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Director, Country Counsel France
This role has been designed as ‘’Onsite’ with an expectation that you will primarily work from an HPE office.
Who We Are:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world.Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know diverse backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.
If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.
Job Description:
Job Family Definition:Acts as primary legal support to country management, business units and functions for sales and marketing, distribution, supply chain, and operations. Provides legal subject matter expertise for commercial, antitrust, employment, real estate, pensions, company secretarial, post-acquisition merger and acquisition (M&A), litigation, and local regulatory compliance matters.
Provides first-line support for all US extra-territorial regulatory compliance. Participates in senior regional and country management teams. Provides institutional knowledge, support, and fiduciary oversight in relation to corporate and local governance standards, policies, process, and reporting requirements.
Manages local external legal counsel and associated budgets.
Management Level Definition:Leads a large or broad function/department within a multifaceted organization. Responsible for operational success, strategic alignment and integration of activities with other major organizational functions. Responsible for one or more recognized professional disciplines.
Fully accountable for the success of the designated function or department. Influences strategy and sets policy and direction. Owns a significant number of measurable functional, operational and strategic goals or priorities. Assumes responsibility for the successful implementation of business plans in a defined area of responsibility.
Contributes to the overall strategic definition of a function with strong business acumen. Acts as a key advisor to executive management in influencing the strategic direction of the business. Typically reports to VP.
Responsibilities:
- Manages the full range of legal strategies and responsibilities, and the legal team, for a country, sub-region, or region in support of highly complex business or operational activity.
- Sets the strategy for the workgroup in alignment with the Associate General Counsel (AGC) or Deputy General Counsel (DGC).
- Manages a team of senior attorneys (Master level and above) or a larger team of more junior attorneys and Contract Negotiators.
- Leads complex, multidimensional projects, transactions, or problem resolution that spans legal, business, and functional boundaries (e.g., cross geographies, subject matter areas, jurisdictions, organizations and business models).
- Oversees the alignment of critical resources to high risk areas based on understanding the strategies and goals of the company and the Legal Department.
- Acts as a thought leader in the local/regional environment by advising on highly complex laws and regulations and their wide-reaching implications for the local/regional operations/businesses.
- Leads implementation of innovative process and policy improvements, proposals, or changes that align with business needs.
- Exerts influence on external industry counsels, policies, and regulatory bodies in area of specialization.
Education and Experience Required:
- Advanced university degree in law (e.g. JD or LLB).
- Meets local legal license requirements.
- Typically 12+ years commercial legal experience at a law firm or in-house.
- Typically 3+ years supervisory experience.
Knowledge and Skills:
- Excellent leadership and people management skills, including performance management, problem solving, and evaluation.
- Recognized authority on legal and relevant business issues in multiple practice areas in a country/region.
- Broad internal recognition as a subject matter expert on local/regional laws, regulations, policies, and procedures.
- Advanced understanding of the multiple international legal environments.
- Mastery in negotiating or advising the most senior representatives of external and internal organizations on highly complex, high impact legal matters.
- Excellent presentation and facilitation skills.
- English language skills to business standard required.
Additional Skills:
Accountability, Accountability, Action Planning, Active Learning (Inactive), Active Listening, Bias, Business, Coaching, Computer Literacy, Conflict Resolution, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Data Analysis Management, Data Collection Management (Inactive), Design Thinking, Empathy, Follow-Through, Growth Mindset, Intellectual Curiosity (Inactive), Law, Legal Consulting, Legal Practices, Legal Risk, Legal Support, Long Term Planning {+ 5 more}
What We Can Offer You:
Health & Wellbeing
We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.
Personal & Professional Development
We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.
Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know diverse backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.
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