Senior Legal Counsel

8-8 yrs required

Full-time

No

Senior Legal Counsel - Provide legal and business support to Digital Transformation Solutions strategic business unit (DTS SBU) for Harman Inc.

Salary Information: Base pay range of $165,000 - $202,000, determined based on skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Job Title: Senior Counsel I

Experience: 8+ years of relevant experience in technology services agreements and other technology transactions, with a law degree from law school.

H1: Senior Legal Counsel for Digital Transformation Solutions at Harman Inc.

H2: Responsibilities and Requirements

General Information
- Location: US_Novi_30001 Cabot Drive
- Additional Locations: Mountain View, United States of America Novi, United States of America
- Job Family: Legal
- Worker Type Reference: Regular - Permanent
- Pay Rate Type: Salary
- Job ID: R-33872-2024

About the Role
- Reports directly to a member of Legal and Compliance Leadership Team
- Works closely with Legal and Compliance leadership to support operational, functional, and/or business clients
- Must have a broad understanding of Harman's business objectives and the impact of external factors on the DTS SBU and Harman's corporate function
- Responsible for handling complex negotiations and assignments with little supervision
- Provides strategic, practical advice and counsel on key business issues to operational managers
- Manages litigation and corresponding outside counsel law firms and legal service providers
- Must have intermediate level project management skills and advanced communication and collaboration skills

Your Team
- Manages 1 or more direct reports, including junior attorney(s) and/or contract managers

Key Responsibilities
- Review, draft, and negotiate a variety of technology services and other technology-related agreements
- Identify legal and regulatory issues in product initiatives and customer agreements and work cross-functionally to find solutions
- Engage in risk assessment and mitigation and provide creative legal advice in a fast-paced, high growth environment
- Work closely with Legal and Compliance leadership to support business teams and establish relationships across the legal team and with other departments
- Apply strong analytical legal skills and demonstrate risk and compliance awareness when supporting projects or making strategic decisions
- Promptly address unforeseen legal risks and communicate with Legal and Compliance leadership and business leaders
- Work with business teams to understand, assess, and address business risks and implications
- Develop and maintain templates, negotiation resources, and playbooks in collaboration with other Legal and Compliance staff and organizational partners
- Support the development and implementation of innovative ways to scale commercial legal processes
- Other duties as assigned

Requirements
- Juris Doctor and Bar admission (or equivalent in jurisdiction)
- Experienced professional providing strategic legal counsel to at least one defined function area or business unit
- Strong analytical skills, task-focused, able to work under pressure, and manage multiple stakeholders
- Exercises good judgement and takes significant roles in broader strategic projects for the department
- 8+ years of relevant experience (in-house or law firm) and a law degree
- 6+ years of specialized experience in technology services agreements and other technology transactions

Critical Skills
- Effectively prioritize, delegate, supervise, and monitor work carried out by external legal resources or non-legal project teams
- Identify potential legal and compliance issues and consult with appropriate stakeholders to find a solution
- Take initiative to develop or improve internal company guidance documents
- Translate legal issues for primary business client and possess diplomacy skills
- Communicate effectively at all legal levels and enable the sharing of information and resources across the legal team
- Consider the commercial impact when applying legal and regulatory principles
- Network in the legal industry and support junior colleagues
- Develop sustainable and effective networks inside the legal team and across the primary client SBU or function

Nice to Have
- Serve as a legal role model and create a constructive and collaborative working environment

Eligibility
- Willing to travel up to 10%, domestic and international
- Willing to work remotely and occasionally in an office located in one of the following: Novi, Michigan; Stamford, Connecticut; Richardson, Texas; or Sunnyvale, California
- Offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen

What We Offer
- Base pay range determined within a range, providing opportunity for growth and development within the role
- Access to employee discounts on world class HARMAN/Samsung products
- Professional development opportunities through HARMAN University's business and leadership academies
- Flexible work schedule and culture encouraging work-life integration and collaboration in a global environment
- Inclusive and diverse work environment fostering professional and personal development
- Tuition reimbursement
- "Be Brilliant" employee recognition and rewards program

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

Not specified.

Employee Discounts, Professional Development Opportunities, Flexible Work Schedule, Inclusive and Diverse Work Environment, Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Recognition and Rewards Program.

Not specified.

Complex Negotiations, Communication, Strategic Thinking, Legal and Business Acumen, Risk Assessment, Risk Mitigation, Project Management, Financial Analysis, Analytical Skills, Task-Focused, Initiative, Pressure Management, Stakeholder Management, Judgement, Decision Making, Legal Research, Legal Writing, Juris Doctor, Bar Admission, Technology Services Agreements, Technology Transactions, Budget Management, Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Leadership, Legal Guidance, Diplomacy, Networking, Approachability, Mentoring, Legal Industry Knowledge, Time Management, Prioritization, Resource Allocation, Legal Experience, Legal Knowledge, Legal Role Model, Employee Development, Employee Recognition, Talent Management, Performance Management, Diversity and Inclusion, Work-Life Integration, Collaborative Work Environment, Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Discounts.

Juris Doctor, Law Degree.

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Qualification and Experience Juris Doctor, Bar Admission, 8+ years of relevant experience (in-house or law firm), Law Degree, 6+ years of specialized experience in technology services agreements and other technology transactions.

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