Vice President Associate General Counsel

Responsibilities

• Responsible for all contracts under its business unit, from strategy to drafting, soliciting and procuring, negotiating and awarding, and claims and change management.
• Develop strategic and consistent contracts and specifications to reduce risk to budget and schedule.
• This includes improving the risk allocation between MTA and contractors to ensure that the party most able to 'own' a risk is accountable for its mitigation.
• Optimizing risk allocation results in lower contract prices.
• Provides contracting strategy advice well in advance of the formal procurement process.
• Collaborate with Development to develop contracts that address market capacity, procurement, and contracting timelines and strategies, issues regarding federal vs. state funding, etc.
• Collaborate with C&D's engineers and PCEOs to understand vision and draft contracts that are cogent, enforceable, and will deliver desired project benefits.
• Help drive the heightened utilization of MWBE vendors in all contracts.
• Advises Delivery department leaders on contract enforcement, claims management, and merit determinations.
• Manages the claims process, including strategy and prosecution/defense as necessary.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor - Law degree, Admission to the New York State Bar.
• A license to practice law in the State of New York is required.
• Minimum of ten (10) years of experience in legal positions in a law firm, a governmental legal office, or a company's in-house legal department.
• Experience working on matters involving complex public works projects, construction projects, and/or real estate matters, and familiarity with relevant local, state, and federal laws.
• Minimum Of Six(6) Years Of Managerial/supervisory Experience.
• Experience with federal and state procurement laws, rules, and regulations.
• Demonstrated initiative, excellent judgment, and ability to work independently on matters of significant size and complexity.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and clients in a fast-paced environment.
• Confidence in dealing with senior management and sophisticated counterparties.
• Ability to identify creative, business-oriented solutions to legal and business risks.
• Strong interpersonal, analytical, problem-solving, organizational, drafting, negotiation, and communication skills.
• Proven capability to build and maintain strong client relationships.
• Engineering Or Construction Management Experience Preferred.

Qualifications

Excellent academic credentials.

Skills

• Legal expertise in public works projects, construction projects, and real estate matters.
• Strategic contracting and risk management.
• Procurement and contract management.
• Claims management and dispute resolution.
• Leadership and supervisory experience.
• Interpersonal and communication skills.
• Technical knowledge of large infrastructure projects and complex data, signaling, and communications systems.

Pay

$167,016to$208,770

Schedule

8:30 AM to 5:00 PM or as required

Benefits

N/A

Agency

Construction & Development Dept/Div Contracts/Contracts Office

Reports To

SVP, Contracts & Deputy General Counsel

Work Location

2 Broadway

Job Family

LGL

Grade

008

Deadline

Open Until Filled

Equal Employment Opportunity

The MTA is an Equal Opportunity Employer.