Vice President, General Counsel, EAP

Why Ryan?

• Competitive Compensation and Benefits
• Business Connectivity Reimbursement (Phone/Internet)
• Gym Membership or Equipment Reimbursement
• LinkedIn Learning Subscription
• Flexible Work Environment
• Tuition Reimbursement After One Year of Service
• Accelerated Career Path
• Award-Winning Culture & Community Outreach

Duties and Responsibilities tied to Ryan’s Key Results:

People:

• Builds collaborate teams with a focus on increasing employee engagement
• Designs and provides training to internal teams, and develops and implements new processes and procedures
• Maintains collaborative rapport with EAP leadership.

Client:

• Drafts and Reviews broad range of general commercial agreements, including client engagement, vendor, partner, referral, software agreements.
• Supports requests for due diligence on prospective acquisitions, and integration of acquisitions.

Value:

• Negotiates contracts and prepares templates. Supports the development of compliance policies and procedures.
• Supports corporate governance and legal entity recordkeeping needs.
• Provides first line of support to local global shared service providers such as HR, Marketing, Operations with either support or direction from central legal team.
• Instruct and manage external counsel
• Serves as lead attorney for some transactions, advising our executives on legal risks, collaborating with functions across the enterprise and drafting and negotiating deal documentation. Second chair on larger transactions.
• Serves as legal lead for some capital markets transactions

Critical Skills:

• Familiarity with specialized areas that arise frequently in M&A and other transactions (e.g., corporate tax, employee benefits, employment matters, executive compensation, antitrust, and securities)
• Proactive, solution-oriented approach
• Excellent business judgment and strategic thinking
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a collegial, fast-paced team environment
• Comfort in advising and interacting with senior executives and business unit leaders
• Ability to work closely with, facilitate interactions within, and influence large cross-functional teams (including representatives from law, tax, accounting, regulatory, compliance, operations, human resources, real estate, treasury and communications)
• Ability to manage external counsel efficiently
• Agility in managing multiple projects in an efficient and timely manner
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills, and attention to detail
• Superior drafting and negotiation skills
• Exercises independent judgment in techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results and creates informal networks involving coordination among groups and teams within and outside of functional work area.
• In-house experience at a public company required.
• Experience building out the compliance function
• Proven ability to implement policies and projects across an international organization.
• International experience desired

Education and Experience:

• Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school required, with at least ten years’ experience in a law firm or in-house legal department
• Large law firm experience required; in-house experience highly preferred

Computer Skills:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must have intermediate skills in Microsoft® Word, Excel, Outlook, and Internet navigation and research.

Certificates and Licenses:

• Member of a state bar in good standing.
• Membership to the American Bar Association, Association of Corporate Council, and Practicing Law Institute preferred.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Directly supervises members of the Legal team at various levels; carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the Firm’s policies and applicable laws.

Work Environment:

• Standard indoor working environment.
• Occasional long periods of sitting or standing while working.
• Position requires regular interaction with employees and clients both in person and via e-mail and telephone.
• Independent travel requirement: 30 to 40%.

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