VP, Lead Compliance Counsel
Our client, a market-leading Automotive Manufacturer company is seeking a VP, Assistant General Counsel, Head of Compliance to join their legal team. This role reports directly to the General Counsel, and will serve a pivotal role in shaping global and domestic compliance programs, competition law, problem solving critical business decisions with senior leadership and C-suite, and maintaining a strong company culture.
If you're an attorney with deep expertise in compliance, senior leadership counseling, and competition/antitrust law, send over an application.
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Location/Work Mode: Columbus, Ohio
- Strongly Preferred: In-person
- Preferred: Bi-weekly travel
- Potential: Fully Remote
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Job Title: VP, Assistant General Counsel
Base Salary: $245,000 - $300,000 + Bonus & Long Term Incentives
Job Description:
- Oversee, manage, and modernize the company's worldwide compliance portfolio, advancing innovation, strengthening performance, and elevating operations.
- Work closely with the General Counsel and C-suite on critical business decisions, M&A initiatives, and transactional commercial strategy.
- Act as the company's chief legal advisor for antitrust matters, ethical conduct, conflicts of interest, and key regulatory risk areas.
- Master knowledge of the overall business and become embedded with executive, director, and C-suite level individuals as a trusted partner.
- Direct the management of regulatory bodies, engage/manage external counsel, and oversee internal investigations.
- Support the company's antitrust strategy and analysis for all merger and acquisition activity.
- Develop and uphold company-wide governance tools, including policy systems, reporting structures, and general risk mitigation.
- Collaborate across several different major business units to integrate legal, compliance, and antitrust/competition principles into routine workflows within the organization.
- Provide company-wide trainings and counsel different business units on various legal matters as needed.
Requirements:
- J.D. from an accredited law school or university
- 12+ years of legal expertise in both competition/antitrust and compliance
- Experience working closely with senior leadership & c-suite individuals
- Experience with the DOJ, Big Law, and in-house is preferred
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