Senior Legal and Compliance Counsel

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We are seeking a Senior Legal and Compliance Counsel to join Hexagon’s Autonomous Solutions division. This role reports to the US legal and compliance practice leader and is responsible for drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex contracts, as well as leading legal compliance initiatives and ad-hoc projects. You are expected to provide insightful, thorough, focused, and risk-based legal guidance and to act as a trusted advisor to stakeholders, delivering timely, pragmatic, business-oriented solutions while effectively managing legal risk.

Your positivity, confidence, clear communication, relationship building, and strong business acumen will support our global team.

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Location:

Hexagon is a global company with locations around the world. This position can be based in Morton, IL or Tucson, AZ.

• Provide authoritative and comprehensive legal services meeting the commercial and strategic needs of the business
• Advise on legal risks and mitigation strategies, and support good governance through appropriate discussion and escalation of issues
• Review, draft, and negotiate a variety of commercial contracts and government procurement transactions, including customer and supplier agreements, distribution agreements, intellectual property licenses, non-disclosure agreements, development agreements, and real estate leases
• Maintain company registers, drafting resolutions and board minutes
• Develop and deliver legal and compliance training across the organization
• Help maintain and develop policies, standards and checklists
• Identify and analyze new legislation and proactively propose and implement solutions
• Participate in cross-functional project teams and committees
• Ethics and Compliance Programs: developing and overseeing ethics and compliance programs to promote a culture of integrity and ethical conduct; conducting internal investigations into allegations of misconduct and taking appropriate remedial action when necessary

Must Have:

• An LLB or JD from an accredited university and a license to practice in your governing jurisdiction
• At least 10 - 15 years of corporate commercial experience gained in-house or at a top-tier law firm
• Expertise in dealing with international corporate, commercial and technology development contracts
• Track record of delivering results and pragmatic, risk-based legal advice
• Superb accuracy and attention to detail
• Exceptional time management and organization skills, with the ability to meet deadlines and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to impact and influence both internal and external stakeholders and provide exceptional customer service

Nice To Have:

• Experience in the mining industry
• Expertise in intellectual property licensing
• Certification in data privacy
• Familiarity with project management principles

The Company:
Hexagon is a global leader in digital reality solutions, combining sensor, software, and autonomous technologies. We are putting data to work to boost efficiency, productivity, quality, and safety across industrial, manufacturing, infrastructure, public sector, and mobility applications. You’ll be joining over 24,000 people in 50 countries on the leading edge of your field.

Hexagon’s Autonomous Solutions division is a global technology leader, pioneering end-to-end solutions for assured positioning on land, sea, and air. We are an industry leader recognised for technical innovation, unsurpassed quality, and industry-leading customer support. Our solutions power intelligent positioning ecosystems in vital industries and safety-of-life applications. We enable the advancement of autonomous technology, where cars, UAVs, industrial vehicles, trains, vessels and more will operate safely, securely, reliably, and efficiently thanks to our solutions that provide assured autonomy and positioning.

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