General Counsel IV

Medica's Associate General Counsel provides in house legal advice and services, acting as a strategic legal resource advising one or more business areas throughout Medica. This role will report to Medica's Sr. Director, Associate General Counsel and will support multiple product lines, including individual, commercial and government insurance products. Additionally, this role will have primary responsibility for advising on mental health parity related issues.

This role involves complex and highly specialized regulatory compliance work, addressing related operational issues, working on drafting coverage documents and other necessary contracting, and managing the work of outside counsel as needed. Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Requires a J.D. degree and 7 or more years of work experience beyond J.D. degree

Preferred Qualifications:

• Requires current license to practice law (Minnesota license or willingness to seek Minnesota licensure)
• Regulatory compliance, insurance law, and/or general health law experience required
• Experience representing managed care or health insurance clients or practicing in related areas of specialty
• Experience advising in the area of mental health parity
• Experience building and maintaining a rapport with internal clients and external business partners

Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent research, analytical and contracting skills
• Strong communication and negotiation skills
• Well-developed written and verbal communication skills, including executive reporting skills
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with clients, regulators, and others
• Highly organized with proven ability to meet tight timelines
• Ability to understand and synthesize business issues related to assigned legal projects

This position is an Office role, which requires an employee to work onsite at our Minnetonka, MN office, Madison, WI, or Omaha, NE on average, 3 days per week.

The full salary range for this position is $147,100-$252,100. Annual salary range placement will depend on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, education, work experience, applicable certifications and/or licensure, the position's scope and responsibility, internal pay equity and external market salary data. In addition to base compensation, this position may be eligible for incentive plan compensation in addition to base salary. Medica offers a generous total rewards package that includes competitive medical, dental, vision, PTO, Holidays, paid volunteer time off, 401K contributions, caregiver services and many other benefits to support our employees.

The compensation and benefits information is provided as of the date of this posting. Medica's compensation and benefits are subject to change at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

We are an Equal Opportunity employer, where all qualified candidates receive consideration for employment indiscriminate of race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic.