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Associate General Counsel, Global High-Tech, Data Centers
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Associate General Counsel, Global High-Tech, Data Centers
Job Summary Ecolab is seeking a highly experienced, commercially focused Associate General Counsel to serve as a strategic legal leader for the Global High-Tech, Data Center business, focused on the data center industry. The Associate General Counsel will provide legal expertise on complex matters of strategic importance to the business and Company. The successful candidate will be an exceptional legal practitioner with excellent judgment and personal integrity. This role provides practical legal and business counsel across a broad range of sophisticated matters and partners closely with senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders to enable commercial growth while appropriately managing risk. The Associate General Counsel will collaborate with the Global Water Sector General Counsel to set legal direction for the Global High-Tech business, ensuring the right resources and processes are in place to execute the business strategy, and will be accountable for talent development, performance management, and delivery of timely, high-quality legal support across the business.
What You Will Do
Partner with leadership to understand the objectives of the business and develop commercial contracting strategies aligned to those goals. Advise senior executives on complex legal issues with material business risk; assess exposure and drive practical risk-mitigation solutions. Draft and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements (master purchase and service, supply, lease, maintenance, SLAs, distribution, LOIs). Design and implement procedures for contract review, negotiation, and approval. Deliver training for business stakeholders on contract provisions and negotiation. Provide legal and strategic business advice across a wide variety of commercial matters. Evaluate business practices for legal risk and proactively advise operating leaders. Coordinate with compliance, litigation, IP, and risk management experts. Manage outside counsel. Collaborate with finance, supply chain, insurance, and R&D.
Minimum Qualifications
J.D. from an accredited law school with strong academic credentials. Admission in a US state bar is a plus, but not required. 12+ years of legal experience (in-house and/or law firm) in commercial contracting in global organizations. Experience with data usage, cybersecurity, and insurance issues. Ability to learn industrial product/service delivery models. Proven leadership and mentoring capabilities. Strong analytical, problem-solving, and prioritization skills. Excellent communication and stakeholder influence skills. High integrity, credibility, and professionalism.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in global high-tech, data center industry, and complex contract negotiations. Ability to operate in a matrixed, global organization. Experience leveraging AI solutions in legal service delivery.
Benefits
We are a company that is full of vibrant, innovative people who love what we do. Our comprehensive benefits package includes: Vacation and flex days, and paid company-wide shutdown during the holiday season. Comprehensive benefits including Dental, Drugs, Optical, Paramedical and Health Spending. These costs are covered by CoolIT and are enacted from your first day. Dress for your day – in a casual yet professional environment. Retention rewards like “The Big Coffee Break” that reward tenure with additional vacation time and a monetary bonus. Company-funded RRSP contributions to support your long-term financial goals.
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About Nalco Water, An Ecolab Company
A global leader in water and process management solutions, Nalco Water, an Ecolab company, works with customers across a wide range of industries to help meet their specific sustainability and business goals. With a presence at more than 100,000 customer sites, our solutions combine connected chemistry, digital innovation and extensive expertise to minimize water and climate impacts while maximizing outcomes at an optimized total cost. Our network of more than 50,000 connected water performance systems fuels over 90 billion data points each year, allowing us to provide our customers with insights, actions and value across their entire operation. As an Ecolab company, we’re aligned with our corporate ambition to make the world cleaner, healthier and safer by providing and protecting what’s vital.