Assistant General Counsel

Summary:

This role serves as a senior member of the Legal & Compliance Department, providing strategic legal leadership across enterprise compliance, sustainability and regulatory reporting, trade and export controls, employment law, litigation oversight, and business legal support. This role is a key advisor to executive leadership and partners closely with business units and functional leaders to manage legal risk while enabling business objectives.

Essential Functions:

Enterprise Compliance Leadership

• Lead and oversee the Company’s global compliance program, including framework development, governance, and priority setting.
• Own and maintain the Code of Conduct and core compliance policies.
• Drive compliance training strategy and execution across the organization.
• Oversee ethics hotline governance and internal investigations processes.

Business & Operational Support

• Provide commercial and operational legal counseling to business unit.
• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements.
• Partner with regional and local counsel to support global operations.
• Select and manage outside counsel.
• Support strategic initiatives and special projects for the Legal & Compliance Department.

Employment Law Counseling

• Provide legal advice on employment matters, including complex and sensitive issues.
• Lead or oversee internal investigations and employee-related escalation.
• Partner with Human Resources on employment law compliance and risk mitigation.

Litigation Management

• Oversee legacy asbestos litigation portfolio and related legal strategy.
• Coordinate with outside counsel and insurers.
• Manage settlement strategy, authority, and reporting cadence with internal stakeholders.

Compliance Team Leadership and Oversight

• Lead, mentor, and develop legal and compliance team members, including performance management, succession planning, and people development.
• Oversee sustainability and trade and export compliance programs; provide guidance and escalation support to compliance team members.

• Coordinate cross-functionally with Supply Chain, Finance, and Operations on reporting and compliance matters; lead conflict minerals reporting and related regulatory disclosures.

Qualifications:

• Law degree from an accredited law school
• Licensed to practice law in the United States
• 10+ years of experience, preferably a combination of private practice with a major law firm and relevant in-house experience with global organizations
• Demonstrated experience in compliance program leadership and regulatory risk management
• Experience advising on employment law matters, including investigations, employee relations issues, and partnership with Human Resources on legal and compliance risk mitigation
• Advanced analytical and negotiating skills, including the ability to solve difficult legal business problems, analyze contracts, legal agreements, and properly protect the Company's interests
• Ability to effectively work independently, collaboratively in a team setting, and with business units and functional leaders 
• Ability to effectively work in stressful situations and able to leverage/maintain relationships at all levels
• Experience overseeing or supporting ethics hotline programs and internal investigations strongly preferred
• Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, and other corporate transactions preferred
• Experience in sustainability/ESG reporting frameworks, trade/export controls, and litigation management preferred