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Director, Managing Counsel Contracting

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
$210,268.00 - $336,430.00
parental leave, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, 401(k)
United States, Missouri
Jul 11, 2025

Job Description

The Managing Counsel plays a pivotal leadership role within the Legal Department, providing strategic legal guidance across a broad spectrum of corporate matters. This position serves as the primary legal advisor for key company initiatives, subsidiaries, and complex legal issues, while also overseeing a team of legal professionals including assistant, associate, and senior counsels, as well as legal specialists.

Reporting directly to the Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, the Managing Counsel is a trusted advisor to senior leadership and company officers. The role requires deep expertise in multiple areas of law critical to the company's operations, including corporate governance, regulatory compliance, and commercial transactions.

In addition, the Managing Counsel leads legal oversight for ensuring that vendor contracts, sourcing strategies, and supplier relationships align with legal and business objectives. This includes negotiating high-value agreements, managing risk, and supporting cross-functional teams to drive value and compliance in procurement activities.

As a key people leader, the Managing Counsel fosters a culture of collaboration, professional development, and legal excellence within the department.

What You'll Do

  • Directs the efforts of the legal staff and related support personnel while utilizing legal expertise to ensure the Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with various laws and regulations.
  • Develops strategy to accomplish objectives and ensures the Company and its subsidiaries maintain a solid legal foundation upon which to conduct business.
  • Advises and counsels Company Officers and senior management on diverse issues of laws that arise in the Company's business operations; researches and prepares legal memoranda and opinions applying technical legal knowledge to varying business situations and personnel issues; assists Company management with risk identification and management.
  • Assists the Company with business transactions and the development of new products, services, and business relationships.
  • Confers and negotiates with attorneys and management in other companies.
  • Attends high-level conferences involving BCBSNC management and management in other companies or senior government positions.
  • Writes legal opinions or otherwise provides legal advice that require extensive research of statutes, regulations, or court decisions in complex areas of law.
  • Leads practice area team (e.g., corporate, health care plans).
  • Supervises direct reports including performance management, coaching, conflict resolution, motivating and engaging. Manages growth and development of personnel, with career development, performance management and succession planning. Assigns projects to team members, coaches and mentors team members.
  • Participates in development of, interprets, and improves Company policies. Assists the Company with implementing existing and new programs, policies, and procedures.
  • Researches, interprets, and advises on statutory and case law, administrative rules, and regulations. Monitors legislative and regulatory proposals, evaluates such proposals, and assists Company management with formulating the Company's position of these matters.
  • Performs management duties include hiring, training, coaching, counseling and evaluating performance of direct reports.
  • Makes decisions regarding retention of outside counsel and manages substantial budget for external legal services.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

What You Bring

  • JD from an accredited law school
  • 10+ years of professional legal experience
  • 5+ years of leadership experience
  • Licensed to practice law

Bonus Points

  • Complex SaaS contract experience

What You'll Get

  • The opportunity to work at the cutting edge of health care delivery with a team that's deeply invested in the community.
  • Work-life balance, flexibility, and the autonomy to do great work.
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage along with numerous health and wellness programs.
  • Parental leave and support plus adoption and surrogacy assistance.
  • Career development programs and tuition reimbursement for continued education.
  • 401k match including an annual company contribution.

Salary Range

At Blue Cross NC, we take great pride in a fair and equitable compensation package that reflects market-price and our starting salaries are typically planned near the middle of the range listed. Compensation decisions are driven by factors including experience and training, specialized skill sets, licensure and certifications and other business and organizational needs.Our base salary is part of a robust Total Rewards package that includes an Annual Incentive Bonus*, 401(k) with employer match, Paid Time Off (PTO), and competitive health benefits and wellness programs.

*Based on annual corporate goal achievement and individual performance.

$210,268.00 - $336,430.00

Skills

Leadership, Legal Issues, People Management, Software as a Service (SaaS)
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