Overview
VP Legal Operations – Real Estate/Development Jobs in Texas, United States at Coda Search│Staffing
Title: VP Legal Operations – Real Estate/Development
Company: Coda Search│Staffing
Location: Texas, United States
Our client is rapidly growing $3B Manufacturing Conglomerate whose essential product line has been adapted by a number of Fortune 100 Technology leaders, their propriety technology is essential in the development/construction of the largest growing Industrial Real Estate sector which has directly lead to our clients expediential year over year growth/directly resulting in our client's national expansion.
This a newly created role based in Dallas Metro HQ, this role will serve as a key member of the executive leadership team, responsible for overseeing all legal, regulatory, and governance/risk management matters across the organization. This role is critical to supporting the company's growth, corporate strategy, and compliance. This is a very dynamic role that will provide strategic counsel to the CEO, Board of Directors, and senior leadership on corporate governance, legal, M&A, real estate, insurance and commercial contracts, site acquisitions, project management, and risk management matters.
In this role select individual will lead day-today legal work across the firm and its operating companies/entities. Summary of the responsibilities include but not limited to
- Manage global legal risk, oversee corporate governance, and align legal strategy with our business objectives.
- Build out and manage the company's corporate governance processes and implement corporate policies.
- Drive process improvement, systems implementation, and reporting
- Ensure compliance with lease insurance requirements and corporate liability
- Oversee annual insurance renewals and coordinate with brokers, insurers, and internal stakeholders
- Review legal invoice workflow and support oversight of outside legal spend.
- Serve as the primary legal point of contact for the Board of Directors, partner with outside Legal Counsel
- Partner with HR on compensation claims trends analysis
- Support workers compensation claims trends analysis, and broader risk management initiatives
Requirements
- Undergrad degree required / advanced degree strongly preferred10+ years of progressive applicable experience (Legal/Risk/Insurance/Real Estate) or similar
- Strong knowledge of contract administration, legal coordination, insurance programs, risk management practices, and business operations
- Highly collaborative and able to organize and manage projects across multiple teams
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, able to simplify complex legal issues for business colleagues with varying levels of legal knowledge
