Sr. Director, Litigation

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Primary Purpose: We are seeking an experienced litigator to provide in-house legal advice and manage a wide range of disputes across the organization, including complex regulatory matters and employment, privacy, commercial, intellectual property, brand protection and personal injury litigation. Tapestry's operations. This role will ensure the Company’s legal interests are protected while fostering a positive and compliant workplace culture. The ideal candidate will possess a robust litigation background and some experience with compliance, including internal investigations, ideally within fashion or other high-growth/fast-paced industries.

The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in Law to...

• Collaborate with and direct outside counsel on various litigation matters, ensuring alignment with the company’s legal objectives and priorities, while supporting risk management and compliance.
• Handle and manage litigation across a variety of areas, including regulatory matters, employment/wage and hour, commercial, intellectual property and brand protection, privacy and TCPA and personal injury litigation
• Provide counsel to business units on litigation exposure and risk and advise on litigation strategy
• Represent company interests in administrative, court, arbitration and mediation proceedings
• Prepare and review a variety of legal documents, including administrative submissions, pleadings, motions and a variety of agreements, including those involving settlement, releases, arbitration and waviers
• Conduct, coordinate and support the litigation process, including preservation, litigation holds, and eDiscovery, including collection, review and production
• Manage litigation budgets, while ensuring efficient and effective representation and risk mitigation
• Monitor legal trends and industry developments relevant to Tapestry's business
• Work with Legal Department leadership on special initiatives, policy development and cross-functional projects

The accomplished individual will possess...

• Minimum 12 years of experience, with demonstrated litigation experience in-house, at a law firm and/or with the government  
• Juris Doctor from an accredited law school;
• Admission to the State Bar of New York (or licensed in another U.S. state with ability to apply for admission to the State Bar of New York)
• Ability to translate complex legal concepts in writing and verbally in a way meaningful for business teams
• Capacity to work independently and manage multiple priorities and a fast-paced workload
• Ability to work collaboratively to achieve established goals and exercise independent judgment
• Comfort and a desire to handle and advise on a wide variety of substantive areas and work closely with business teams

Our Competencies for All Employees
Courage: Doesn’t hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and “actionable” positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.
Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn’t upset when things are up in the air; doesn’t have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.
 
Our Competencies for All People Managers
Strategic Agility: Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
Developing Direct Reports and Others: Provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments; holds frequent development discussions; is aware of each person's career goals; constructs compelling development plans and executes them; pushes people to accept developmental moves; will take on those who need help and further development; cooperates with the developmental system in the organization; is a people builder.
Building Effective Teams: Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale and spirit in their team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.                                                                                                    
 

Tapestry, Inc. is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and we pride ourselves on hiring and developing the best people. All employment decisions (including recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, transfer, training, discipline and termination) are based on the applicant’s or employee’s qualifications as they relate to the requirements of the position under consideration. These decisions are made without regard to age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic characteristics, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage, citizenship, disability, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or any other legally-recognized protected basis prohibited by applicable law.

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Tapestry, Inc. will provide applicants and employees with reasonable accommodation for disabilities or religious beliefs. If you require reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact Tapestry People Services at 1-855-566-9264 or [email protected]

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