Director, Senior Counsel, Land and Air Defense Systems (LADS)

About the role

Raytheon is seeking a Director, Senior Counsel, to join the Land and Air Defense Systems (LADS) legal team. The role reports to the LADS General Counsel.

Responsibilities

• Advises LADS business leaders and legal teammates as a strategic legal partner on new international opportunity capture and program execution matters
• Provides legal guidance on U.S. and international laws, regulations, and compliance requirements, helping programs identify risk and implement compliant solutions
• Reviews, drafts, negotiates, and advises on a broad spectrum of international government or commercial agreements, including international commercial transactions, teaming agreements, joint venture arrangements, intellectual property licenses, and non-disclosure agreements
• Supports international award and execution by advising on cross-border structuring, contract requirements, local rules, and operational considerations in non-U.S. jurisdictions
• Prepares and delivers written correspondence, legal memoranda, executive briefings, and training internal teams and senior leadership
• Counsels on warranty claims, financing structures, local regulatory requirements, and coordination with in-country personnel or local partners
• Assists teams in addressing claims, delays, scope disputes, and performance obligations while balancing commercial, contractual, geopolitical, and legal considerations
• Advises on risk allocation, sovereign immunity, governing law, and enforceability concerns associated with contracts involving foreign states, state-owned enterprises, and international partners
• Helps manage outside counsel matters and contributes to LADS Legal budgeting and planning
• Drafts or assists in drafting legal, business, or commercial correspondence to customers and other third parties
• Engages collaboratively and collegially across the SBU, maintaining strong relationships with program managers, functional leaders, and peers in the Legal organization
• Some domestic and international travel (20-30%)

Qualifications

• Typically requires 12 years of legal experience, including 8+ years at a law firm, in-house, or government
• Juris Doctorate from an accredited U.S. law school
• Currently admitted and in good standing with at least one U.S. State bar, and eligible to represent Raytheon as an in-house legal counsel in job location
• Experience in reviewing, drafting, negotiating, and advising on a wide variety of government or commercial agreements, including international DCS contracts, offset and industrial participation agreements, and international supplier and other partner collaborations
• Experience with cross-border corporate governance, international risk, and comparative legal systems
• Experience with U.S. and international anti-corruption regimes, including the FCPA, UK Bribery Act and similar anti-corruption legal regimes
• Experience with international dispute resolution, including contract claim negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and sovereign enforcement
• Experience with U.S. and international export controls and trade regulations, including ITAR, EAR, sanctions regimes, and technology transfer release

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability
• 401(k) match
• Flexible spending accounts
• Flexible work schedules
• Employee assistance program
• Employee Scholar Program
• Paid time off
• Holidays

Pay

The salary range for this role is 186,200 USD - 353,800 USD.

Schedule

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.