Sr Director, Assistant General Counsel

DaVita Kidney Care • Denver, CO

6d • $148,000 - $234,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Director, AGC will primarily be responsible for providing advice and guidance on a wide variety of traditional labor issues that arise from the day-to-day operations of a growing, complex public company operating in a heavily regulated environment. He/she/they will be part of a team that focuses on creating new strategies to support our teammates and drive efficiencies while ensuring that DaVita leads the way in being the Partner and Employer of Choice.

Requirements

• J.D. Degree with minimum 10 years of legal experience, with 7-10 years of traditional labor experience, including labor relations, union campaigns, and labor-related matters before state agencies and the NLRB.
• A State bar qualification and good standing.
• Strong alignment with DaVita’s Mission and Core Values.
• Strong communication skills, both written and oral.
• Unquestioned integrity and ethics.
• Assertive and a self-starter.
• Maturity and strong interpersonal skills; one whose counsel and judgment are actively sought.
• Keen understanding of business and commerce, the ability to diagnose legal problems, and present positive, creative solutions and alternatives for management.
• Bright individual who is a “quick study” and grasps issues quickly.
• Not hindered by an overly bureaucratic and structured approach to solving problems.
• Possesses good stamina and humor.
• Able to work well under pressure in a fast-moving, dynamic company.
• Maturity and flexibility to work effectively with senior management, subordinates and operations personnel.
• Interpersonal skills to be team participant with legal background rather than just the lawyer to the team.
• Key ability to accomplish tasks of both a recurring nature up to complicated analysis in a high volume, fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with healthcare clients and unions (i.e., SEIU-UHW, NNU, etc.) is a plus, but not required.
• Law firm experience preferred; previous in-house experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Providing legal guidance to the Company, Senior Executives, and the Company’s Labor Relations team including labor relations, union campaigns, and matters before state agencies and the NLRB.
• Manage outside counsel on motion practice and unfair labor practice proceedings, including managing costs to ensure effective use of resources.
• Conducting leadership training regarding labor relations and federal and California labor-related workplace issues.
• Advising senior management and DaVita business units on labor compliance and risk management to accomplish business objectives without undue risk.
• Keeping the Company’s senior management abreast of significant NLRB decisions, legislation and rulings that may affect the Company’s business or policy.
• Developing a thorough understanding of and familiarity with the Company's business, its people, markets, facilities, customers and competitors in order to identify trends and formulate appropriate structures and strategies.
• Establishing a rapport and working relationship with teammates at all levels in order to encourage and continue the proactive use of in-house legal counsel.
• Performing special assignments or projects.
• Depending on location, you must be able to travel a minimum of 25%.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, paid time off, PTO cash out
• Family resources, EAP counseling sessions, Headspace®, backup child and elder care, maternity/paternity leave
• Professional development programs
• On-demand virtual leadership and development courses through DaVita’s online training platform StarLearning.

What This Job Offers

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