Senior Principal, Counsel

About the job

Job Title: Senior Principal, Counsel

*Job Code: 44610 *

*Job Location: Huntsville, AL *

Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

L3Harris is seeking an experienced, proactive, and solutions-focused Sr. Principal, Counsel ****to join the Missile Solutions (MSL) segment as the Propulsion Solutions (PS) Sector Counsel.  Reporting to the Vice President, General Counsel of the MSL segment, this role operates as a legal specialist and business partner in providing strategic, proactive, and practical legal counsel within the PS sector.

• 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.

• 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.

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.

Preferred Additional 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 independently in a fast-paced environment.

• Litigation and alternative dispute resolution experience.

• Previous role in a top-tier law firm or as in-house counsel with a government contractor.

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