Description:
Position Summary...What you'll do...
The International legal team is part of An American Multinational Retail Corporation's legal department dedicated to support the CEO of An American Multinational Retail Corporation International and her leadership and support teams who drive the strategy and growth of An American Multinational Retail Corporation's international portfolio. We have robust and talented legal teams in 8 different operating businesses, speaking over 40 languages and dialects. International legal provides legal advice, global oversight and connectivity to the central corporate functions. You'll find that being a part of the An American Multinational Retail Corporation International legal team brings tremendous growth potential and exciting new challenges.
What You'll Do:
- Supporting the Senior Lead Counsel on all aspects of providing advice across a wide variety of legal needs for a business that supports a diverse portfolio of private and public companies.
- Operating as an embedded partner and thorough risk-spotter with a variety of international business teams and helping to triage and manage the workflow within the international legal team.
- Owning the legal management of projects and problem-solving including the necessary collaboration with lateral stakeholders (e.g. finance, tax, treasury, subject matter experts, etc.) and updates to central corporate functions for financial reporting, etc.
- Negotiating a broad range of complex contracts (including SaSS, emerging technologies, and other services) for clients in procurement, supply chain and e-commerce.
- Managing an inventory of inter-company agreements regarding IP licenses, data transfers, ISD charges, etc.
- Supporting post-divesture processes including amending transitional agreements and advising on An American Multinational Retail Corporation's commitments with divested entities.
- Ensuring An American Multinational Retail Corporation's international corporate governance is operating and applied appropriately and is regularly updated; and
- Supporting legal and business teams around the world in a way that permits local businesses to be “powered by An American Multinational Retail Corporation”; (e.g. finding leverage, synergies, opportunities for collaboration and simplification, etc.).
What you'll bring:
- Successfully fielded a broad array of legal issues and have a proven ability to manage complex business problems to resolution.
- Taken ownership of projects and problems. Your superpower is quarterbacking solutions, even where next steps are non-linear or involve conflicting views or partial information.
- Build trusted relationships within your organization. You can synthesize and simplify issues through strong written and oral communication skills.
- Pride yourself on balancing appropriate risk-mitigation with business-friendly solutions.
- Have spent time in an international region (e.g. India, Mexico, China, Africa), and/or you can operate in multiple languages.
Minimum Qualifications...:
Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.
- Law degree from an accredited law school and 6 years' experience in law.
- License to practice law in at least one state.
- 2 years' experience leading cross-functional teams.
Preferred Qualifications...:
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
