Kaiser Permanente · 1 day ago
Vice President, Associate General Counsel-Labor Law & Employee Benefits
Oakland, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
15+ years expKaiser Permanente is among the largest and most complex organized workplaces in the United States, employing over 220,000 people. The Vice President, Labor Law and Employee Benefits, will oversee legal advice on labor strategy, compliance, and employee benefits, while managing a team of attorneys in various jurisdictions.
Health CareHospitalMental HealthNon ProfitPersonal Health
Responsibilities
Build a high-performance team
Build and lead a high-performance team of labor law and employee benefits specialists
Enable long-term development of lawyers and potentially other legal professionals, creating a talent pool for the next generation of diverse legal department leadership
Build and expand on the subject matter expertise of the team by modeling, promoting, and supporting cross-training, mentoring, and skills development
Manage the labor and employee benefits law practice group
Supervise the Labor Law and Employee Benefits team
Lead teams of attorneys and labor relations clients on high impact projects and matters
Lead litigation strategy for labor arbitrations, unfair labor practice charges, and civil actions
Manage high risk and advice work by Market as appropriate
Manage budget for labor arbitrations and other dispute matters
Develop and implement strategic vision for the labor practice group
Develop, implement, and communicate a strategic vision for the delivery of labor and employee benefits advice that is integrated with Kaiser Permanente-s overarching strategic business and labor relations direction
Implement strategies by Market to promote sustainable relations with KP unions
Serve as a trusted advisor
Serve as strategic thought partner to the Senior Vice President, Labor and Employment Law, on labor strategy and implementation, labor disputes, and other complex labor law matters
Serve as labor law and strategy advisor to senior leadership
Serve as advisor and thought partner on employee benefits matters
Qualification
Required
Fifteen (15) or more years of experience including significant experience advising senior executives on highly complex matters and representing employers in a wide range of traditional labor law matters
Experience advising senior leaders on highly complex matters
Experience managing complex projects or programs
Experience advising in highly matrixed organizations
Demonstrated subject matter expertise in federal labor law, including labor management partnerships, collective bargaining, strikes, labor arbitration, and NLRB practice
Excellent strategic thinking and legal judgment
Strong analytical skills with excellent problem-solving abilities
Superior legal writing
Demonstrated emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills, including ability to build and sustain strong internal and external relationships
Effective verbal and written communication skills, particularly to a senior leadership audience
Demonstrated ability to operate successfully in a constantly changing, face-paced environment
Ability to appropriately handle confidential and/or sensitive information
Preferred
Seven (7) years direct or indirect experience leading/managing complex teams, with documented leadership success in driving outcomes that have material value to the organization, preferred
Company
Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente is a health organization that offers disease prevention, mental healthcare, and chronic disease management services.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$7.48M2018-07-17Grant· $0.08M
2014-08-05Grant· $7.4M
Leadership Team
Gregory Adams
Chair and Chief Executive Officer
James L. Robinson III
Senior Vice President/Area Manager
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