Vice President, Assistant General Counsel

DaVita Kidney Care • Denver, CO

5d • $200,000 - $250,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The person in this position will primarily be responsible for providing advice and counsel 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. This person will be part of a cross-functional 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 15 years of legal experience, with 10-15 years of traditional labor experience, including labor relations, union campaigns, labor-related matters before state agencies and the NLRB, and collective bargaining.
• A State bar qualification and good standing.
• Strong alignment with DaVita’s Mission and Core Values.
• Strong executive-level 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 independently 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 thrive under pressure in a fast-moving, dynamic company.
• Maturity and flexibility to work effectively with senior management, front-line teammates, 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

• Drafting, implementing, and owning the Company’s short, medium, and long-term labor legal strategy.
• Setting enterprise-wide labor law priorities, aligning legal strategy with business objectives, and ensuring consistent execution across regions, functions, and business units.
• Serving as a trusted advisor to senior executives by translating complex labor risk into practical business options, recommendations, and decision points.
• Providing expert-level legal guidance across the Company, including to senior executives and the Company’s Labor Relations team, on complex labor-related topics including labor relations, union campaigns, mergers and acquisitions, and matters before state agencies and the NLRB.
• Managing outside counsel strategy, staffing, budgets, motion practice, unfair labor practice proceedings, collective bargaining support, and other significant labor matters, including ensuring practical, cost-effective, and business-aligned outcomes.
• Leading cross-functional initiatives with Legal, People Services, Operations, Compliance, Communications, and Labor Relations to anticipate labor risk, resolve complex issues, and drive durable business solutions.
• Leading training regarding 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 and in alignment with the Company’s long-term business strategy.
• Developing, mentoring, and providing direction to legal and business partners supporting labor matters, including building capability, judgment, and readiness to manage complex labor issues.
• Designing and maintaining governance processes, escalation protocols, and risk frameworks for significant labor matters, including union activity, unfair labor practice charges, collective bargaining, and labor-related agency proceedings.
• 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.
• Actively shaping Company culture by role-modeling behaviors, leading activities, and reinforcing DaVita’s Mission and Core Values.
• 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, access Headspace®, backup child and elder care, maternity/paternity leave and more
• 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: Executive
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree