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USAA · 5 hours ago

ED, Attorney (HR)

San Antonio Home Office I

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$195K/yr - $351K/yr

10+ years exp

USAA is dedicated to empowering its members towards financial security and is seeking an Executive Director, Attorney (HR) to lead a team providing legal advice and counsel. The role involves ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements while enhancing productivity and managing risks associated with business activities.

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Responsibilities

Provides counsel to enable the client to implement strategic initiatives, influencing decisions and managing risks to achieve strategic goals

Collaborates with clients and other enterprise stakeholders and leads the execution of legal strategy, considering USAA’s business strategy and regulatory requirements

Proactively identifies strategic and tactical opportunities to improve operational effectiveness and optimal productivity, including developing and implementing best practices, ensuring quality of the work performed by members of the team and by supporting change efforts

Ensures timely, accurate and cost-effective legal advice is provided to senior management regarding legal and regulatory matters

Leads broad, enterprise and functional area projects

Leads, builds and oversees a high performing team of lawyers and legal professionals through ongoing execution of recruiting, development, retention, coaching and support, performance management, and managerial activities

Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures

Qualification

Juris Doctor degreeLicensed to practice lawLegal strategy developmentTeam leadership experienceHR legal support experienceBusiness acumenChange managementLearning agilityVision for efficienciesCollaboration skills

Required

Bachelor's Degree from an accredited school

Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school

Licensed and in good standing to practice law in one state or a territory of the USA

8 years of experience practicing law

10 years of progressive related experience developing legal strategies, managing major initiatives and delivering results within a complex matrix environment

4 years of direct team lead or management experience

Experience collaborating with key resources and stakeholders, providing legal counsel to effectively influence decisions and managing legal advice and guidance efforts to achieve strategic goals

Executive-level business acumen in the areas of business operations, industry practices and emerging trends for in-house legal counsel

Preferred

5 years experience supporting the HR organization of a large financial services institution, including providing operational advice as well as advising on and managing employment-related disputes

Experience collaborating with key resources and stakeholders, influencing decisions and managing work to achieve strategic goals required

Demonstrated learning agility and ability to pivot focus as business needs evolve

Vision toward efficiencies and effectively leveraging new and emerging technologies

Demonstrated success operating horizontally across teams in a flexible, agile manner

Significant experience independently driving change and leading through large scale business transformations with significant talent movement

US military experience through military service or a military spouse/domestic partner