Senior Counsel - Global Sourcing

About the role

The Senior Counsel plays a pivotal role in developing and executing the legal strategy supporting Owens Corning's Global Sourcing organization. The role identifies, assesses, and communicates legal and commercial risks, develops practical risk mitigation strategies, and delivers proactive legal guidance that enables business objectives while protecting Owens Corning's interests.

The Senior Counsel provides strategic, practical, and commercially focused legal counsel to Global Sourcing, helping business leaders achieve objectives by providing actionable legal advice, leading complex transactions, resolving disputes, and delivering integrated legal solutions. The role collaborates with Finance, Tax, Accounting, Human Resources, Environmental Health & Safety, Government Affairs, Compliance, Information Technology, and other functional leaders to support complex enterprise initiatives. The Senior Counsel also manages outside counsel relationships and legal spend to ensure effective, high-quality, and cost-efficient legal services.

The Senior Counsel continuously seeks opportunities to improve legal service delivery, contracting processes, risk management frameworks, and operational efficiency across the Legal and Global Sourcing organizations. The role contributes to the development of legal talent and strengthens legal and compliance capabilities across the enterprise.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a key legal advisor to Global Sourcing leadership and key business stakeholders.
• Develop and execute legal strategies that support enterprise sourcing, procurement, real estate, and capital investment objectives.
• Identify legal and commercial risks and develop practical mitigation strategies aligned with business priorities.
• Lead negotiation and execution of complex commercial transactions while balancing risk and strategic business objectives, including sourcing, procurement, commercial real estate, capital delivery, technology, logistics, and other strategic commercial agreements.
• Support Global Sourcing, Commercial Real Estate, and Capital Sourcing teams in developing vendor selection and management strategies and processes.
• Support strategic initiatives that enhance supply chain resilience, operational efficiency, and enterprise value creation.
• Develop and implement dispute avoidance and pre-litigation resolution strategies.
• Partner with business leaders to evaluate emerging risks, opportunities, and changing regulatory requirements.
• Drive Global Sourcing compliance with applicable corporate policies and Levels of Authority Policy.
• Conduct and oversee compliance investigations and other sensitive matters, as appropriate.
• Lead cross-functional teams to address complex legal, commercial, compliance, and operational challenges.
• Manage outside counsel performance, legal spend, and matter budgets.
• Maintain effective legal matter management, reporting, and documentation practices.
• Deliver business-oriented legal solutions that support growth, operational excellence, and risk management.
• Ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, company policies, and levels of authority requirements.
• Identify and implement process improvements that enhance legal and business efficiency.
• Champion adoption of legal technology (Icertis), automation tools (AI), and workflow improvements.
• Improve contracting processes and reduce cycle times while maintaining appropriate controls.
• Support development of contract templates, playbooks, and knowledge management resources.
• Promote operational excellence and continuous improvement throughout the Legal function.
• Coach and mentor others to support professional growth and performance.
• Provide candid, constructive, and actionable feedback.
• Support onboarding and development of new legal talent.
• Design and deliver legal, compliance, contracting, and risk management training programs.
• Promote knowledge sharing and best practices across the Legal organization.
• Serve as a role model for collaboration, professionalism, integrity, and business partnership.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school and active license to practice law in at least one applicable jurisdiction.
• A minimum of eight years of legal experience in a corporate legal department and/or a law firm, with significant experience advising on complex commercial matters and business transactions.
• Demonstrated expertise in a broad range of legal disciplines, including:
  • Commercial contracting and strategic sourcing/procurement transactions
  • Real estate matters, including leasing, development, acquisitions, and divestitures
  • Capital project development, construction, and related commercial arrangements
  • Government incentives, economic development programs, and public-private initiatives
• Proven ability to provide practical, business-oriented legal advice, manage risk effectively, and influence decision-making in a complex and fast-paced environment.
• Strong negotiation, drafting, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with experience leading high-value commercial transactions and strategic initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to build trusted relationships across all levels of an organization and collaborate effectively with cross-functional business teams.

Skills

• Business Expertise: Brings a rigorous yet practical business orientation to the legal function, effectively communicating legal challenges in a data-driven and fact-based manner to business stakeholders. Capable of translating business objectives into organizational initiatives.
• Commercial Legal Acumen: Possesses strong knowledge of legal issues arising from a heavy workload of varied sourcing, real estate, capital delivery, and commercial agreements. Demonstrates prompt issue spotting and recognizes when and how to engage functional experts. Quickly assesses and effectively communicates legal and business risks associated with proposed transactions and/or projects, along with risk mitigation strategies.
• Real Estate/Capital Delivery: Exhibits strong legal judgment across real estate, leasing, construction, and capital development/delivery matters. Quickly identifies material project risks, engages cross-functional experts as needed, and clearly communicates practical risk mitigation strategies to support timely and efficient capital decisions.
• Persuasive Communication and Organizational Skills: Clearly conveys relevant information, analysis, and ideas with confidence, engaging the audience. Meets deadlines and communicates issues as they arise with specificity, determining actions necessary for timely resolution. Succinctly communicates complex legal issues to business clients, assisting them in making actionable decisions to further business objectives.
• Matrix Organization Structure: Effectively navigates, communicates, and engages within a complex organizational structure, managing several stakeholders on any given issue.
• Technical Skills:
  • Business Acumen: Understands company financials (P&L composition, financial statements, and corporate finance nomenclature) and leverages this knowledge to influence leaders and drive decision-making.
  • Inclusive Leadership: Builds and leads a diverse, high-performing team.
  • Fortitude: Challenges leadership at all levels when faced with potential policy or legal violations.
  • Strong Organizational Skills: Meets deadlines and communicates issues as they arise with specificity, determining actions necessary for timely resolution.
  • Global Cultural Competence: Understands, communicates with, and effectively interacts with people across cultures. Is aware of one's own cultural worldview, attitudes towards cultural differences, knowledge of different cultural practices and worldviews, and skills to interact effectively. Achieves business results working across and with multinational teams.
  • Communication: Clearly and succinctly conveys relevant information and ideas with confidence. Adjusts approach to capture audience attention and ensures understanding of the message. Seeks to understand.

Metrics

• Successful execution of strategic business initiatives and legal priorities.
• Timely completion of critical sourcing, procurement, capital delivery, and real estate transactions.
• Stakeholder feedback from Global Sourcing leadership and Enterprise Business leaders.
• Effectiveness of risk identification and mitigation strategies.
• Assessment by the General Counsel, Insulation & Global Sourcing.
• Compliance with Corporate Levels of Authority Policy.
• Transactions appropriately executed, documented, and maintained.
• Legal expenses managed within approved matter budgets.
• Timely execution of strategic commercial transactions.
• Stakeholder satisfaction and business partner feedback.
• Effectiveness of risk management and dispute resolution efforts.
• Successful completion of compliance and training initiatives.
• Successful implementation of process improvement initiatives.
• Adoption and utilization of legal technology solutions.
• Improvements in transaction efficiency and contracting effectiveness.
• Stakeholder feedback regarding legal service delivery.
• Number and effectiveness of training sessions delivered.
• Feedback from mentees, colleagues, and business stakeholders.
• Contribution to legal talent development and organizational capability.