Senior Manager, Legal Operations – Outside Counsel Panel Management (HYBRID)

At GEICO, we offer a rewarding career where your ambitions are met with endless possibilities. 

Every day we honor our iconic brand by offering quality coverage to millions of customers and being there when they need us most. We thrive through relentless innovation to exceed our customers’ expectations while making a real impact for our company through our shared purpose. 

When you join our company, we want you to feel valued, supported and proud to work here. That’s why we offer The GEICO Pledge: Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards and Great Careers.

GEICO is seeking a highly skilled and motivated individual with diverse experience and skills necessary to manage a network of outside law firms for the Company. We are looking for an experienced individual who will report to the Director of Legal Strategic Operations and work with cross-functional partners in the Claims Organization, Supplier Management, Technology, and Finance to develop panels, run RFPs, propose innovative opportunities to manage relationships and spend, and build the framework and governance for these activities.

Essential Functions:

• Work collaboratively with senior leadership and contribute meaningfully to strategic planning relating to outside counsel engagement.

• Identify innovative opportunities, present plans and build support for enhanced outside counsel performance management.

• Build a relationship program with appropriate framework and governance to enhance strategic partnerships with key law firms.

• Display strong leadership, teamwork, communication and analytical skills.

• Navigate and resolve diverse and complex issues in imaginative and effective ways.

• Find and pursue cost reduction opportunities by challenging current methods, cost models, business processes, etc.

• Work side-by-side with the Director of Legal Strategic Operations and the Legal Data team by leveraging data to drive decisions leading to cost reduction and process improvements.

• Negotiate law firm pricing and other commercial terms.

• Knowledge of the latest industry trends and evolving market forces driving law firm rates and billing trends.

• Have strong ability with technology and tools to implement process improvements to ebilling and high-volume litigation management.

Basic Qualifications:

• Experience managing an outside counsel program

• Experience working with large datasets

• Well organized with good verbal and written communication skills

• 4-year degree in Business, Information Systems, Finance, Law or related field

• Minimum 5 years experience

• Preferred corporate legal department or law firm experience

• Preferred experience in financial services or insurance industry

Location: HYBRID - This position requires that the individual will work 3 days onsite

 

Annual Salary

$151,700.00 - $235,750.00

The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/ annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate’s work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations.

 

At this time, GEICO will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

 

The GEICO Pledge:

Great Company: At GEICO, we help our customers through life’s twists and turns. Our mission is to protect people when they need it most and we’re constantly evolving to stay ahead of their needs.

We’re an iconic brand that thrives on innovation, exceeding our customers’ expectations and enabling our collective success. From day one, you’ll take on exciting challenges that help you grow and collaborate with dynamic teams who want to make a positive impact on people’s lives.

Great Careers: We offer a career where you can learn, grow, and thrive through personalized development programs, created with your career – and your potential – in mind.  You’ll have access to industry leading training, certification assistance, career mentorship and coaching with supportive leaders at all levels.

Great Culture: We foster an inclusive culture of shared success, rooted in integrity, a bias for action and a winning mindset. Grounded by our core values, we have an an established culture of caring, inclusion, and belonging, that values different perspectives. Our teams are led by dynamic, multi-faceted teams led by supportive leaders, driv