Deputy General Counsel

SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES

The Deputy General Counsel serves as a senior member of the legal leadership team, responsible for advising executive management, overseeing corporate legal matters, and ensuring the company’s operations comply with legal and regulatory standards. This role requires a strategic, business-minded approach to safeguarding the company’s brand, enabling growth, and strengthening customer trust.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Support the Board of Directors and executive leadership on governance matters, entity management, and strategic initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with corporate formalities and internal policies across all business units.
• Partner with product, marketing, and customer experience teams to review and advise on consumer-facing initiatives.
• Ensure initiatives are legally sound, aligned with the brand, and compliant with applicable laws and regulatory requirements.
• Monitor and interpret evolving consumer protection laws, advertising regulations, privacy, and data security requirements.
• Develop and maintain compliance programs to support scalable growth and reinforce customer trust.
• Provide legal leadership on acquisitions, investments, and strategic alliances.
• Conduct legal due diligence and oversee integration planning and execution.
• Manage litigation, claims, and state regulatory inquiries, coordinating with outside counsel as needed.
• Identify potential legal risks and implement proactive mitigation strategies.
• Mentor and manage members of the legal team, fostering a collaborative, high-performance culture.
• Act as a trusted advisor to cross-functional teams, including finance, investments, HR, operations, and technology

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Primarily working indoors, office environment.
• May sit for several hours at a time.
• Prolonged exposure to computer screens.
• Repetitive use of hands to operate computers, printers, and copiers.

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school; active bar membership in good standing.
• Minimum of 10 years of legal experience, including significant in-house counsel experience in a consumer-facing organization.
• Expertise in commercial transactions, litigation, and regulatory compliance.
• Demonstrated leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to balance legal risk with business objectives in a customer-centric environment.
• Proficiency in data analysis, including strong capabilities with Excel and PowerBI, to interpret data, generate metrics, and inform legal and business decisions.

PREFERRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Experience providing legal counsel to support the general business operations function of an organization
• Familiarity with legal issues and regulations pertaining to the rental industry
• Experience working in a fast pace, high-growth company

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE

• Law— Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, and agency rules.
• Management— Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Active Listening— Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Critical Thinking— Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Complex Problem Solving— Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Judgment and Decision Making— Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Negotiation— Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
• Persuasion— Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
• Time Management— Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Monitoring— Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Reading Comprehension— Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Speaking— Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Writing— Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

WORK STYLES & BEHAVIORS

• Leadership— Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
• Integrity— Job requires being honest and ethical.
• Analytical Thinking— Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
• Attention to Detail— Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
• Cooperation— Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
• Persistence— Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
• Initiative— Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges
• Adaptability/Flexibility— Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.

FirstKey Homes is an equal opportunity employer and will not tolerate discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, ethnicity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, genetic information or any other legally protected classification or status.

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