Senior Counsel, General Legal Services

About the role

Verra Mobility is seeking a Senior Counsel to join our dynamic legal team. Reporting to the Deputy General Counsel, this role will provide broad-based legal support across operational matters including regulatory compliance, risk management, privacy, real estate, product development, investigations, and commercial initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Advising on and optimizing legal risk and compliance considerations while suggesting creative, business-supportive solutions
• Issue-spotting potential legal challenges and running them to ground
• Proactively identifying and anticipating emerging legal and regulatory issues that might impact our products and services
• Managing and overseeing litigation, disputes, and pre-litigation matters, including supervising outside counsel and coordinating legal strategy
• Providing legal counsel on employment law matters, including employee relations, workplace policies, investigations, and compliance with federal, state, and local labor laws
• Structuring, drafting, and negotiating complex product contracts and select commercial agreements as needed
• Supporting the company’s privacy and data protection program, including advising on the collection, access, use, sharing, retention, and protection of personally identifiable information (PII), and ensuring compliance with applicable privacy laws, regulations, and internal policies
• Supporting the company’s real estate leases and working with outside counsel to negotiate leases
• Supporting regulatory matters, including licensing, attorney general complaints, and compliance with applicable regulations
• Advising on product development, operational initiatives, and new market offerings to ensure legal and regulatory compliance
• Supporting internal investigations, responding to government inquiries, and managing interactions with regulators and enforcement agencies
• Supporting mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and other strategic transactions by assisting with legal due diligence, risk assessment, integration planning, and coordination with internal stakeholders and outside counsel
• Collaborating with IP counsel on patent and other IP-related matters
• Developing strong collaborative working relationships with colleagues and business stakeholders
• Managing outside counsel, as required
• Supporting the Deputy General Counsel with day-to-day legal management and workflow
• Supporting other legal team leaders with special projects, as needed
• Handling the occasional fire drill

Qualifications

• JD from an accredited law school and in good standing with a state bar association
• 5+ years as a practicing attorney with broad experience in general legal services, including regulatory compliance, privacy, product support, and commercial matters
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex legal issues in a simple, understandable manner with colleagues of varying legal knowledge across the company
• Ability to work well in time-sensitive situations and fast-paced environments, and to effectively manage multiple projects or matters with competing deadlines
• Strong presentation and negotiation skills
• Solid business instinct and judgment
• High degree of organization and efficiency with demonstrated attention to detail
• Strong collaborative skills and proven team orientation
• Personal integrity, sound judgment, and strong ethics in business and personal conduct
• Enthusiasm, energy, and motivation to contribute and thrive in a growing company where roles continually adapt as the company evolves
• Adaptable and comfortable with change, organizational evolution, and ambiguity

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience at a law firm servicing business clients
• Experience as an in-house attorney