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Awarded a Healthiest Employer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona aims to fulfill its mission to inspire health and make it easy. AZ Blue offers a variety of health insurance products and services to meet the diverse needs of individuals, families, and small and large businesses as well as providing information and tools to help individuals make better health decisions.
At AZ Blue, we have a hybrid workforce strategy, called Workability, that offers flexibility with how and where employees work. Our positions are classified as hybrid, onsite or remote. While the majority of our employees are hybrid, the following classifications drive our current minimum onsite requirements:
- Hybrid People Leaders: must reside in AZ, required to be onsite at least twice per week
- Hybrid Individual Contributors: must reside in AZ, unless otherwise cited within this posting, required to be onsite at least once per week
- Hybrid 2 (Operational Roles such as but not limited to: Customer Service, Claims Processors, and Correspondence positions): must reside in AZ, unless otherwise cited within this posting, required to be onsite at least once per month
- Onsite: daily onsite requirement based on the essential functions of the job
- Remote: not held to onsite requirements, however, leadership can request presence onsite for business reasons including but not limited to staff meetings, one-on-ones, training, and team building
Please note that onsite requirements may change in the future, based on business need, and job responsibilities. Most employees should expect onsite requirements and at a minimum of once per week.
This position is hybrid within the state of AZ only. This hybrid work opportunity requires residency, and work to be performed, within the State of Arizona.
PURPOSE OF THE JOB
AZ Blue is seeking a dynamic attorney with broad skills to provide strategic and practical in-house counsel to support enterprise provider network contracting and disputes, grievances and appeals, and the Medicaid segment. The successful candidate will serve as a trusted legal advisor for provider issues across all lines of business as well as for Medicaid regulatory compliance and operational risk.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Required Work Experience
- 6 years of progressively responsible legal experience
- 3 years of experience in healthcare regulatory work and/or healthcare related corporate or government agency work, with meaningful exposure to managed care operations, provider contracting, and Medicaid regulatory requirements.
- Experience directly advising business stakeholders
- Strong skills in issue spotting in a complex regulatory environment
Required Education
- Juris Doctorate from an ABA Approved Law School
Required Licenses
- Active, current, and unrestricted license to practice law in the State of Arizona, or licensure in another jurisdiction and ability to become licensed to practice law in the State of Arizona.
Required Certifications
- Admission to a State Bar, with eventual admission to State Bar of Arizona
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Preferred Work Experience
- Experience with the No Surprises Act
- Experience with Mental Health Parity
- Experience with grievances and appeals
PREFERRED COMPETENCIES
Preferred Professional Competencies
- Knowledge of a wide range of subjects pertaining to the organization's services and operations.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provide support to provider network teams for all lines of business across the enterprise, advising on provider contracts and negotiations, provider disputes, and related regulatory schemes
- Provide strategic legal counsel to the Medicaid segment, advising on regulatory compliance, reimbursement frameworks, and operational risk, while partnering with business leaders to enable compliant growth and innovation
- Assist with legal issues arising from grievance and appeals team
- Supervise responses to regulatory, attorney, provider, and member complaints, including drafting responses, reviewing responses drafted by paralegal and/or research assistants, and consulting with other BCBSAZ employees on responses.
- In a timely and efficient manner, provide guidance to business leads on regulatory and statutory requirements, including new rules and legislative bills, and the related impact to operations
- Serve as a trusted advisor to internal clients and leadership
- Deliver training and guidance on legal and regulatory topics
- Work cooperatively with other BCBSAZ teams such as compliance, audit and enterprise risk
- The position requires a full-time work schedule in a hybrid work environment. Full-time is defined as working at least 40 hours per week, plus any additional hours as requested or as needed to meet business requirements. Hybrid means that a portion of the work week will be hours spent in the office and not virtual.
- Perform all other duties as assigned.
REQUIRED COMPETENCIES
Required Job Skills
- Intermediate skill in use of modern technology
- Intermediate PC proficiency
- Intermediate proficiency in spreadsheet, database, and word processing
Required Professional Competencies
- Maintain confidentiality and privacy
- Analytical knowledge necessary to generate reports based on available data and then make decisions based on reported data
- Capable of legal and analytical research
- Practice interpersonal and active listening to achieve high customer satisfaction and departmental communication standards
- Establish and maintain working relationships in a collaborative team environment – being a team player
Required Leadership Experience and Competencies
- Make use of employees' skills and abilities to deliver business objectives
Our Commitment
AZ Blue does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other protected group.
Thank you for your interest in Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona. If interested in this position, please apply.
INTRODUCTION
Awarded a Healthiest Employer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona aims to fulfill its mission to inspire health and make it easy. AZ Blue offers a variety of health insurance products and services to meet the diverse needs of individuals, families, and small and large businesses as well as providing information and tools to help individuals make better health decisions.
At AZ Blue, we have a hybrid workforce strategy, called Workability, that offers flexibility with how and where employees work. Our positions are classified as hybrid, onsite or remote. While the majority of our employees are hybrid, the following classifications drive our current minimum onsite requirements:
- Hybrid People Leaders: must reside in AZ, required to be onsite at least twice per week
- Hybrid Individual Contributors: must reside in AZ, unless otherwise cited within this posting, required to be onsite at least once per week
- Hybrid 2 (Operational Roles such as but not limited to: Customer Service, Claims Processors, and Correspondence positions): must reside in AZ, unless otherwise cited within this posting, required to be onsite at least once per month
- Onsite: daily onsite requirement based on the essential functions of the job
- Remote: not held to onsite requirements, however, leadership can request presence onsite for business reasons including but not limited to staff meetings, one-on-ones, training, and team building
Please note that onsite requirements may change in the future, based on business need, and job responsibilities. Most employees should expect onsite requirements and at a minimum of once per week.
This position is hybrid within the state of AZ only. This hybrid work opportunity requires residency, and work to be performed, within the State of Arizona.
PURPOSE OF THE JOB
AZ Blue is seeking a dynamic attorney with broad skills to provide strategic and practical in-house counsel to support enterprise provider network contracting and disputes, grievances and appeals, and the Medicaid segment. The successful candidate will serve as a trusted legal advisor for provider issues across all lines of business as well as for Medicaid regulatory compliance and operational risk.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Required Work Experience
- 6 years of progressively responsible legal experience
- 3 years of experience in healthcare regulatory work and/or healthcare related corporate or government agency work, with meaningful exposure to managed care operations, provider contracting, and Medicaid regulatory requirements.
- Experience directly advising business stakeholders
- Strong skills in issue spotting in a complex regulatory environment
Required Education
- Juris Doctorate from an ABA Approved Law School
Required Licenses
- Active, current, and unrestricted license to practice law in the State of Arizona, or licensure in another jurisdiction and ability to become licensed to practice law in the State of Arizona.
Required Certifications
- Admission to a State Bar, with eventual admission to State Bar of Arizona
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Preferred Work Experience
- Experience with the No Surprises Act
- Experience with Mental Health Parity
- Experience with grievances and appeals
PREFERRED COMPETENCIES
Preferred Professional Competencies
- Knowledge of a wide range of subjects pertaining to the organization's services and operations.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provide support to provider network teams for all lines of business across the enterprise, advising on provider contracts and negotiations, provider disputes, and related regulatory schemes
- Provide strategic legal counsel to the Medicaid segment, advising on regulatory compliance, reimbursement frameworks, and operational risk, while partnering with business leaders to enable compliant growth and innovation
- Assist with legal issues arising from grievance and appeals team
- Supervise responses to regulatory, attorney, provider, and member complaints, including drafting responses, reviewing responses drafted by paralegal and/or research assistants, and consulting with other BCBSAZ employees on responses.
- In a timely and efficient manner, provide guidance to business leads on regulatory and statutory requirements, including new rules and legislative bills, and the related impact to operations
- Serve as a trusted advisor to internal clients and leadership
- Deliver training and guidance on legal and regulatory topics
- Work cooperatively with other BCBSAZ teams such as compliance, audit and enterprise risk
- The position requires a full-time work schedule in a hybrid work environment. Full-time is defined as working at least 40 hours per week, plus any additional hours as requested or as needed to meet business requirements. Hybrid means that a portion of the work week will be hours spent in the office and not virtual.
- Perform all other duties as assigned.
REQUIRED COMPETENCIES
Required Job Skills
- Intermediate skill in use of modern technology
- Intermediate PC proficiency
- Intermediate proficiency in spreadsheet, database, and word processing
Required Professional Competencies
- Maintain confidentiality and privacy
- Analytical knowledge necessary to generate reports based on available data and then make decisions based on reported data
- Capable of legal and analytical research
- Practice interpersonal and active listening to achieve high customer satisfaction and departmental communication standards
- Establish and maintain working relationships in a collaborative team environment – being a team player
Required Leadership Experience and Competencies
- Make use of employees' skills and abilities to deliver business objectives
Our Commitment
AZ Blue does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other protected group.
Thank you for your interest in Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona. If interested in this position, please apply.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship in Assistant General Counsel
Get your foreign law credentials evaluated early
PERM filings for legal roles require documented equivalency between your foreign law degree and a U.S. J.D. A credential evaluation from a NACES-recognized agency strengthens your employer's ability to satisfy DOL's educational requirements during the audit process.
Target in-house legal teams at large employers
Corporate law departments at publicly traded or multinational companies sponsor green cards far more often than law firms, which rarely hold qualifying employment relationships with staff at the AGC level. Focus your search on companies with established immigration compliance programs.
Search green card job postings through Migrate Mate
Migrate Mate filters Assistant General Counsel roles by employers with active EB-2 and EB-3 sponsorship history, so you're targeting companies that have already navigated PERM for legal professionals rather than guessing at sponsorship willingness.
Clarify bar admission requirements before PERM is filed
Some AGC roles list state bar admission as a minimum requirement, which affects both PERM prevailing wage classification and your own eligibility. Confirm with your employer which jurisdictions are listed in the job description before DOL recruitment begins.
Understand how OFLC Wage Search affects your offer
Your employer must pay you the prevailing wage for your specific SOC code and location throughout the green card process. Check the OFLC Wage Search for the wage level assigned to senior in-house counsel roles in your target metro area before negotiating your offer.
Ask employers about concurrent I-140 and I-485 filing
If your priority date is current when USCIS approves the I-140 petition, you can file for adjustment of status at the same time, shortening the path to permanent residency. Confirm whether your prospective employer's legal team or outside counsel handles this filing concurrently.
Green Card Assistant General Counsel: Frequently Asked Questions
Does an Assistant General Counsel role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 sponsorship?
Most AGC positions qualify for EB-2 because they require a J.D. or an equivalent advanced law degree plus substantial legal experience, satisfying the advanced-degree professional standard. Some employers file under EB-3 when the specific role description fits the skilled worker category. USCIS evaluates the actual job requirements listed in the PERM application, not just the title.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B sponsorship for this role?
Green card sponsorship through PERM leads to permanent residency rather than a temporary status, and EB-3 filings have no annual cap lottery at the petition stage. The tradeoff is timeline: PERM labor certification alone can take six to eighteen months before USCIS even receives the I-140 petition, whereas H-1B visa approval can come within months. For nationals from countries without significant visa backlogs, the EB-3 path can still reach permanent residency faster than waiting on H-1B extensions.
What does the PERM process look like specifically for a legal role like AGC?
Your employer must conduct a supervised DOL recruitment campaign showing no qualified U.S. attorney is available at the prevailing wage for that specific position. For AGC roles, this means advertising the job with the actual duties and minimum requirements. DOL may audit the file and request documentation of every applicant reviewed and why each was not selected, so your employer's HR and outside counsel need to maintain detailed records throughout.
How can I find Assistant General Counsel jobs where the employer is already open to green card sponsorship?
Migrate Mate lets you filter AGC and senior in-house counsel roles by employers with documented EB-2 and EB-3 sponsorship history, removing the guesswork of cold-applying to companies that have never run a PERM. This is particularly useful for legal roles because many corporate law departments sponsor selectively and don't advertise sponsorship availability in standard job postings.
Can I switch employers after my I-140 is approved but before I get my green card?
Yes, under AC21 portability rules, you can change employers after your I-140 has been approved and your adjustment of status application has been pending for at least 180 days, provided the new role is in the same or a substantially similar occupational classification. For AGC roles, USCIS generally accepts moves between in-house legal positions with comparable responsibilities. Your priority date remains intact when you port.