Senior Corporate Counsel

DriveTime

(Tempe, Arizona)

Full Time

Job Posting Details

About DriveTime

DriveTime is the nation’s largest dealer helping people with credit issues purchase a great vehicle. Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, we operate over 139 dealerships across the country, with thousands of vehicles in stock.

Responsibilities

Consulting with management in all business areas
Reviewing, advising, negotiating and drafting contractual agreements
Advising the company on dealer and loan servicing operations matters
Advising the company on marketing and public relations matters
Advising the company on corporate governance and Board of Director matters
Advising the company on internal and external audit matters
Keeping informed of industry-specific regulations and ensuring that appropriate risk management strategies are in place
Advision the company on ancillary product administration, licensing and legal requirements
Advising the company on and managing outside counsel for ongoing business issues as needed; patent and trademark matters; litigation and employment law matters

Ideal Candidate

**Cultural Fit:** 
 
The Senior Corporate Counsel will thrive in our culture if he/she possesses the following characteristics

* Intellectual curiosity
* Energetic and positive
* Creative problem solver
* Practices strategic agility
* Focused on “how”
* Good listener
* Communicates information and ideas in a manner tailored to the listener
* Approachable
* Authentic and open
* Direct and diplomatic
* Expert with humility
* Counselor (not always the expert)
* Always learning, always growing
* Acts with a sense of urgency
* Comfortable with being uncomfortable
* Thrives in a dynamic environment w/constantly shifting priorities or needs
* Comfortable giving and receiving feedback
* Integrity and Trust

**Qualifications**

* Well qualified lawyer from a distinguished law school
* 10+ years legal employment history
* Previous law firm experience or in-house counsel desired
* General business experience required
* Experience in Automotive industries helpful
* Experience in Consumer Finance helpful
* Experience in employment law helpful
* Self-motivated team player with the proven ability to identify legal issues, manage priorities in a fast paced environment and exercise judgment and balance legal and business concerns within acceptable risk parameters
* Experience successfully managing a legal staff

Cultural Fit:

The Senior Corporate Counsel will thrive in our culture if he/she possesses the following characteristics

Intellectual curiosity
Energetic and positive
Creative problem solver
Practices strategic agility
Focused on “how”
Good listener
Communicates information and ideas in a manner tailored to the listener
Approachable
Authentic and open
Direct and diplomatic
Expert with humility
Counselor (not always the expert)
Always learning, always growing
Acts with a sense of urgency
Comfortable with being uncomfortable
Thrives in a dynamic environment w/constantly shifting priorities or needs
Comfortable giving and receiving feedback
Integrity and Trust

Qualifications

Well qualified lawyer from a distinguished law school
10+ years legal employment history
Previous law firm experience or in-house counsel desired
General business experience required
Experience in Automotive industries helpful
Experience in Consumer Finance helpful
Experience in employment law helpful
Self-motivated team player with the proven ability to identify legal issues, manage priorities in a fast paced environment and exercise judgment and balance legal and business concerns within acceptable risk parameters
Experience successfully managing a legal staff