As a Vice President, Assistant General Counsel in Consumer & Community Banking Litigation, you will handle litigation matters from beginning to end: retaining outside counsel, guiding them regarding strategy, reviewing briefs, assisting with discovery, and advising our clients as needed. You will manage defensive litigation filed against the bank involving Consumer, Business Banking, Auto, Credit Card, Commercial, and Asset Wealth Management, and advise our clients on legal risk, reporting, and issues related to litigation.

Job Responsibilities:

• Strategically lead and manage a portfolio of litigation matters from intake through resolution, including case strategy, pleadings, discovery, dispositive motions, trial preparation, settlement/mediation, and (as needed) appeals.
• Defend the Firm in litigation involvingConsumer and Community banking products and services. Assess potential affirmative litigation, and handle strategically.
• Conduct early and ongoing case assessments and develop strategic litigation plans, including exposure analysis, key legal/factual issues, defenses, settlement posture, and escalation/decision points for senior stakeholders.
• Retain, instruct, and activelyand closelymanage outside counselwhen retained, including scope-setting, staffing oversight, budget management, quality control of work product, and performance evaluation.
• Lead fact development and discovery, including document preservation and collection, privilege review strategy, deposition preparation, expert selection/management, and e-discovery vendor oversight.In addition, on matters without outside counsel, prepare witnesses for deposition and defend witnesses, when needed.
• Providepre-litigation counseling and advice to a wide variety of clients, including the firm27s leaders, to help prevent disputes, shape communications, preserve defenses, and mitigate risk in connection with transactions, products, and client interactions.

• Identify recurring themes and create playbooks, templates, and lessons-learned guidance to strengthen controls, improve defensibility, and reduce repeat litigation risk.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

• At least 5 years of post-admission legal practicing experience
• JD degree. All candidates must be in compliance with all relevant licensing requirements including the requirements of the jurisdiction where the role will be located prior to commencement of employment
• Knowledge of, and experience with, complex financial products and services
• Ability to assume significant independent responsibility immediately
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Outstanding organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple complex matters simultaneously

• All candidates for roles in the Legal department must successfully complete a conflicts of interest clearance review prior to commencement of employment.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

• Ability to think strategically
• Ability to write well and communicate effectively to both legal and non-legal professionals, including senior executives of the Firm

• Ability to build and maintain good client and colleague relationships

All candidates for roles in the Legal department must successfully complete a conflicts of interest clearance review prior to commencement of employment.