Director Legal - Real Estate & Construction

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Join the Cleveland Clinic team, where you will work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-first healthcare. Cleveland Clinic is recognized as one of the top hospitals in the nation. At Cleveland Clinic, you will receive endless support and appreciation and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.   

As a Legal Director, you will serve as a licensed attorney responsible for leading a specialized practice group within the Law Department and providing legal counsel to a Cleveland Clinic business unit. In this role, you will provide legal support for high-profile and innovative projects, including the Neurological Institute building, quantum computing initiatives, and major real estate and construction developments that have a significant impact on both Cleveland Clinic and the surrounding community. You will also manage the high volume and complexity of transactions across Cleveland Clinic’s real estate portfolio, helping to mitigate legal and regulatory risk while supporting operational efficiency and strategic growth initiatives.

This position collaborates with organizational leaders to ensure compliance, mitigate risk, and support business objectives while helping protect the interests of Cleveland Clinic. You will support unique, cutting-edge facilities and spaces that help shape the future of healthcare, research, and the city.

A caregiver in this role works a hybrid schedule, Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. -- 5:00 p.m., with on-site work at CCAC required 2 days per week.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Assist the Vice President Legal in administrative matters, including planning, organizing and managing work activities assigned to attorneys in the Law Department

• Responsible for the day-to-day operations of the practice group, which includes project management, OKR accountability, setting priorities and managing workflow and work allocation.

• Responsible for alignment with business objectives and relationships with enterprise leaders that are impacted by the Practice Group’s area of law.

• Ensure the Practice Group has appropriate training, coverage, resources and support to handle the responsibilities of their area of expertise.

• Provide direct supervision, advice, mentoring and guidance to paralegals, attorneys and other department personnel working on matters related to their Practice Group and other matters as directed.

• Ensure that timely responses are provided to requests for legal advice in the attorney's assigned area whether by Senior Counsel or by other members of the pertinent Practice Group.

• Advise, mentor and guide attorneys and other staff members working within the attorney's areas of responsibility.

• Manage outside counsel on matters falling within the attorney's areas of responsibility in a cost-effective manner.

• Maintain expertise in assigned subject matter areas.

• Advise and train members of the department on legal developments impacting the attorney's areas of expertise.

• Actively seek out opportunities to bring the organization into compliance with those areas of the law.

• Participate in budget processes.

• Responsible for day-to-day administrative supervision, overseeing the substantive work of paralegals and attorneys that are within their Practice Group, but who are primarily reporting up through another Practice Group, and for coordinating with the primary supervisor.

• Delegate appropriately, monitors progress and provide support, resources as needed.

• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Juris Doctor Degree (J.D.) from ABA accredited law school

• Member in good standing of the state bar or ability to become a member of the state bar within a reasonable period of time

• 10 years of comparable experience in the substantive legal area of law that is designated as the attorney's area(s) of expertise, preferably in both a law firm as well as an in-house setting

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Five years of successful experience managing internal staff as well as outside counsel

• Two years of experience in a healthcare setting

• Prior experience directing the work of law professionals within a specialty practice group

• Five years of experience with complex real estate and/or construction matters

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to perform work in a stationary position for extended periods.

• Ability to travel throughout the hospital system.

• Ability to operate a computer, audio visual and other office equipment.

• Ability to communicate and exchange accurate information, including the ability to deliver training in person and virtually.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility. 

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Cleveland Clinic is pleased to be an equal employment opportunity employer.