Director & Counsel

As Director & Counsel, you will report to the Vice President and Senior Counsel and support the Global Legal Order Processing Center of Excellence in its day-to-day operations. You will provide legal and operational support for legal order processing global functions performed in India. You will also lead and manage a legal operations team of 30+ colleagues, handle escalated legal orders and manage the changes in process to meet internal standards and policies to mitigate risk and increase operational efficiencies.

In this role you will also: 
•    Ensure that all legal order processing is performed in a manner that is compliant with internal policies and procedures and also applicable local laws and regulations.
•    Handle escalated legal orders for the India market, inclusive of witness testimony.
•    Escalate third party legal orders to the Vice President & Senior Counsel when required.
•    Provide coaching to colleagues in instances requiring performance improvement and support colleague development and training.
•    Adhere to internal risk and regulatory standards, policies and controls and identify and promptly escalate and manage legal or operational issues to senior management.

Minimum Qualifications
•    Bachelor of Law with admission to practice law and in good standing.
•    10+ years of litigation experience in a law firm and/or in-house environment independently handling a broad range of litigation matters.
•    Experience leading teams and/or working with complex and large volume discovery matters.
•    Proficiency in English.
•    Executive presence and ability to effectively interact with colleagues and others at all levels within and outside of the organization.
•    Adherence to high ethical and professional standards.
•    Comfortable with learning new processes and using technology tools.
•    Strong teamwork, collaboration, and communication skills.
•    A strong work ethic, a can-do attitude, flexibility and genuine enthusiasm to support colleagues and assist with special projects when needed.
•    A structured, analytical, and meticulous with an independent approach to work.
•    Interest in operational processes.

• Competitive base salaries 
• Bonus incentives 
• Support for financial-well-being and retirement 
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location) 
• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need 
• Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location) 
• Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location) 
• Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program 
• Career development and training opportunities