, renewals, enforcement, and portfolio strategy.
- Develop dashboards, reports, budgets, and metrics for legal spend, claims activity, and risk exposure.
- Identify emerging legal and operational risks and partner cross-functionally to implement risk mitigation strategies.
- Improve Legal Department processes, systems, reporting, and operational efficiency.
- Perform other duties and special projects as assigned.
Benefits
- 401(k) savings plan with 4% employer match
- medical, dental and vision insurance
- parental, medical and military leaves of absence
- paid time off
- 12 paid holidays throughout the calendar year
- paid vacation days beginning at 13 days annually
- paid sick leave as provided under state and local paid sick leave laws
- company paid short-term disability and optional long-term disability
- health savings account
- health care and dependent care reimbursement accounts
- employee and dependent life insurance and supplemental life and AD&D insurance
- hospital indemnity
- identity protection
- legal services
- adoption assistance
- tuition assistance
- commuter benefits
- employee discounts
- employee assistance program that includes free counseling sessions
- access to state-of-the-art on-site fitness center featuring industry-leading Life Fitness and Hammer Strength equipment
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
