Senior Director, Associate General Counsel – Commercial Contracts

GEICO•Bethesda, MD

9d•Hybrid

About The Position

GEICO is seeking a Senior Director, Associate General Counsel to lead its commercial contracting function. This role reports to the leader of the Legal Operations and Commercial Law Division and serves as a strategic partner to business, product, technology, and procurement leadership. The Senior Director will oversee a large, high-performing team of attorneys and contracting professionals supporting enterprise-wide transactions, while shaping contracting strategy, enabling complex deals, and advancing a modern, scalable legal operating model. This role will also play a key part in advancing ongoing contract lifecycle management (CLM) implementation and refining a contracting framework that has already undergone significant transformation.

Requirements

Juris Doctor from an accredited law school
12–15+ years of experience advising on complex commercial and technology transactions
7+ years of leadership experience, including managing teams of attorneys or contract professionals; experience leading managers and senior counsel preferred
Proven ability to operate as a strategic partner to senior business stakeholders
Extensive experience negotiating high-value commercial agreements, particularly in technology and services
Experience supporting or implementing CLM tools and driving adoption and change management
Demonstrated ability to enhance mature processes through thoughtful, incremental improvements
Strong judgment, prioritization, and ability to translate complex legal issues into practical guidance

Responsibilities

Lead, develop, and retain a large team (approximately 16) of attorneys and contract professionals, including oversight of senior team members and managers
Set the vision and operating model for the commercial contracting function, including prioritization, resourcing, and performance expectations
Serve as the primary escalation point for complex, high-impact transactions and negotiations
Provide practical, business-oriented legal guidance that enables innovation while appropriately managing risk
Partner with senior leaders across product, technology, procurement, and business teams to support strategic initiatives
Drive continuous improvement of contracting processes, tools, and policies, including adoption of AI, automation, contract lifecycle management (CLM) capabilities, and data-driven performance metrics
Partner with legal operations to advance CLM implementation and optimization, refining workflows, governance, and user experience aligned with an established operating model
Build upon an established, high-functioning contracting framework by introducing thoughtful, incremental improvements
Contribute to the evolution of future-state contracting processes using data, stakeholder feedback, and practical experience
Establish and track KPIs such as cycle time, throughput, and risk outcomes to improve efficiency and transparency
Oversee a wide range of commercial agreements including technology, SaaS, marketing, HR, claims, data, and professional services agreements