Managing Associate General Counsel Senior

Elevance Health•Wallingford, CT

2d•$224,000 - $369,600•Hybrid

About The Position

The Managing Associate General Counsel Senior is responsible for leadership and strategic legal counsel for Carelon Services. More specifically, responsible for providing in-depth legal guidance regarding state and federal health care and contract laws that impact Carelon Services and providing recommendations to executives and management on highly complex matters which have a broad organizational impact and high level of risk. Partners with clients to drive strategic outcomes and make complex decisions.

Requirements

Requires a JD, current license to practice law and minimum of 15 years specific industry and/or technical legal experience post licensure including experience in managing a staff, department budget and outside counsel; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.

Nice To Haves

Experience providing legal counsel in the areas of behavioral health, utilization management, care management, payment integrity, and/or value-based care.
Experience leading a team of attorneys.

Responsibilities

Creates legal strategies aimed at supporting the business objectives of assigned client groups and the company.
Oversees and leads ongoing litigation and legal initiatives.
Responsible for managing a team of attorneys and/or paralegals who provide legal support for clients.
Accomplishes strategic business results through assigned legal staff.
Serves as an expert for other attorneys and paralegals as well as business clients instructing and advising on strategic, technical and tactical issues.
Sets objectives for assigned legal team to ensure the clients and the company's business strategy are achieved.
Provides concise and timely briefings to senior level business and upper level legal management.
Works on extremely complex and multifaceted problems in which analysis of solutions and/or facts require an evaluation of intangible variables.
Develops methods, approaches and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
Manages and participates in extensive research of legal principles and precedents and consults with outside counsel on legal strategies on particular issues.
Assesses and mitigates risk on the most difficult and challenging issues and manages high-level organizational risks.
Hires, trains, coaches, counsels and evaluates the performance of direct reports.