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Vice President Associate General Counsel

Key Facts

Fixed term
Entry-level / graduate
English

Other Skills

  • Advocacy
  • Calmness Under Pressure
  • Accountability
  • Adaptability
  • Client Confidentiality
  • Communication
  • Active Listening
  • Leadership Development
  • Strategic Thinking
  • Inductive Reasoning
  • Empathy
  • Executive Presence
  • Problem Solving
  • Decision Making
  • Time Management

Job description

Overview:

The VP Associate General Counsel is responsible for supporting the Chief Legal Officer in managing legal and regulatory matters, with a primary focus on marketing, admissions and contract review. This role provides strategic legal counsel and direction to executive leadership and key stakeholders, ensuring alignment with business goals and legal compliance. The position co-leads the legal review of Marketing and Admissions material, manages the division’s legal contract review process, and oversees other business, legal, and compliance projects. Reporting directly to the Chief Legal Officer or Deputy General Counsel, this role operates with significant autonomy and responsibility across a variety of business and regulatory domains.

 

Pay range: $185,000 - $200,000

 

What We Offer: 

 

  • Tuition Waiver: Enjoy a tuition waiver after 6 months of employment for you AND your immediate family offered at UTI and Concorde campuses
  • Paid Time Off: Competitive paid time off programs for employees (Vacation, Sick, Flexible)
  • Retirement Matching: 50% match on the first 6% of your contributions after 90 days
  • Paid Parental Leave: 4 weeks of paid leave for both birthing and non-birthing parents to bond with a new baby
  • Competitive Insurance: Health, vision, and dental coverage for you and your dependents
  • Pet Insurance: Competitive coverage for your furry family members through ASPCA
  • Health Plan Enrollment: Eligibility starts first of the month following completing one full month of employment
Responsibilities:
  • Guide and advise senior leadership and key stakeholders on complex organizational, strategic, regulatory, compliance, and enterprise‑risk matters
  • Lead regulatory and compliance counsel, including review of student‑facing marketing and admissions materials and responses to inquiries from federal, state, and accreditor agencies
  • Oversee contract negotiation and provide comprehensive legal counsel through research, fact analysis, drafting, opinion review, advocacy, and attorney‑to‑attorney negotiation
  • Manage litigation, investigations, and responses to subpoenas and information requests involving students, employees, and government entities
  • Maintain the company’s intellectual property portfolio, including trademark registrations and cease‑and‑desist communications
  • Supervise and manage outside counsel on significant legal matters with strategic business impact
  • Build strong communication and partnerships across the organization
  • Drive effective and timely legal outcomes
  • Develop subject‑matter expertise in assigned legal areas

  • Other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
  • Juris Doctor (required)
  • Three (3) years of experience in a a government, regulatory, corporate legal department or law firm environment (required); Five (5) years experience (preferred)
  • Experience working in a public company legal department (preferred)
  • Experience with regulatory issues in post-secondary education (preferred)
  • Experience in multi-jurisdictional organizations (preferred)

  • Deep knowledge across education law, consumer protection, privacy, labor, civil rights, compliance, contracts, and regulatory frameworks (FERPA, CCPA, HIPAA, GLBA, FTC, FCC, ED, accreditor rules)
  • Strong risk assessment skills, decisiveness in high‑pressure situations, and the ability to protect the organization during crises
  • Significant executive presence, strategic thinking, and the ability to influence decision‑makers
  • Set department-level strategic direction and influences organizational priorities
  • Anticipate complex problems and proactively addresses them
  • Build strong relationships through insight, empathy, and presence
  • Communicate vision and priorities with clarity and inspiration
  • Demonstrate exceptional listening, influencing, and negotiation skills
  • Lead enterprise-wide initiatives and large-scale presentations
  • Create accountability frameworks to ensure sustained performance
  • Champion the use of technology, data, and systems for innovation
  • Make impactful decisions with minimal oversight
  • Anticipate future trends and translate insights into strategic breakthroughs
  • Develop people to achieve both personal and organizational goals
  • Foster a motivating environment that drives high performance
  • Adapt style and approach to meet evolving demands in real time

  • Able and willing to:
    • Communicate, think, learn, and reason
    • Use computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to process transactions, store documents, enter data, or perform assigned tasks
    • Safely ambulate and/or maneuver when on-site at Company locations
    • Demonstrate and utilize active listening, inductive reasoning, information ordering and category flexibility
  • Ability to use good judgment, problem-solving and decision-making skills
  • Ability to maintain confidentiality and manage sensitive information with discretion
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment where deadlines are essential and multiple projects are worked simultaneously
  • Ability to gain, understand and apply information and data as it relates essential functions of the position
  • Ability to foster long-term relationships with stakeholders

  • Ability to travel to worksite locations.
  • Occasionally (less than 10% of workday)
    • Use hearing and sight (both near and far vision) to operate a motor vehicle
    • Use fine and large motor skills to operate a motor vehicle

  • Work is performed indoors in a climate-controlled environment when on site at assigned company location. Employees must be able to safely ambulate when on company premises.
  • This position is designated as Remote. Employees must meet minimum technical standards for eligibility and participation.
  • Overnight and/or Local travel required (up to 10%)

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