Our client, SLM Corporation (“Sallie Mae”) has retained Major, Lindsey & Africa on an exclusive basis to conduct a search for a Senior Director, Associate General Counsel to be located in either its Newark, DE headquarters or its Reston, VA location. 

Organization: Sallie Mae is the nation's leading saving, planning, and paying for college company. It has made a difference in students’ and families’ lives, helping more than 35 million customers pay for college. There is no single way to achieve this task, so Sallie Mae provides a range of products to help families, whether college is a long way off or right around the corner.  Those products and services include private education loans (i.e. non-governmental loans), scholarship search tools, college financial planning tools, and online retail banking.    

Compensation: Competitive base, bonus, and equity commensurate with experience. 

Experience: 8+ years of legal experience in private practice and/or as in-house corporate legal counsel; Experience in the areas of executive compensation, SEC reporting, and general corporate governance matters is required. 

Location: Newark, DE or Reston, VA. 

Relocation: Local candidates strongly preferred. 

Bar Admission: Must be licensed to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction. 

Please submit resumes to the attention of Deborah Ben-Canaan and Edina Beasley via email to: SallieMaeAGC@mlaglobal.com.  No phone calls please.