Senior Director, Legal Affairs, Labor & Employment, Safety & Security

Anaheim Ducks Hockey Club • Anaheim, CA

97d • $210,000 - $260,000

About The Position

A great experience starts with you! Honda Center welcomes fans, performers, and athletes from around the globe. Our team members are an integral part of the event experience through their interactions with guests. Whether you’re looking to create a great guest experience at a concert, support business growth and development, work behind-the-scenes during an Anaheim Ducks game, or anything in-between, this is your opportunity to start the next chapter of your career story and help create a one-of-a-kind fan experience at Honda Center. The Senior Director, Legal Affairs is responsible for delivering legal support to OCSE, with a focus on providing labor and employment advice and counsel to the Company’s Human Resources team, providing legal advice to the Security team on their policies and procedures, managing the Company’s employment litigation portfolio, and advising on occupational health and safety activities, responding to law enforcement requests, and other regulatory matters. This role is responsible for leading the health and safety team and ensuring compliance with Cal/OSHA. This role ensures timely responses to legal inquiries, effective communication on complex legal issues with cross-functional stakeholders, and autonomous skilled management of employment litigation.

Requirements

• 6+ years of legal practicing experience, with minimum of 2 years of in-house experience in a corporate law department and extensive labor and employment experience
• Litigation, California wage and hour law, and traditional labor experience
• Legal research and writing experience
• Excellent organization and communication skills (verbal and written)
• Comfortability in a dynamic and fast-paced environment

Responsibilities

• Oversee a variety of labor and employment litigation matters, including case strategy, managing outside counsel, and monitoring progress
• Provide legal advice regarding guest and employee claims and work with Risk Management and Human Resources to proactively address incidents
• Provide advice on a wide variety of legal issues, including but not limited to liability, regulations, employment law, and law enforcement inquiries to minimize risk
• Work with business teams to identify and implement risk reduction strategies and help inform executive decision-making
• Partner with the Company’s ownership group’s legal team to ensure the Company’s development and deployment of legal strategies is consistent with the ownership group’s labor and employment, litigation, compliance, and exposure containment philosophies and strategies across its enterprise
• Coordinate and provide reporting to the ownership group’s legal team on relevant matters, including exposure analysis and providing regular updates on compliance efforts and material litigation, labor, and employment developments
• Partner with the Company’s Security team to review and develop policies and procedures in furtherance of opening and readiness for worldwide events and SAFETY Act certification
• Respond to employment related inquiries and subpoenas
• Serve as a trusted legal advisor to the Company’s HR department on employment and labor relations matters, including employee relations, compliance, reasonable accommodations, performance management, and dispute resolution
• Assist in the development and implementation of policies and procedures to minimize legal risks for the Company, including in coordination with the ownership group’s legal team for enterprise-wide strategic initiatives or as otherwise appropriate
• Oversee internal investigations to ensure legal privilege and provide strategic advice on outcomes and actions
• Design and deliver training programs to ensure compliance with legal standards and best practices
• Collaborate with other departments to support business projects and simplify complex legal issues for non-legal team members and serve as a trusted advisor
• Facilitate internal and external discovery processes, including document review and production
• Review and approve standard motions and other litigation documents
• Provide ongoing mentorship and support to junior legal team members
• Perform other duties and projects as assigned

Benefits

• 401k
• health_insurance
• dental_insurance
• vision_insurance
• life_insurance
• paid_holidays
• paid_volunteer_time
• flexible_scheduling
• professional_development

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees