Associate General Counsel

Job Summary

The Office of the General Counsel serves a critical role and maintains strong relationships throughout the organization. The Associate General Counsel will provide legal advice, counsel, leadership, and oversight for a wide range of legal matters affecting FHI 360 and its subsidiaries. Such matters include but are not limited to corporate governance and transactions; tax exempt status and fundraising; contracts and commercial transactions;

patent, trademark, and copyright; data privacy; and risk management. The Associate General Counsel will report to the General Counsel and serve as an integral member of the high performing legal team.

Complexity & Problem Solving:

• Serves as the legal liaison to organizational units and senior executives on legal, administrative and management issues.
• Provides legal advice and counsel to a range of staff members, including members of the Executive Team.
• Manages outside counsel, tracks relevant legal developments, formulates courses of action, drafts correspondence and/or policies and procedures to resolve legal, procedural, or administrative issues and ensures compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
• Finds opportunities to advance the organization in complex areas and mitigate legal risk.
• Leads efforts across the organization, including but not limited to legal staff, operations staff, and communications staff, to keep them abreast of and enlist their support for priority initiatives.
• Interacts with funding, government, and regulatory agencies to represent the interests of the organization.
• Through everyday actions, contributes to an organizational culture of diversity, equity and inclusion and a dedication to social change, and commitment to improvement and innovation.
• Supports the legal, management, and risk assessment work.
• Ensures proper filing of relevant legal records.
• Engages in projects and performs other duties assigned.

Discretion & Impact:

• Works on a variety of problems and situations across areas of the business.
• Leads teams toward practical solutions that are compliant with federal, state, and local laws.
• Prioritizes resources in accordance with organizational risk level.
• Identifies and evaluates issues providing counsel and direction to management and external clients.
• Decisions made have a significant impact on the success of functional and organizational operations.

Collaboration & Interaction:

• Excellent leadership skills.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Ability to work effectively with managers and staff.
• Ability to influence, motivate, and negotiate with internal and external clients.
• Ability to present complex information clearly and briefly to executives.
• Eloquent and able to communicate in a positive manner with clients and staff.

Management & Supervision:

• Supervises and coordinates all vital legal services in assigned matters, in conjunction with in‑house or outside legal counsel as required.
• Supervises legal administrative staff.
• Reports to the General Counsel of the company.
• Embraces other duties as assigned, contributing to the team's multifaceted and evolving responsibilities.

Knowledge &

Skills:

• Industry knowledge in one or more of the organization’s areas of work (e.g., international development, clinical research facilitation).
• Strategic problem solver, who can provide pragmatic legal advice in a complex environment, with shifting priorities and multiple constituencies.
• Ability to lead multiple priorities with limited resources.
• Strong critical thinking and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to manage time effectively to meet deadlines.
• Ability to balance competing demands and advance departmental objectives swiftly.
• Must be able to read, write and speak fluent English.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Juris Doctor or its international equivalent from a recognized school of law. Degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.
• Typically requires 7+ years of experience with a law firm, corporate legal department, or organization, including 3+ years of leadership and/or line‑management experience.
• Validated legal expertise in two or more relevant areas and curiosity about learning more (corporate…