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Director Legal

Nava Healthcare Recruitment

  • Plntation, Florida
  • 30+ days ago

    Highlights

    This role partners closely with HR, Operations, Finance, and executive leadership to manage legal risk in a highgrowth, highly regulated, multi-jurisdictional services environment and to deliver practical, business-oriented legal solutions. The Senior Director, Legal is a senior legal leader responsible for providing strategic and day-to-day legal support to U.S. and global operations, with a primary focus on employment and labor law, litigation management, and commercial risk support.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationPlntation, Florida

    Description

    The Senior Director, Legal is a senior legal leader responsible for providing strategic and day-to-day legal support to U.S. and global operations, with a primary focus on employment and labor law, litigation management, and commercial risk support. 
    This role partners closely with HR, Operations, Finance, and executive leadership to manage legal risk in a highgrowth, highly regulated, multi-jurisdictional services environment and to deliver practical, business-oriented legal solutions. 
     
    Job Requirements:
    Employment & Labor Law Leadership
    • Serve as a primary legal advisor on U.S. and global employment matters, including hiring, discipline, performance management, terminations, and reductions in force.
    • Ensure wage and hour compliance (FLSA and state analogs), ADA, PWFA, FMLA, and state/local leave laws, including accommodation processes.
    • Advise on matters related to discrimination, retaliation, harassment, and whistleblower claims.
    • Provide guidance to HR and leadership on complex employee relations issues, investigations, and corrective actions.
    • Draft, review, and maintain employment-related documentation, including offer letters, employment agreements, restrictive covenants, severance and separation agreements, HR policies, handbooks, and compliance materials.
    • Monitor and proactively advise on changes in employment law across jurisdictions impacting Everise’s delivery model.
     
    Litigation, Arbitration & Agency Matters
    • Manage employment and commercial litigation matters, including EEOC, DOL, and state agency claims, employment arbitrations, and civil litigation.
    • Partner with outside counsel on strategy, budgeting, and case management.
    • Support drafting of pleadings, motions, discovery responses, affidavits, and settlement documentation, as appropriate.
    • Coordinate internal investigations, litigation holds, and document production.
     
    Commercial & Client Support
    • Draft, review, and negotiate agreements supporting Everise’s client and vendor relationships, including Master Services Agreements (MSAs), Statements of Work (SOWs), NDAs, vendor, technology, and professional services agreements.
    • Advise on indemnification, limitation of liability, data protection, insurance, and risk allocation.
    • Support client escalations and disputes in partnership with Operations and Finance.
     
    Compliance, Governance & Risk
    • Support Everise’s compliance framework across employment, regulatory, and contractual obligations.
    • Assist with policy development, implementation, and enforcement.
    • Partner with HR, Risk, Finance, and Operations on enterprise risk mitigation initiatives.
    • Support audits, regulatory inquiries, and internal compliance reviews.
     
    Strategic Business Partnership
    • Serve as a trusted legal advisor to senior leaders, balancing legal risk with operational objectives.
    • Provide clear, practical guidance in a fast-paced environment.
    • Prepare executive-level legal analyses, risk assessments, and recommendations.
     
    Knowledge:
    Education & Licensure
    • Juris Doctor (JD)
    • Active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
    • Federal bar admission
     
    Experience: 10–12 years of progressive legal experience, including:
    Significant employment and labor law experience (in-house and/or law firm)
    • Experience managing employment litigation, arbitrations, and agency matters
    • Comfortable appearing in court or before an arbitrator
    • Transactional experience, including drafting, reviewing, and negotiating agreements
    • Experience advising HR and business leaders in a complex organization
    • Prior in-house experience strongly preferred
    • Experience supporting multi-state or global operations preferred
    • Occasional travel may be required.

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