Legal jobs in Denver, CO

About the role

The Deputy General Counsel will help to manage, and continue to build, a high-performing, scalable legal organization that anticipates business needs, manages risk proactively, develops talent, and operates as an integrated strategic partner to the business.

What you'll bring

• Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school and an active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• 12 or more years of progressive legal experience, including significant in-house legal experience and demonstrated responsibility for leading attorneys, legal professionals, or major legal functions.
• Demonstrated experience managing legal department operations, resource allocation, budgets, outside counsel, matter management, and legal service delivery.
• Experience establishing legal processes, operational standards, performance metrics, and technology-enabled workflows.
• Substantial experience in healthcare, pharmacy benefit management, pharmaceutical services, health plans, or another highly regulated industry.
• Demonstrated ability to advise executive leadership while managing competing priorities, complex legal matters, and demanding business requirements.
• Legal operations management: Ability to design, implement, and continuously improve the systems, workflows, governance structures, and operating procedures of an in-house legal department.
• People leadership: Proven ability to lead, motivate, develop, and retain a high-performing legal team while establishing clear accountability and professional standards.
• Financial and resource management: Experience with legal budgeting, forecasting, outside counsel economics, staffing models, and resource optimization.
• Performance management: Ability to establish meaningful operational metrics, analyze performance trends, and translate results into measurable improvements.
• Legal technology and process improvement: Familiarity with matter management, contract lifecycle management, knowledge management, workflow automation, and emerging legal technology solutions.
• Risk and governance discipline: Ability to implement consistent risk assessment, escalation, documentation, and reporting practices.

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