Senior Counsel - Regulatory & Compliance Law

Location

Middletown, OH | United States

Job description

Who We Are | Our Culture

When you join Phoenix Contact, you join a team of visionaries who are creating a sustainable world based on our passion for technology and innovation. Our mission is to create solutions for electrification, networking, and automation to contribute to a world in which renewable energy is available for the benefit of everybody. We create solutions for the challenges of today.

We are a team of passionate and welcoming people with vastly diverse backgrounds, who value honesty, friendliness, and trusting partnerships. We work together to promote a culture of entrepreneurial freedom that allows us to control our own destiny. We thrive in an inclusive environment where we recognize that our people are our biggest asset.

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Job Summary

This position will report to Phoenix Contact's North American General Counsel and will assist with the legal affairs of Phoenix Contact, its subsidiaries, and designated affiliates.  This individual will serve as a licensed attorney with a focus on regulatory and compliance law in collaboration with Phoenix Contact’s global headquarters, and will advise business and project teams on regulatory and compliance law matters, while also supporting the legal department’s general work initiatives.  To be successful, the individual will demonstrate excellence in each of the following areas: product and industry regulatory law, data privacy, corporate compliance, risk management, contracts, insurance management, mergers and acquisitions, global intercompany initiatives, and related business law matters, time management, business acumen, verbal and written communications, negotiations, legal reasoning, analytics, and collaborative work style.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Legal Department in support of the company's regulatory, risk management, insurance, data privacy, and corporate compliance initiatives and strategies.
• Interpret, understand, and clarify context through interactions with stakeholders and apply retained knowledge of the company's business and legal practices to all work performed.
• Respond promptly to requests of all stakeholders, and provide relevant information, assistance, training, materials, and resources
• Plan, organize, and prioritize own work to meet deadlines and accomplish assigned tasks within established timelines, including maintaining accurate records and files
• Provide and monitor activities and evaluate insurance coverage needs and coordinate renewal and reporting for the property, vehicles, contracts, events, and business operations
• Examine, advise, and coordinate legal data for regulatory reporting and litigation, including managing external representation
• Conduct legal research and give legal interpretation and advice on emerging regulatory issues
• Draft, review, negotiate, and provide legal advice on contracts in various business areas
• Collaborate with Legal Department attorneys at German headquarters on various legal initiatives, emerging regulatory issues, corporate compliance activities, and legal interpretation of general legal matters of US law
• Develop and present educational materials on various legal topics to the company's employees
• Assist with process excellence initiatives
• Other duties as assigned by one’s Manager

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of in-house and/or private law firm experience with a particular emphasis on business and corporate law
• Admission to the Pennsylvania Bar and continued licensure to practice law in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
• J.D. from an American Bar Association accredited law school.
• Organized, process-driven, and internal client-focused team player
• Possesses excellent oral and written communication skills, particularly regarding contracts and legal analytical skills, including the ability to independently advise clients as to various contract, business law, and insurance issues
• Takes initiative, is proactive, and works well with ambiguous information
• Demonstrates the ability to problem-solve and ask relevant questions to obtain information, as needed, to fulfill the requesting party's legal objectives and mitigate risk to the company
• Must be able to sort through facts vs. feelings to develop context
• Demonstrates the ability to effectively tailor the communication of legal information to match the level of the receiving party's understanding
• Is a continuous learner with an orientation and mindset for growth
• Possesses the ability to adapt to changes in the work environment, manage competing demands, and address unexpected delays, changes, or other events

Must Be Able To...

• Be fluent in English
• Travel in vehicles (automobiles, trains, and planes) for up to 12 hours
• Have a valid driver's license and be able to travel via automobile for up to six hours
• Travel internationally and nationally for up to 2 weeks or more as dictated by circumstances
• Work on a computer for extended periods of time (up to 4 hours at a time)
• Sit/and or stand for extended periods of time (2-4 hours at a time)
• Lift up to 40 pounds

What’s in it for you?

Phoenix Contact offers a generous benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401k matching, and a generous time off package. There are also a wide variety of additional benefits available including 16 weeks fully paid maternity leave & 10 weeks fully paid paternity leave, life insurance, short & long-term disability, on-site gym access, health & wellbeing center, on-site café, walking trails, tuition assistance, and more!

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Notice to Staffing Agencies, Placement Services, and Professional Recruiters:

Phoenix Contact has an internal Staffing Department. Recruiters are hereby specifically directed NOT to contact Phoenix Contact employees directly in an attempt to present candidates. Phoenix Contact will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Phoenix Contact, including unsolicited resumes sent to a Phoenix Contact mailing address, fax machine or email address, directly to Phoenix Contact employees, or to Phoenix Contact’s resume database will be considered Phoenix Contact property. Phoenix Contact will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. Phoenix Contact will consider any candidate for whom a Recruiter has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Recruiter free of any charges or fees. Phoenix Contact will not pay a fee to any Recruiter that does not have a signed Phoenix Contact contract in place specific to the position for which the resume was submitted. Recruiting vendor agreements will only be valid if in writing and signed by Phoenix Contact's Director of Organization Development and Talent Acquisition or his or her designee. No other Phoenix Contact employee is authorized to bind Phoenix Contact to any agreement regarding the placement of candidates by Recruiters. By submitting a candidate to Phoenix Contact, recruiters agree to be bound and comply with this policy.

Phoenix Contact is committed to the diversity of our employees. We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, veteran status, and family medical or genetic information.

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