Senior Principal, Counsel

Responsibilities

• Partners with leaders to assess, predict, and manage legal and other risks in a growing business operating internationally.
• Advises, counsels, and functions as a trusted business partner on legal and other matters related to the business objectives of the sector.
• Provides legal guidance and counseling on risk mitigation strategies, contract interpretation and provisions, dispute resolution, and other legal issues.
• Negotiates, researches, drafts, revises, and / or analyzes agreements, contracts, memoranda, legal correspondence, and other legal documents.
• Engages in factual investigation, analyzes complex legal and factual issues, conducts extensive legal research, independently develops, recommends, and presents strategies on a wide range of legal matters.
• Ensures that sector practices and procedures comply with global, federal, state and local laws and regulations, and are consistent with applicable corporate policies and procedures.
• Engages with customer counterparts as reasonably required in support of addressing certain complex legal / business transactional matters.
• Collaborates with operational, subcontracts and supply chain leadership to ensure that contractual and operational risks assumed by the business are flowed down to subcontractors and suppliers.
• Monitors, reviews, and resolves day-to day legal and regulatory issues as they are assigned.
• Maintains knowledge of current and emerging laws, regulations, and trends.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 15 years of prior related experience.
• Graduate Degree with a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
• In lieu of a degree, minimum of 19 years of prior related experience.
• JD from an accredited law school.
• A minimum of 10 years of legal experience, with a focus on federal government contracts, regulatory compliance, and procurement.
• Member in good standing of a state bar.
• If not a member of the Alabama State Bar, then the ability to obtain admission to the Alabama State Bar as authorized house counsel.
• Government contracts experience within the US DoW market, including both U.S. and international government and commercial customers.
• Strong negotiation and dispute resolution skills are required.
• Personal commitment to ethics and compliance, and experience working in an environment with high ethical standards.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret Clearance.

Skills

• Proven track record of creating and implementing policies, procedures, and process improvements that drive efficiency and operational excellence.
• Strong working knowledge of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), and subcontract flowdown requirements in government contracting environments.
• Experience leading change management initiatives and influencing stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Strong client-relations and interpersonal skills, as well as excellent judgment and superior written and oral communication and analytical skills.
• Detail-oriented, with the ability to work effectively and collaboratively across multiple teams and functions.
• Ability to prioritize multiple time-sensitive tasks effectively and