Senior Corporate Counsel

Job Summary

The Senior Corporate Counsel for Commercial and Regulatory will support the organization in a broad range of commercial and regulatory matters.  You will work across multiple businesses and functions in North America to develop and deliver legal solutions to complex and complicated business issues. The candidate will work directly with members of the legal team, purchasing, sales, engineering, and business executive to proactively identify solutions that address and manage contract, regulatory and transactional risks. You will participate heavily in providing proactive advice and counsel, negotiate contracts in collaboration with company team members ensuring that the company's legal position is protected and that the company has full knowledge of the risks involved with a variety of transactional matters. The candidate must have excellent judgment, have courage to make difficult decisions, and be able to influence peers and executives on strategic initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Advise and counsel business partners on legal issues related to transactional matters involving the purchase and sale of goods and services; sourcing of direct and indirect commodities/supplies; and establishment of a variety of collaborative relationships in the support of the Company’s short- and long-term vision.
• Provide support for Sales, Purchasing and Engineering functions in review, drafting and negotiation on a wide variety of transactional documents, including software licensing documents and other documents regularly encountered in support of manufacturing supply chain transactions and complex sales relationships in the automotive industry.
• Provide advice and counsel on various regulatory matters typically encountered by large manufacturer in the automotive industry, including OSHA, NHTSA, FMVSS, Import/Export and Environmental.
• Develop and deliver contract and regulatory training to business partners and other stakeholders.
• Manage policy requirements to satisfy the North America contract review process as well the contract review process for foreign parent company.
• Maintain current understanding of industry or functional trends in area of responsibility and builds on them to generate creative and innovative solutions.
• Travel to domestic locations.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the General Counsel.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctorate from accredited law school required. Admitted to a US state bar in good standing.
• Strong academic background.
• Minimum of 7-10 years working commercial/transactional attorney required.
• Experience working on basic and complex commercial matters including reviewing, drafting and negotiating various agreements required.
• Experience advising clients in regulatory matters involving import/export, NHTSA, FMVSS, Data Privacy, OSHA or Environmental preferred.
• Experience providing advice and counsel to leaders on how to mitigate risk in fast paced environment.
• Experience working in the automotive industry preferred.
• Significant corporate legal in-house experience preferred.
• Significant experience working in or for a Japanese or other foreign based company preferred.

Salary $175,000-$205,000.

Benefits Summary

• Health, Dental, Vision, Prescription Drug plans 
• Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401K with 4% company match
• Bonus Program
• Wellness Program
• Onsite Fitness Center (vary by location) 
• Tuition Reimbursement 
• Career Development and Ongoing Training
• Paid holidays and vacation 
• Cafeteria and food markets (vary by location) 
• Volunteer opportunities 
• Employee recognition (employee and milestone events)