Assistant General Counsel

Arconic is currently in search of Assistant General Counsel to join our Legal Department in Pittsburgh, PA .

Under the oversight of our Chief Legal Officer, the Assistant General Counsel will set the legal commercial strategy for the company, manage a team of U.S.-based commercial lawyers, and provide support for a wide array of key company initiatives. This position requires a high degree of autonomy and creativity in dealing with complex legal and strategic matters, excellent people management, a proactive, self-motivated and results-oriented mindset, combined with strong collaboration and communications skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Effectively manage and address sophisticated commercial work from beginning to end, directly and through supervision of a team of commercial lawyers
• Providing direction and counsel to clients at all levels within the Company, including C suite on critical business and strategic issues
• Counseling and mitigating risk in a wide variety of areas routinely encountered by businesses on both a domestic and international basis and ranging in complexity, including antitrust, intellectual property, dispute resolution and litigation, labor and employment, trade compliance, anticorruption, and quality and product issues
• Leading complex corporate transactions and special projects
• Driving programmatic improvements with a focus on efficiency and risk mitigation
• Serving as a member of the Legal Department Lead Team
• Supervising and developing members of the Legal Department
• Directly supporting the work of the Chief Legal Officer

Experience and Competencies

• Recognized by others as having the highest integrity, alignment with Company values and well-developed substantive knowledge and business acumen
• Creating relationships of trust and respect and garnering cooperation with key stakeholders, including internal clients, peers and external partners
• Excellent judgment and analytical skills, including the ability to analyze and deconstruct complex situations from both a legal and commercial perspective
• Excellent negotiation, advocacy, and written and verbal communication skills
• Proven creativity and problem-solving skills and the ability to assess risk and provide pragmatic advice
• Proven leadership, including the ability to assemble, motivate and work with and through others (including cross functional teams) to accomplish objectives and achieve the highest quality results and impact, and the ability to develop, train and mentor others
• The ability to drive strategic projects, including the ability to recognize and address organizational barriers
• The ability to anticipate issues and proactively and strategically mitigate risk
• Executive presence, including excellent interpersonal skills, professional savvy, tact and the ability to effectively modulate approach to different groups and individuals

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• Law degree (Juris Doctor) from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA) and is currently a member in good standing of a State or Territory of the United States or the District of Columbia.
• 10 years’ experience as a practicing lawyer at a law firm or a corporate legal department .
• Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
• This position requires access to controlled technology, as defined in the Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. §730, et seq.) and/or the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). Qualified IT candidate must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the relevant government agency. Business demands may require employer to proceed with candidates who are immediately eligible to access controlled technology.

Preferred Qualifications

• 15 years of relevant experience as a practicing lawyer at a law firm or corporate legal department, with at least 5 years in a corporate in-house role and experience managing a team of at least 4 lawyers and non-lawyer professionals.
• Experience in M&A, international trade and compliance helpful but not required.
  

ABOUT ARCONIC CORPORATE CENTER

Arconic’s Corporate Center is located on Pittsburgh’s North Shore, surrounded by scenic walkways and trails, just blocks away from PNC Park, Market Square and Pittsburgh’s most popular restaurants. The building is easily accessible from all major interstates and has a cafeteria that serves a variety of breakfast and lunch options daily.

ABOUT ARCONIC

Arconic Corporation (NYSE: ARNC), a Fortune 500 company, is a leading provider of aluminum sheet, plate and extrusions, as well as innovative architectural products, that advance the automotive, aerospace, commercial transportation, industrial and building and construction markets. Building on more than a century of innovation, Arconic helps to transform the way we fly, drive, and build. We are proud that 77% of our employees are happy working for Arconic and would recommend it as a great place to work and that 80% of our employees would recommend their managers to others.

We live our core values and commit to delivering sustainable value to our customers, our employees, our communities and our shareholders.

At Arconic, we:

Act With Integrity.
We lead with respect, honesty, transparency and accountability.

Safeguard our Future.
We protect and improve the health and safety of our employees, communities and environment.

Grow Stronger Together.
We cultivate an inclusive and diverse culture that advocates for equity.

Earn Customer Loyalty.
We build customer partnerships through best-in-class products and service.

Drive Operational Excellence.
We pursue continuous improvement through innovation, agility, people development and collaboration.

Create Value.
We achieve success by generating and growing value for our shareholders.

Arconic reaffirms its policy to provide equal employment opportunity in recruiting, hiring, upgrading and promotion, conditions and privileges of employment, company-sponsored training, access to facilities, educational assistance, social and recreational programs, compensation, benefits, transfers, discipline, layoffs, recalls or termination of employment to all employees without discrimination because of race, color, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, veteran status, genetic information, sex or age (within statutory limits). Arconic is in compliance with all relevant Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Laws and Regulations.

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