Managing Director, Office of the General Counsel

Planned Parenthood is the nation’s leading provider and advocate of high-quality, affordable sexual and reproductive health care for all people, as well as the nation’s largest provider of sex education. With more than 600 health centers across the country, Planned Parenthood organizations serve all patients with care and compassion, with respect, and without judgment, striving to create equitable access to health care. Through health centers, programs in schools and communities, and online resources, Planned Parenthood is a trusted source of reliable education and information that allows people to make informed health decisions. We do all this because we care passionately about helping people lead healthier lives.
Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that supports the independently incorporated Planned Parenthood affiliates operating health centers across the U.S. Planned Parenthood Action Fund is an independent, nonpartisan, not-for-profit membership organization formed as the advocacy and political arm of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. The Action Fund engages in educational, advocacy, and electoral activity, including grassroots organizing, legislative advocacy, and voter education.
PPFA and PPAF seek a Managing Director for the Office of General Counsel (OGC) division, which provides legal advice and related services to both entities in areas including governance and board affairs, legal compliance, risk management, litigation, and all aspects of business law. This position is part of OGC’s leadership team and reports to the General Counsel.
Purpose:The Managing Director takes a leading role in all aspects of OGC’s operations.  This includes addressing special projects and challenges as they arise, as well as maintaining ongoing operational processes. This individual will serve as a strategic thought partner to the OGC leadership team and is expected to be a leader, connector and partner to staff in the division as well as to staff in other divisions. This position requires the ability to work well with colleagues to develop, coordinate, and execute plans that support continuous operations improvement, as well as effective communication with the broader organization. The ideal candidate can balance between strategic and tactical thinking, and can work with operations leaders to guide informed decision making and priority setting based on relevant data and information.
Delivery:The Managing Director will strategically advise and plan for OGC’s current and future operational needs, discussing solutions to problems and connecting people with information and with one another. This position will: ●      Oversee the day-to-day work of the OGC, including planning for key deadlines, overseeing the OGC budget, and serving as the day-to-day supervisor for OGC staff.
●      Serve as a thought partner to the OGC leadership team and help resolve strategic and structural issues facing the division, and to ensure business and staff challenges are dealt with in an open and effective manner.
●      Work with divisional supervisors to manage personnel across OGC, including acting as OGC’s primary operational liaison with the People, Culture & Equity Department, and supporting processes including onboarding, professional development, performance management, and advancement.
●      Act as OGC’s primary operational liaison with the Finance Department, leading processes including creating and monitoring the OGC budget, payment of invoices, and projection of expenses.
●      Ensure that OGC’s engagements with outside counsel are tracked and documented, that law firm invoices are appropriately reviewed and submitted, and that OGC can produce accurate and timely reports regarding legal matters and representations.
●      Carry out or coordinate operations and projects related to legal matters, such as management of legal records, litigation holds, and discovery requests.
●      Manage the general operations of OGC, including supervising operations staff, scheduling and leading OGC team meetings and events, and acting as the first point of contact and primary problem-solver for all operational problems.
●      Manage communications, and coordinate content development, updates, and information between OGC and staff across other departments, and between OGC and external parties, by maintaining distribution lists, email accounts, shared email boxes, and the overall framework of OGC guidance and other resources on the Planned Parenthood intranet.
●      Representing OGC on the cross-departmental committee of managing directors, who coordinate a range of management functions and work to improve operational processes, secure consistent implementation of shared work strategies, and promote OGC efforts across the PPFA and PPAF.
●      Coordinate consistent OGC division and department actions to continually