Location: Sacramento, CA. Candidates must reside within 50 miles or 1-hour commute each way of a relevant Elevance Health location.
Elevance Health supports a hybrid workplace model (virtual and office) with PulsePoint sites used for collaboration, community, and connection, with the minimum in-office commitment being 1-2 days in an office per week.
The Associate General Counsel Sr. is responsible for leveraging in-depth knowledge of a legal specialty or area of law to provide advice and recommendations to executives and management on highly complex matters which have a broad organizational impact and high level of risk. Partners with clients to drive strategic outcomes and make complex decisions.
How You Will Make an Impact:
Primary duties may include, but are not limited to:
Carries out research of legal principles and precedents and consults with outside counsel on legal strategies on particular issues.
Uses professional legal theories and best practices to contribute to development of company's concepts and principles and to
achieve enterprise objectives in an original and highly effective way.
This position is regarded as an expert in its area of expertise due to the combination of advanced legal and business knowledge.
Provides general and detailed instructions for more junior members of the department and concise, timely briefings to senior level business and legal management.
Confers with other senior leaders including ELT members.
Works on extremely complex and multifaceted problems in which analysis of solutions and/or facts require an evaluation of intangible variables.
Develops methods, approaches and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
Provides ad hoc work direction and supervision to other legal staff regarding support on active cases, though such leadership is subordinate to the main technical focus of this role.
Assesses and mitigates risk on even the most difficult and challenging issues.
Manages high-level organizational risks.
Minimum Requirements:
Requires a JD, current license to practice law and minimum of 15 years of specific industry and/or technical legal experience post licensure including experience in managing outside counsel; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.
Preferred Skills, Capabilities, and Experience:
Knowledge of California Knox Keene Act.
For candidates working in person or remotely in the below locations, the salary* range for this specific position is $203,280.00 to $304,920.00.
Locations: California
In addition to your salary, Elevance Health offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). The salary offered for this specific position is based on a number of legitimate, non-discriminatory factors set by the Company. The Company is fully committed to ensuring equal pay opportunities for equal work regardless of gender, race, or any other category protected by federal, state, and local pay equity laws.
* The salary range is the range Elevance Health in good faith believes is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future and actual compensation may vary from posting based on geographic location, work experience, education and/or skill level. Even within the range, the actual compensation will vary depending on the above factors as well as market/business considerations. No amount is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable under the terms and conditions of the applicable policies and plans. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.
