Associate General Counsel Contracts
Emerson · Austin, TX · 1 mo ago
HybridLegal$148k–$211k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title. No metadata like Job ID. Remove boilerplate, EEO, etc. Must preserve all substantive info.
We need to parse the job description.
Key sections:
- About the role: description of role: "Emerson is seeking an Associate General Counsel, Contracts, to lead the Contract Services function supporting all Business Units across the Americas World Area, with primary responsibility for English-language sales pursuits. Provides strategic contract guidance, legal support, and risk management expertise while operating independently on complex commercial matters. You will oversee a team of Contracts Counsels and Practitioners, ensuring effective contract negotiation, compliance, and business partnership."
That's about the role.
- Responsibilities: list of duties under "In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:" then bullet list.
We need to extract each bullet.
Let's list them:
- Reviews, drafts and negotiates agreements and transaction documents in compliance with applicable policies and legal and ethical standards, without supervision, including in:
- Responding, within established guidelines, to customers’ RFP/RFQs, vendor qualification documents and contractual requests;
- Drafting and negotiating with customers, appropriate contractual language to reflect the business interests and policies of the parties;
- Manages the Contract Services team and all requests for all Business Units in the Americas World Area.
- Takes the Contracts Lead role on:
- Complex international and multi-BU project contracts;
- Complex frame agreements (multi-BU & -WA);
- Act as Global Contracts Lead role on Global Strategic Accounts;
- Develops and communicates creative solutions and mitigation strategies to key negotiations;
- Applies expert subject matter knowledge to manage staff activities in solving complex business/technical issues within established policies;
- Mentors, trains, and supports the development of Contracts Services personnel;
- Recruits direct staff members and assists in the recruitment of other Contract Services personnel within the region;
- Provides advice during the approval process to assist business owners in making informed decisions and secure appropriate approvals;
- Interfaces with customers, members of the legal team and other Emerson stakeholders to bring deals to closure;
- May communicate directly and regularly with government agencies;
- Analyses business, financial, and legal risks, and acts as a key advisor to English speaking region’s management on the development of overall policies and long-term goals of the organization;
- Research information on existing agreements and contractual programs, assisting with analysis and compiling data for reports;
- Provides contract-related guidance to Sales, Project Management and other stakeholders;
- Legal research;
- Provides independent legal advice and interpretation of legal matters, including the application of law;
- Provides direction to outside counsel on routine matters.
We need to preserve all substantive info. Could group as
- each bullet. Some bullet have sub-bullets; we can flatten or keep nested? Probably just list each bullet as separate
- . Could keep sub-bullets as separate
- as well.
- Requirements: "For This Role, You Will Need:" then list:
- 8+ years of work experience in a contracts-related role
- Law Degree and licensed to practice law in in US or Emerson applicable jurisdiction
- Strong Coaching & mentoring skills
- Intermediate MS Office skills
- Excellent oral and written English language skills.
- Excellent negotiation skills
- Comprehensive knowledge of Contract law & principles
- Commercial provisions such as warranty, liquidated damages/penalties, payment & freight terms, documentary credits and bank guarantees/sureties
- Authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now and in the future
Note: "Law Degree and licensed to practice law in in US or Emerson applicable jurisdiction" maybe duplicate "in". Keep as is.
- Qualifications: "Preferred Qualifications That Set You Apart:" list:
- 3+ years of supervisory experience
- Completion of IACCM Advanced Contract and Commercial Management (CCM) Practitioner
- Skills: Might be covered under Requirements but we could separate Skills: maybe "Strong Coaching & mentoring skills", "Intermediate MS Office skills", "Excellent oral and written English language skills.", "Excellent negotiation skills", "Comprehensive knowledge of Contract law & principles", "Commercial provisions such as warranty, liquidated damages/penalties, payment & freight terms, documentary credits and bank guarantees/sureties". However these are already in Requirements. The instruction: Use sections only when posting has real specific content. We could combine Requirements and Qualifications and Skills? But they ask to use headings for those categories if content exists. We have content for Requirements, Qualifications, Skills (maybe separate). However many of the skill items are already in Requirements; we could still create a Skills section with those items. But we must not duplicate content? The instruction: Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. It doesn't forbid duplication, but better to avoid redundancy. Could place skill-specific items under Skills, and keep experience/education under Requirements. Let's parse:
Requirements (mandatory):
- 8+ years of work experience in a contracts-related role
- Law Degree and licensed to practice law in in US or Emerson applicable jurisdiction
- Authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now and in the future
Skills (maybe):
- Strong Coaching & mentoring skills
- Intermediate MS Office skills
- Excellent oral and written English language skills.
- Excellent negotiation skills
- Comprehensive knowledge of Contract law & principles
- Commercial provisions such as warranty, liquidated damages/penalties, payment & freight terms, documentary credits and bank guarantees/sureties
Preferred Qualifications:
- 3+ years of supervisory experience
- Completion of IACCM Advanced Contract and Commercial Management (CCM) Practitioner
Benefits: The posting includes benefits description: "Our compensation philosophy is simple: we pay a competitive base salary, within the local market in which we operate, and reward performance during our annual merit review process. The starting salary for this role is $148,000 - $211,400 annually, commensurate with the skills, talent, capabilities and experience each candidate brings to a role." That's Pay, not Benefits. Then later: "At Emerson, we prioritize a workplace where every employee is valued, respected, and empowered to grow. ... We provide a variety of medical insurance plans, with dental and vision coverage, Employee Assistance Program, 401(k), tuition reimbursement, employee resource groups, recognition, and much more. Our culture offers flexible time off plans, including paid parental leave (maternal and paternal), vacation and holiday leave."
Thus Benefits section: medical insurance, dental, vision, EAP, 401(k), tuition reimbursement, employee resource groups, recognition, flexible time off, paid parental leave, vacation, holiday leave.
Pay section: starting salary range $148,000 - $211,400 annually.
Schedule: Not mentioned explicitly. No schedule info. So we should not create Schedule section.
Also need About the role section.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO, Work Authorization, Equal Opportunity Employer, Accessibility Assistance, About Emerson, etc. Also remove "No calls or agencies please." etc.
We must not repeat job title as heading.
We must output only HTML fragment.
Let's craft:
About the role
Emerson is seeking an Associate General Counsel, Contracts, to lead the Contract Services function supporting all Business Units across the Americas World Area, with primary responsibility for English-language sales pursuits. Provides strategic contract guidance, legal support, and risk management expertise while operating independently on complex commercial matters. You will oversee a team of Contracts Counsels and Practitioners, ensuring effective contract negotiation, compliance, and business partnership.
Responsibilities
- Reviews, drafts and negotiates agreements and transaction documents in compliance with applicable policies and legal and ethical standards, without supervision, including responding to customers’ RFP/RFQs, vendor qualification documents and contractual requests.
- Drafts and negotiates with customers appropriate contractual language to reflect the business interests and policies of the parties.
- Manages the Contract Services team and all requests for all Business Units in the Americas World Area.
- Takes the Contracts Lead role on complex international and multi-BU project contracts.
- Takes the Contracts Lead role on complex frame agreements (multi-BU & -WA).
- Acts as Global Contracts Lead role on Global Strategic Accounts.
- Develops and communicates creative solutions and mitigation strategies to key negotiations.
- Applies expert subject matter knowledge to manage staff activities in solving complex business/technical issues within established policies.
- Mentors, trains, and supports the development of Contracts Services personnel.
- Recruits direct staff members and assists in the recruitment of other Contract Services personnel within the region.
- Provides advice during the approval process to assist business owners in making informed decisions and secure appropriate approvals.
- Interfaces with customers, members of the legal team and other Emerson stakeholders to bring deals to closure.
- May communicate directly and regularly with government agencies.
- Analyses business, financial, and legal risks, and acts as a key advisor to English speaking region’s management on the development of overall policies and long-term goals of the organization.
- Researches information on existing agreements and contractual programs, assisting with analysis and compiling data for reports.
- Provides contract-related guidance to Sales, Project Management and other stakeholders.
- Conducts legal research.
- Provides independent legal advice and interpretation of legal matters, including the application of law.
- Provides direction to outside counsel on routine matters.
Requirements
- 8+ years of work experience in a contracts-related role
- Law Degree and licensed to practice law in US or Emerson applicable jurisdiction
- Authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now and in the future
Skills
- Strong Coaching & mentoring skills
- Intermediate MS Office skills
- Excellent oral and written English language skills
- Excellent negotiation skills
- Comprehensive knowledge of Contract law & principles
- Knowledge of commercial provisions such as warranty, liquidated damages/penalties, payment & freight terms, documentary credits and bank guarantees/sureties
Qualifications
- 3+ years of supervisory experience
- Completion of IACCM Advanced Contract and Commercial Management (CCM) Practitioner
Benefits
- Variety of medical insurance plans with dental and vision coverage
- Employee Assistance Program
- 401(k)
- Tuition reimbursement
- Employee resource groups
- Recognition programs
- Flexible time off plans including paid parental leave (maternal and paternal), vacation and holiday leave
Pay
The starting salary for this role is $148,000 - $211,400 annually.
We must not include Schedule section. Check for any leftover boilerplate: we removed "Our compensation philosophy is simple..." we kept only the salary line. The earlier sentence about compensation philosophy is generic; we could drop it as it's not specific? It says "we pay a competitive base salary, within the local market in which we operate, and reward performance during our annual merit review process." That's somewhat generic but still substantive? It's about compensation philosophy. Might be considered boilerplate but it's still specific to Emerson. However we already have Pay section with range; we could include that sentence as part of Pay description.