Assistant General Counsel (Regional Counsel)

About the role

USAA is building a team of Assistant General Counsels to join its Insurance Counsel legal team. The opportunity involves providing legal counsel to support business objectives and mitigate regulatory, compliance, and litigation risk. The role also includes leading complex legal assignments with a high level of business impact and delivering appropriate solutions.

Responsibilities

• Provides legal counsel to support business objectives and mitigate regulatory, compliance, and litigation risk to USAA.
• Leads complex legal assignments with a high level of business impact and delivers appropriate solutions.
• Effectively communicates with stakeholders and varying levels of leadership in both verbal and written forms.
• Proactively monitors and analyzes changes in laws, regulations, and industry and advises appropriate organizational leadership of such changes in a timely manner.
• Proactively collaborates across USAA and the Chief Legal Office to mitigate risk.
• Works effectively with outside counsel or contract professionals to complete assignments.
• May assist more senior attorneys in providing advice and counsel on highly complex matters.
• Serves as a resource to less experienced team members.
• Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited school.
• Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school required.
• Licensed and in good standing to practice law in one state or a territory of the USA.
• 6 years of relevant experience with at least 4 years of experience as a practicing attorney.
• Ability to communicate legal advice effectively to business partners.

Qualifications

• Experience at a law firm or as an in-house counsel with proven experience handling insurance coverage matters.
• Experience preparing coverage analyses, coverage opinions, and reservation of rights letters, with working knowledge of state insurance laws, compliance requirements, DOI guidance, and regulatory timelines.
• Experience monitoring and interpreting insurance regulatory and industry developments, including NAIC updates and related publications.
• US military experience through military service or a military spouse/domestic partner.

Skills

• Strong preference will be given to candidates who have a significant, demonstrable track record of directly handling pre-litigation insurance coverage matters, including coverage opinions and reservation of rights letters, for personal lines carriers.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
• 401(k).
• Pension.
• Life insurance.
• Parental benefits.
• Adoption assistance.
• Paid time off program with paid holidays plus 16 paid volunteer hours.
• Variety of wellness programs.
• Career path planning and continuing education.

Pay

The salary range for this position is: $143,320.00 - $273,930.00.

Schedule

This position can be based in one of the following locations: San Antonio, TX, Plano, TX, Tampa, FL, Phoenix, AZ, and Charlotte, NC.

Relocation Assistance

Relocation assistance is available for this position.