# Associate General Counsel

**Company:** [ZoomInfo](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/zoominfo)
**Location:** Bethesda, MD, Waltham, MA
**Role:** Legal
**Salary:** $196k – $308k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** litigation, class actions, privacy litigation, securities litigation, ediscovery, legal ai tools, outside counsel management, Budget Management, Risk Assessment, Negotiation, People Management, juris doctor, state bar admission
**Posted:** 2026-07-20

> Lead the litigation function as operational and strategic deputy to the Chief Litigator. Personally handle high-exposure class actions and regulatory matters while managing a team, eDiscovery processes, budgets, and cross-functional risk reporting. Requires 10+ years complex litigation experience including 3+ years managing attorneys, JD, and bar admission.

## Job Description

## Team & Function Leadership
- Directly manage, mentor, and develop the Senior Litigation Counsel and other litigation team members; conduct performance reviews and support career development.
- Own resourcing and workload allocation across the litigation team.
- Strengthen scalable litigation processes, playbooks, and templates to drive consistency and efficiency.
- Serve as the escalation point on complex strategic or judgment calls.
- Partner with the Deputy GC on department-level planning, including litigation budget development, outside counsel panel management, and legal technology/AI tooling decisions.

## Litigation Portfolio Management & Strategy
- Own the company's overall litigation docket and reporting to ensure timely visibility into case status, exposure, and strategy.
- Personally manage the most complex, high-exposure, or reputationally sensitive litigation, including class actions (securities, privacy, consumer protection) and regulatory enforcement matters.
- Direct and approve litigation strategy across the portfolio, including cost-benefit analysis, risk assessment, and settlement posture.
- Oversee and approve outside counsel engagement, spend, alternative fee arrangements, and interface with insurance brokers and carriers.
- Represent the company in mediations, arbitrations, settlement negotiations, and court proceedings as needed.

## eDiscovery, Information Governance & Legal Process
- Provide senior oversight of litigation hold procedures and eDiscovery strategy, partnering with IT, Security, and business stakeholders.
- Set standards and approve vendor/technology decisions for eDiscovery, including AI-assisted review tools.
- Provide senior-level oversight and quality control of subpoena response, privilege assertions, and legal process compliance.

## Cross-Functional & Executive Collaboration
- Serve as a key liaison between Legal and cross-functional stakeholders (Privacy, Regulatory, Employment, Commercial, Finance, IT, Security).
- Prepare and deliver litigation risk reporting and updates to executive stakeholders.
- Contribute to department-wide policy, process, and best-practice development.
- Act as a thought partner on emerging litigation risk trends (e.g., AI-related claims, evolving privacy class action theories).

## Deputy Coverage
- Act as a trusted deputy to the Deputy General Counsel/Chief Litigator, stepping in on litigation matters, approvals, and stakeholder communications in their absence.

## Required Competencies
- **People Leadership**: Ability to manage, mentor, and grow attorneys and legal staff; experience building team processes.
- **Business Acumen**: Deep understanding of business operations and translating litigation risk into practical guidance.
- **Strategic Risk Judgment**: Evaluate enterprise-level risk, prioritize matters, and communicate to executives and the Board.
- **Budget & Vendor Management**: Experience managing litigation budgets and outside counsel relationships.
- **Communication & Advocacy**: Exceptional written and oral advocacy skills, including presenting to executive leadership.
- **Negotiation**: Advanced skills with a track record of favorable settlements.
- **Project Management**: Superior organizational skills managing a high-stakes portfolio.
- **Collaboration**: Strong cross-functional relationship-building.
- **Innovation**: Forward-thinking approach to legal AI/technology tools.

## Experience
- **Education**: J.D. from an accredited law school with strong academic credentials.
- **Bar Admission**: Active member in good standing of at least one state bar.
- **Experience**: 10+ years of litigation experience, including at a reputable law firm and/or in-house, with at least 3+ years in people-management or team-leadership.
- **Litigation Expertise**: Handling all phases of complex litigation from pleadings through trial/appeal; significant motion practice, discovery, depositions, and court appearances. Strong preference for privacy and/or securities litigation, including class actions.
- **Autonomy & Judgment**: Ability to work independently, exercise sound judgment in high-pressure situations.
- **Strategic Thinking**: Exceptional analytical and strategic planning abilities.

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