Senior Counsel - Commercial

Job Description Summary

Our legal and compliance teams are critical to our business operations, consisting of savvy legal experts dedicated to keeping our company’s operations compliant with laws and regulations. Including senior-level lawyers who supervise, litigate, and make strategic decisions to junior-level lawyers ready to research, review, and support. Lawyers supporting the commercial side of the business including contract development and agreement management, external customer sales of products and services, government contracting. Interprets simple internal and external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services. Stays informed of industry trends that may influence work.

Job Description

Role Summary/Purpose

The Senior Commercial Counsel provides ongoing legal advice and support to business leaders across the Supply Chain organization of GE Aerospace. The Legal and Compliance team, of which you would be a part, is a dynamic experienced group of commercial and legal professionals who serve as GE Aerospace’s internal subject matter authorities on all legal matters. The commercial counsel hired for this role will be a sophisticated, business-oriented attorney who can work effectively across all levels of the organization. You will collaborate with other legal groups and cross-functional business teams (including Compliance, Intellectual Property, Programs/Supply Chain, and Engineering) to strategize on, draft, and negotiate a wide variety of agreements spanning the GE Aerospace portfolio.

Essential Responsibilities

Provide ongoing legal advice and support to senior leaders principally related to Supply Chain matters, which may include:

• Advising on purchasing in support of commercial or U.S. government business, addressing disputes with suppliers, and other related commercial and compliance issues
• Collaborating with and facilitating cross-team decision-making among the legal team, business teams and other internal teams
• Structuring, interpreting and negotiating complex deals
• Providing legal advice to colleagues on legal and business issues
• Evaluating and advising business colleagues on the legal and commercial risk being undertaken in a particular action, transaction or agreement
• Supporting audits relating to emerging risks as well as corrective actions, and implement strategies that will protect the business and manage business risk
• Using lean thinking necessary to simplify processes and reduce cycle time, including development of standard practices and web-based tools
• Anticipating and driving solutions for unassigned legal and business issues and growth initiatives
• Managing referral of matters to in-house legal specialists and occasionally outside counsel
• Training company employees regarding contract best practices and legal principles effecting their work scope
  
  

Qualifications/Requirements

• Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school
• A minimum of 7 years of legal experience as a practicing attorney at a law firm, in house, in government service, or at a comparable organization
• Member in good standing with the State Bar
  
  

Desired Characteristics

• Established analytical ability and excellent communication and advocacy skills, with an aptitude for practical negotiation, clear thinking and succinct communication to all levels of an organization
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, including ability to influence others to deliver on commitments and work with cross-functional teams
• Ability to develop process-driven solutions for recurring issues
• Ability to handle multiple inquiries and assignments in a time pressured environment, and composure to satisfy multiple, and sometimes competing objectives
• Creativity, vision, and sound judgment in developing and implementing legal solutions to problems
• Experience drafting, reviewing and negotiating complex commercial or financial agreements
• Law firm or in house experience in the following practice areas: commercial, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, corporate, or corporate finance
  
  

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.

Additional Information

GE Aerospace offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

GE Aerospace will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes