Sr. Counsel

About the role

Hanwha Q CELLS America is looking for a Senior Counsel to support its direct-to-homeowner solar sales and financing business and New Homes business. You will join a collegial team of 25 legal professionals and report to the Assistant General Counsel. Hanwha Q CELLS is one of the World’s largest manufacturers and providers of solar photovoltaic (PV) products and solutions. Hanwha Q CELLS America, headquartered in Irvine, California, has been rapidly expanding its business in North America, including through expansion of products and solutions, including direct-to-homeowner solar sales and financing. We provide an opportunity to be part of an exciting and growing World class global business in an interesting and expanding industry of the future.

Responsibilities

• Primarily support contracts for New Homes and TPO business, including focus on consumer contracts and dealer contracts.
• Negotiate, draft and review various commercial agreements with customers, suppliers, partners and other third-party agreements.
• Ability to project manage, and effectively collaborate across cross-functional teams in order to proactively advance assigned legal projects to completion in a timely manner that aligns with our business objectives and growth plans.
• Providing legal support for litigation, regulatory, consumer protection, data privacy, cybersecurity, and any other relevant areas of law, as needed.
• Create legal and commercial forms and processes and educate the business on important legal and commercial matters.

Required Qualifications

• 6+ years experience.
• Top law firm training preferred.
• In-house experience, preferably with broad range of responsibilities.
• Experience working for a direct-to-homeowner solar sales and financing business or other clean energy or global technology company is a plus.
• Strong judgment and effective communication with business colleagues, particularly the ability to explain risks in a manner that is digestible to a non-attorney audience.
• A proactive, can-do attitude who is eager to take on more responsibility, learn new areas of law, connect and collaborate with colleagues outside of legal to build effective cross-functional relationships, a highly self-motivated individual who takes pride in moving projects along in a timely manner without frequent supervision.
• A history of demonstrated advancement in one’s career trajectory.
• A true problem solver, not merely an issue-spotter.

Compensation

In accordance with applicable pay transparency laws, the anticipated annual base salary for this position is:

• Zone 1 (Bay Area, NYC): $184,900 - $231,100
• Zone 2 (CA, NJ, NY): $169,500 - $211,900
• Zone 3 (All others): $154,100 - $192,600

The applicable salary range is based on the employee’s primary work location. Individual compensation will be determined based on qualifications, relevant experience, education, skills, internal equity, and other business-related factors.