Senior Counsel

Who we are... Verra Mobility is a global leader in smart mobility. We develop technology-enabled solutions that help the world move safely and easily. We are fostering the development of safe cities, working with police departments and municipalities to install over 4,000 red-light, speed, and school bus stop arm safety cameras across North America. We are also creating smart roadways, serving the world's largest commercial fleets and rental car companies to manage tolling transactions and violations for over 8.5 million vehicles. And we are a leading provider of connected systems, processing nearly 165 million transactions each year across 50+ individual tolling authorities. Culture Verra Mobility Corporation is a dynamic, entrepreneurial company that operates with a people-first philosophy and approach. The company lives by its core values - Do What’s Right, Choose Courage over Comfort, Win Together, and Own It - in everything it does for its customers and team members. The company seeks to grow, both organically and through acquisition, to continue to be the undisputed market leader with a bias for action, customer focus, teamwork, drive for results, and commitment to excellence. Position Overview Join Verra Mobility as Senior Counsel, and become part of a dynamic legal team that operates in true partnership with our innovative business teams. This role will report to the Deputy General Counsel and be responsible for providing broad-based legal support across a wide range of operational matters, including regulatory compliance, risk management, privacy, real estate, product development, investigations, and commercial initiatives. Your work will span a wide range of legal subject matters, and each week will bring fresh and varied challenges. You will partner closely with cross-functional teams to identify legal risks, develop effective solutions, and support company objectives while ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations. While this role will involve some contract work—including the ability to structure complex product contracts—the primary focus is on delivering strategic legal counsel across multiple disciplines. We are a legal team that celebrates our responsibility for driving growth and success for our company. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and in a business focused on profitable, rapid, and sustainable growth, then this opportunity is for you. Essential Responsibilities The successful individual will need to be able to work independently and manage a high volume of legal assignments, including legal research, statutory analysis, compliance matters, investigations, privacy matters, real estate, regulatory issues, product development support, disputes, M&A support, and special projects. This role will also involve structuring complex product contracts, though the primary emphasis is on broad-based legal advisory work. The role is ideal for someone who loves being a lawyer but also enjoys business, appreciates process orientation, makes risk-adjusted decisions, loves winning, and accepts accountability. In addition, the responsibilities for this position include, but are not limited to, the following: While collaborating directly with our business teams you will be: Advising on and optimizing legal risk and compliance considerations while suggesting creative, business-supportive solutions; Issue-spotting potential legal challenges and running them to ground; and Proactively identifying and anticipating emerging legal and regulatory issues that might impact our products and services. Additional duties include: Managing and overseeing litigation, disputes, and pre-litigation matters, including supervising outside counsel and coordinating legal strategy; Providing legal counsel on employment law matters, including employee relations, workplace policies, investigations, and compliance with federal, state, and local labor laws; Structuring, drafting, and negotiating complex product contracts and select commercial agreements as needed; Supporting the company’s privacy and data protection program, including advising on the collection, access, use, sharing, retention, and protection of personally identifiable information (PII), and ensuring compliance with applicable privacy laws, regulations, and internal policies; Supporting the company’s real estate leases and working with outside counsel to negotiate leases; Supporting regulatory matters, including licensing, attorney general complaints, and compliance with applicable regulations; Advising on product development, operational initiatives, and new market offerings to ensure legal and regulatory compliance; Supporting internal investigations, responding to government inquiries, and managing interactions with regulators and enforcement agencies; Supporting mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and other strategic transactions by assisting with legal due diligence, risk assessment, integration planning, and coordination with internal stakeholders and outside counsel; Collaborating with IP counsel on patent and other IP-related matters; Developing strong collaborative working relationships with colleagues and business stakeholders; Managing outside counsel, as required; Supporting the Deputy General Counsel with day-to-day legal management and workflow; Supporting other legal team leaders with special projects, as needed; and Handling the occasional fire drill. Qualifications JD from an accredited law school and in good standing with a state bar association; 5+ years as a practicing attorney with broad experience in general legal services, including regulatory compliance, privacy, product support, and commercial matters; Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex legal issues in a simple, understandable manner with colleagues of varying legal knowledge across the company; Ability to work well in time-sensitive situations and fast-paced environments, and to effectively manage multiple projects or matters with competing deadlines; Strong presentation and negotiation skills; Solid business instinct and judgment; High degree of organization and efficiency with demonstrated attention to detail; Strong collaborative skills and proven team orientation; Personal integrity, sound judgment, and strong ethics in business and personal conduct; Enthusiasm, energy, and motivation to contribute and thrive in a growing company where roles continually adapt as the company evolves; and Adaptable and comfortable with change, organizational evolution, and ambiguity. Preferred Qualifications Experience at a law firm servicing business clients; Experience as an in-house attorney. Verra Mobility Values An ideal candidate for this role naturally works in alignment with the Verra Mobility Core Values: Own It. We focus on high performance and drive toward breakthrough outcomes. Our employees ensure accountability, optimize and align work, focus on the customer, and cultivate innovation. Do What’s Right. We champion integrity and good character. Our team members model ethical behavior, demonstrate good judgment and are courageous. Choose Courage Over Comfort. We lean into the conversations, decisions and actions that move the business forward, even when they feel uncomfortable. We challenge assumptions, address issues early and prioritize progress over ease. Win Together. We believe in growing and inspiring people together. We seek people who collaborate, value differences, think and act globally, foster an engaging work environment, and recognize and develop others. With your explicit consent which you provided as part of the application process, we will retain candidate personal data solely for the business purpose for which it was collected. In no event will we retain such data more than two (2) years following the closure of the recruitment process relating to the role for which you applied or in the event other related job opportunities arise within the company. Verra Mobility Applicant Privacy Notice Verra Mobility is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. #J-18808-Ljbffr