Director, Assistant General Counsel – Enterprise Risk Management, Litigation

About the role

The Director & Assistant General Counsel, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Litigation role is a senior legal position for an experienced litigator responsible for managing complex civil litigation matters on a fast-paced legal team. This individual will oversee and provide strategic legal guidance on cases involving environmental issues, product liability, property damage, attorney general investigations, consumer claims, and other significant litigation risks, helping the organization mitigate legal exposure and manage enterprise-wide risk.

Responsibilities

• Strategically manage complex environmental and mass tort litigation, including supervising outside counsel and consultants
• Proactively advise 3M business and Legal Affairs colleagues regarding litigation, and company risk
• Contribute to the efficiency and effectiveness of the Enterprise Risk Management team

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start)
• Juris Doctor degree (completed and verified prior to start)
• Ten (10) years of law firm and/or in-house litigation experience in a private, public, government or military environment
• Currently admitted to practice law in relevant jurisdictions or eligible to become so within 6 months

Qualifications

• Experience serving as in-house counsel
• Trial and appellate court experience in state and federal courts, in a private, public, government or military environment
• Experience serving as national or coordinating counsel for significant litigation
• Experience with civil litigation, particularly mass torts, multidistrict litigations, product liability and environmental actions
• Experience managing or coordinating large teams
• Experience managing budgets
• Highly effective written and verbal communication skills, with an ability to communicate at all levels of the organization, including business leaders, department leaders, and director-level management
• Self-starter with the ability to triage and manage time-sensitive matters simultaneously and effectively

Skills

• Experience with civil litigation, particularly mass torts, multidistrict litigations, product liability and environmental actions
• Experience managing or coordinating large teams
• Experience managing budgets
• Highly effective written and verbal communication skills
• Self-starter with the ability to triage and manage time-sensitive matters simultaneously and effectively

Benefits

Details about benefits are available at: https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/careers-us/working-at-3m/benefits/

Pay

The expected compensation range for this position is $287,281 - $351,122, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible.

Schedule

This position has the possibility for remote work for candidates located more than 50-miles from 3M Global Headquarters in Maplewood, MN. For candidates located within a commutable distance to Maplewood, MN, this role follows an on-site working model, requiring the employee to work at least four days a week at the 3M Center in Maplewood, MN.

Travel

May include up to 15% domestic/international travel.

Relocation Assistance

Is not authorized.

Equal Opportunity Employer

3M is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.