Deputy General Counsel

Job Title: Deputy General Counsel-Provost
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Job ID: 285156
About Us Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our strategic plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:

1. Students are our top priority.

2. We strive for excellence.

3. We thrive on diversity.

4. We celebrate collaboration.

5. We champion innovation.

6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.

7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.

8. We act ethically.

9. We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

Job Summary The Deputy General Counsel will serve as the primary Office of General Counsel (OGC) point of contact for the legal needs of particular functional areas (workstreams) across the Institute. As an OGC leader, the Deputy General Counsel t will partner with campus units/departments, legal, ethics, risk, compliance colleagues, Institute leadership, and external Institute partners to solve complex business and legal challenges. The Deputy General Counsel will also be responsible for work-stream operations (team leadership and development, day-to-day operations, and strategic planning). The individual in this role will have proven experience leading people and guaranteeing service delivery to multiple internal and external stakeholders.
This role will build and sustain close working relationships with the Institute's General Counsel, Cabinet-level campus leaders, OGC peers and team members, and business partners to provide legal guidance and support and to ensure information is shared diplomatically and transactions are negotiated and completed effectively.

Responsibilities Job Duty 1 - Serve as the primary point of contact for legal items regarding the workstream and provides high-level legal advice and services, including, but not limited to, lead and/or conduct legal negotiations, research, preparation of legal documents and opinions, and case management for the protection and interests of the Institute.
Job Duty 2 - Provide legal advice of more complex or specialized legal activities, counseling and advice primarily to management on legal problems of a complex nature, education and training within area of expertise to functional or operational area managers to ensure their activities comply with law, regulation and policy. Provide legal advice within areas of expertise to area managers to ensure their activities, policies, business practices, and transactions comply with all relevant laws and regulations
Job Duty 3 - Provide legal review of proposed and established Institute policies, procedures, and governance processes; provide advice and counsel to the general business and on-going operations of the Institute.
Job Duty 4 - Consult with appropriate teams regarding the conduct of litigation and administrative hearings and oversees any Institute representation as it pertains to the Institute (including reporting on litigation, disputes, dispute resolution, and other indications of Institute risk); provide legal advice on contracts and other transactional matters pertinent to the Institute.
Job Duty 5 - Manage the workstream and supervises the legal work of Workstream team members, to include assigning and delegating duties, contract reviews and approvals, to team members and monitoring the activities and progress against the OGC's goals, Provide performance reviews and timely feedback to direct reports regarding performance, execution, and contribution.
Job Duty 6 - Collaborate with OGC colleagues, opposing counsel, and business partners to assign work and to align on objectives and expectations and ensure project teams deliver against them; interact with external counsel and representatives of the state Attorney General office and Board of Regents legal staff on pending matters and legal issues. Is a visible presence at campus activities and with appropriate units /departments.
Job Duty 7 - Lead transformational projects defined in conjunction with other parts of OGC or the Institute; support the planning, execution and allocation of resources needed to run the project and assist with driving the execution of the strategic plan priorities.

Job Duty 8 - Recommend, develop and facilitate campus-wide education and training.
Job Duty 9 - Foster collaborative relationship with team members; develop a supportive and engaged team; provide leadership, mentorship and coaching to team members; ensures teams are supported; provides oversight and guidance on a regular basis and keeps connected with the team.
Job Duty 10 - Other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications Educational Requirements
Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school member in good standing with the Georgia Bar or ability to be admitted to practice law in Georgia within six months of employment months of hire.

Other Required Qualifications
Legal experience within sizeable public research universities or complex state government agencies. Previous people or project team management experience.

Required Experience
10 years of job-related experience. 5+ years of leadership/management experience.

Preferred Qualifications Educational Requirements:


Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school

Required Experience:


Ten years of job related experience

Additional Preferred Qualifications:


Law firm, in-house, state government, or higher education institution experience; Member of the Georgia Bar or ability to become licensed as a member of the Georgia Bar within 12 months of hire.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities ABILITIES
Ensure Accountability: Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments and deadlines.
Cultivate Innovation: Seek new and better ways for the organization to be successful.
Client Focus: Build and sustain strong client relationships and have a visible presence on campus.
Negotiation: Uses compelling arguments to gain the support and commitment of others.
Communicate Effectively: Develop and deliver clear messages while using tact and diplomacy.
Develop Talent: Developing people to meet both their career goals and the organization's goals.
Manage Conflict: Ability to handle conflict situations effectively and productively.
Legal Insight: Require advanced knowledge of the law as applied in higher education and research environments.
Stewardship: Works quickly and effectively to ensure the state's resources are properly managed and utilized.

USG Core Values The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at .

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at .
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