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Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in legal risk management, contract negotiation, and strategic legal counsel across multiple jurisdictions. Proficient in managing complex commercial agreements, disputes, and compliance with regulatory requirements in the Americas.
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Juris Doctor (JD)In-House Legal ExperienceCommercial Contracts ExpertiseAnti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption KnowledgeExperience with AI Tools
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Hard Skills
Contract DraftingLitigation ManagementDispute ResolutionMergers and AcquisitionsEmployment Law KnowledgeCross-Border Legal MattersRegulatory ComplianceStrategic Transaction SupportContract Risk ReviewPerformance Management
Soft Skills
Strong Commercial JudgmentCollaborative PartnershipAutonomous OperationAbility to Manage Competing PrioritiesStakeholder Advising Under Pressure
Tools & Technologies
AI ToolsCopilotClaudeChatGPTHarvey
Certifications & Qualifications
Active Bar Admission
Industry Keywords
Industrial LawEngineering LawTechnology LawConstruction LawServices LawForeign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)Internal InvestigationsContractor LicensingElectrical LicensingHuman Resources Law
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Advise business leaders across the Americas on legal risk, decision-making, and strategic priorities
- Draft, review, and negotiate complex customer, supplier, service, subcontractor, channel partner, technology, and other commercial agreements
- Design scalable contract management processes, including playbooks, templates, and workflows
- Advise on tenders, contract risk reviews, claims, change orders, project execution, and dispute avoidance
- Manage litigation, arbitration, pre-litigation claims, settlements, and external counsel, including strategy, budgets, reporting, and quality assurance
- Advise on employment and human resources matters, including performance management, investigations, terminations, reorganizations, immigration, and cross-border workforce issues
- Provide strategic legal counsel on mergers and acquisitions, minority investments, divestitures, joint ventures, and restructuring activities
- Support other ABB divisions, business areas, and corporate functions as business needs require
- Collaborate with ABB lawyers across divisions, countries, specialist teams, and regions under agreed coverage models and matter-allocation principles
- Coordinate work, clarify matter ownership, and share legal capacity with other ABB lawyers
Requirements
What you’ll need- Juris Doctor (JD) with active bar admission in at least one relevant jurisdiction
- Minimum 10 years of in-house or law firm experience supporting industrial, engineering, technology, construction, or services businesses across multiple legal disciplines and jurisdictions in a multinational company
- Ability to operate autonomously in a highly collaborative environment and manage competing priorities
- Ability to partner with divisional, business area, regional, country, and specialist counsel
- Ability to clarify ownership and scope and advise senior stakeholders under time pressure
- Strong commercial judgment
- Substantial experience in commercial contracts, disputes, strategic transactions, and cross-border matters
- Experience with AI tools such as Copilot, Claude, ChatGPT, or Harvey preferred, or demonstrated willingness to learn and quickly build AI fluency
- Strong knowledge of anti-bribery and anti-corruption requirements across the Americas, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)
- Experience supporting internal investigations
- Knowledge of professional, contractor, electrical licensing, and related regulatory requirements in one or more Americas jurisdictions
- Working knowledge of employment and human resources law in one or more Americas jurisdictions preferred
- Candidates must already have work authorization permitting them to work for ABB in the US
Benefits
Comp & perks- Short-term incentive plan/annual bonus
- Medical plan choice: PPO Copay Plan or High Deductible Health Plan with Health Savings Account
- Dental plan choice: Core or Core Plus
- Vision benefit
- Company-paid life insurance (2X base pay)
- Company-paid AD&D (1X base pay)
- Voluntary life and AD&D insurance
- Short-Term Disability up to 26 weeks, company paid
- Long-Term Disability at 60% of pay, company paid, with buy-up to 66 2/3%
- Supplemental benefits: accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance
- Paid Parental Leave
- Employee Assistance Program
- Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation, virtual health, and infertility/adoption
- Employee discount program
- 401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions
- Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)
- 11 paid holidays
- Vacation under a permissive time away policy for salaried exempt positions