Assistant General Counsel

About the role

Winnebago Industries is seeking an Assistant General Counsel to join their team based in Eden Prairie, MN.

Responsibilities

• Manage legal support for commercial matters, including contracts, marketing, and the company’s dealer channel.
• Manage legal support of intellectual property, including patents and trademarks.
• Manage general litigation, pre-litigation claims, and all related matters, including litigation risk mitigation.
• Manage legal support for real estate matters.
• Perform special projects and support continuous improvement of legal department standard work, knowledge management and process.
• Identify, supervise and partner with outside counsel to ensure that all aspects of the company's legal representation are of the highest quality.
• Offer counsel on a variety of legal issues.
• Serve as an accountable, strategic business partner to business and function leaders, providing actionable advice and guidance to address legal risks.
• Contribute to strategic planning, direction, and goal setting for the Legal function.
• Support development of policies, practices, and procedures that have a significant impact on the organization.
• Provide training to the company on legal topics.

Qualifications and Skills

• JD degree from an ABA accredited law school.
• Admitted to practice in the State of Minnesota.
• Minimum of 8+ years of litigation experience in a law firm or in-house legal department.
• Experience working with product warranty and/or product liability is highly preferred.
• Strong leadership skills, proven ability to build trust, lead, energize, influence and drive action at all levels within the organization including senior leadership.
• Experience with drafting and negotiating contracts is strongly preferred.

Pay

This posting includes a range of the salary across a geographical market. The base pay for this position ranges from $210,000 in our lowest geographic market up to $250,000 in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location, internal equity, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.