About the role

  • VP of Legal Services managing legal compliance at Austin Transit Partnership, overseeing litigation, contracts, and governance to achieve business goals.

Responsibilities

  • Actively engages with ATP management and staff to provide strategic legal guidance and direction on issues affecting ATP’s legal compliance obligations and its operations
  • Provides input on legal services budgetary requirements to ensure efficient use of resources, including working with ATP’s budget staff and external contractors as needed
  • Drafts, reviews, and negotiates legal documents relating to ATP’s real estate transactions, contracts, and processes
  • Provides advice and analysis on litigation risks, proposed programs, and contractual activities
  • Advises on Texas Public Information Act and Texas Open Meetings Act compliance

Requirements

  • Juris Doctor degree from an ABA-accredited law school and licensed membership in the State Bar of Texas, or the ability to become licensed within 90 days of employment
  • Ten years of progressively responsible legal practice experience, including significant involvement in transactional matters and exposure to public law
  • Experience in a leadership role managing legal affairs in a public or private entity
  • Direct experience working with transit infrastructure projects, large scale public works projects, and/or eminent domain proceedings for transportation-related public entities
  • Three years of managing a contract function for an organization
  • Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a fast-paced business environment with multiple internal client representatives and external stakeholders
  • Understanding of public financing laws, methods, terminology, and processes
  • Personnel supervisory experience
  • Experience advising on compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act and Texas Public Information Act.

Benefits

  • Relocation assistance is not available.

Job title

VP, Legal Services – Deputy General Counsel

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Professional Certificate

Location requirements

Report this job

See something inaccurate? Let us know and we'll update the listing.

Report job