Director & Associate General Counsel - North America

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Own legal operations for North America across the United States and Canada, acting as an extension of the Office of the General Counsel in the region.
• Provide regulatory support to our production and R&D functions as HMND‑01 is deployed into industrial environments, working with compliance leadership to translate requirements into workable processes.
• Advise on IP rights across R&D and production, including invention capture, ownership, licensing, and protection.
• Manage disputes and pre-litigation matters across the region.
• Support commercial contracting in North America in partnership with our global contracts function.
• Drive legal support for public policy and government engagement in the United States and Canada, in partnership with our government relations and commercial leadership.
• Support corporate and financing workstreams in the region.
• Engage and manage outside counsel across the United States and Canada, with a clear view of cost and value.

Job requirements

• 10+ years of legal experience following bar admission, including 5+ years in-house in regulated industries.
• Licensed US attorney in good standing.
• 5+ years of people management experience, with the ability to build and scale a team as the region grows.
• Regulatory support experience across production and R&D functions.
• Substantive IP experience.
• Dispute resolution experience.
• A hands-on, execution-oriented approach: you do the work yourself as well as overseeing others.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and creating clarity in a fast-moving environment.