Senior Level Corporate Counsel Jobs
Senior level corporate counsel jobs place experienced attorneys in charge of enterprise legal strategy, high-stakes transactions, and the teams and outside counsel relationships that execute them. Openings are concentrated in Construction & Real Estate, Technology & Software, and Retail, with a mix of on-site, remote, and hybrid roles available and employers like CRB, TikTok USDS Joint Venture, and GRAIL hiring at this level now.
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INTRODUCTION
We’re Here to Move the World Forward. Valmont impacts millions of people around the world every day, yet they might not realize the many ways. Our technology is helping feed the growing population, supplying the world with more reliable energy and access to renewables, enhancing connectivity in remote and urban locations to create a sustainable future and so much more. Simply put, Valmont is advancing agricultural productivity and reimagining vital infrastructure to make life better. Join a Fortune 1000 company that respects hard work, honors diversity and invests in our employees as we focus on creating the world of tomorrow, today. We are the modern workforce. Are you ready to move the world forward? Apply now.
A Brief Summary Of This Position
The Vice President, Segment General Counsel & Assistant Corporate Secretary serves as the senior legal advisor to a Valmont business segment while providing strategic support to the Office of the Corporate Secretary. This role partners closely with segment leadership to provide practical, risk-balanced legal guidance that supports business growth, commercial excellence, operational effectiveness, and regulatory compliance. The position combines business partnership, transactional leadership, and corporate governance responsibilities. As a trusted advisor to executive leadership and the Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary, this role leads complex commercial transactions, mergers and acquisitions activities, Board governance support, subsidiary governance, and strategic initiatives that advance Valmont's long-term business objectives.
Essential Functions
- This position reports into the Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary and may lead attorneys, contract professionals, and governance support resources.
- Serve as chief legal advisor to segment leadership on strategic, commercial, operational, and regulatory matters.
- Lead negotiation, drafting, review, and approval of complex commercial agreements and customer transactions.
- Provide legal leadership for acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, strategic investments, and other significant business transactions.
- Lead legal due diligence, transaction documentation, closing activities, and post-acquisition integration support.
- Manage outside counsel engagement, performance, budgets, and legal service delivery.
- Support Board and committee governance processes, including agendas, resolutions, minutes, governance materials, and annual governance activities.
- Oversee subsidiary governance activities, corporate records, and entity management requirements.
- Partner with Corporate Development, Finance, Treasury, Tax, Investor Relations, HR, Compliance, and Internal Audit on strategic initiatives.
- Support legal risk management while enabling business growth and operational objectives.
- This role requires approximately 20-25% domestic and international travel, including overnight stays.
- Flexible schedule; however, must be able to work in the office based on established Legal department expectations.
Other Important Details About The Role
- Develop and maintain contract templates, delegation frameworks, approval matrices, and negotiation playbooks.
- Support SEC-related governance activities, Section 16 compliance, and insider trading policy administration.
- Coordinate Board approvals and governance documentation associated with strategic transactions.
- Maintain governance documents, committee charters, and corporate governance guidelines.
- Support annual shareholder meeting preparation and Board governance processes.
- Act as a corporate signatory and support officer and director appointments for subsidiaries, as appropriate.
- Partner with Legal Operations on technology modernization, metrics, reporting, and process improvements.
- Support financing transactions, debt offerings, treasury activities, and capital markets initiatives, as needed.
- Deliver legal guidance and risk-management training to business stakeholders.
- Support director onboarding and governance education programs.
Required Qualifications of Every Candidate (Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities):
- Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school.
- Licensed and in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction and eligible for Nebraska registered in-house counsel status.
- Minimum of 12 years of corporate, transactional, commercial, or business law experience.
- Demonstrated experience leading mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and strategic transactions.
- Significant experience negotiating complex commercial agreements within a manufacturing, industrial, or related business environment.
- Working knowledge of public company governance, SEC reporting requirements, Section 16 regulations, and NYSE standards.
- Experience managing outside counsel and legal budgets.
- Strong business judgment and ability to balance legal risk with business objectives.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, stakeholder management, and executive presentation skills.
- Demonstrated leadership and talent development capabilities.
- Ability to manage multiple complex priorities simultaneously while maintaining attention to detail.
- Strong collaboration skills and ability to influence senior leaders across the organization.
Highly Qualified Candidates Will Also Possess These Qualifications
- Previous Assistant Corporate Secretary experience.
- Experience supporting Boards of Directors and Board committees.
- Experience serving as lead counsel to a business segment, operating company, or significant P&L.
- Industry experience in infrastructure, utilities, telecommunications, energy, agriculture, or industrial manufacturing.
- International legal and cross-border transaction experience.
- Experience overseeing subsidiary governance and entity management.
- Experience implementing legal technology solutions and modern legal operating models.
- Prior people leadership experience leading and developing legal teams.
Working Environment And Physical Efforts
Work is typically performed in an office setting. The incumbent is regularly required to sit for extended periods of time, as well as talk and listen on the phone and in personal conversations or meetings. Environment is fast paced and demanding most of the time. No travel requirements for this position. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms while working in the office with various files and forms and while working on the computer. The employee is occasionally required to move about the office. Incumbent must utilize proper ergonomic safeguards such as monitor height and positions, keyboard location and height and proper wrists rests. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds in working with large files, binders, and computer equipment. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
Benefits
Valmont offers employees and their families a comprehensive Total Wellbeing benefit package to ensure their individual and family’s overall wellness needs are met. Some offerings are dependent upon the role, work schedule, or location and can include the following:
- Healthcare (medical, prescription drugs, dental and vision)
- 401k retirement plan with company match
- Paid time off
- Employer paid life insurance
- Employer paid short-term and long-term disability including maternity leave
- Work Life Support
- Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250 per year
- Voluntary programs like tobacco cessation, Type 2 diabetes reversal, one-on-one health coaching, mortgage services and more
Valmont does not discriminate against any employee or applicant in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. If you have a disability and require any assistance in filling out the application for employment email EEOCompliance@Valmont.com.
INTRODUCTION
We’re Here to Move the World Forward. Valmont impacts millions of people around the world every day, yet they might not realize the many ways. Our technology is helping feed the growing population, supplying the world with more reliable energy and access to renewables, enhancing connectivity in remote and urban locations to create a sustainable future and so much more. Simply put, Valmont is advancing agricultural productivity and reimagining vital infrastructure to make life better. Join a Fortune 1000 company that respects hard work, honors diversity and invests in our employees as we focus on creating the world of tomorrow, today. We are the modern workforce. Are you ready to move the world forward? Apply now.
A Brief Summary Of This Position
The Vice President, Segment General Counsel & Assistant Corporate Secretary serves as the senior legal advisor to a Valmont business segment while providing strategic support to the Office of the Corporate Secretary. This role partners closely with segment leadership to provide practical, risk-balanced legal guidance that supports business growth, commercial excellence, operational effectiveness, and regulatory compliance. The position combines business partnership, transactional leadership, and corporate governance responsibilities. As a trusted advisor to executive leadership and the Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary, this role leads complex commercial transactions, mergers and acquisitions activities, Board governance support, subsidiary governance, and strategic initiatives that advance Valmont's long-term business objectives.
Essential Functions
- This position reports into the Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary and may lead attorneys, contract professionals, and governance support resources.
- Serve as chief legal advisor to segment leadership on strategic, commercial, operational, and regulatory matters.
- Lead negotiation, drafting, review, and approval of complex commercial agreements and customer transactions.
- Provide legal leadership for acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, strategic investments, and other significant business transactions.
- Lead legal due diligence, transaction documentation, closing activities, and post-acquisition integration support.
- Manage outside counsel engagement, performance, budgets, and legal service delivery.
- Support Board and committee governance processes, including agendas, resolutions, minutes, governance materials, and annual governance activities.
- Oversee subsidiary governance activities, corporate records, and entity management requirements.
- Partner with Corporate Development, Finance, Treasury, Tax, Investor Relations, HR, Compliance, and Internal Audit on strategic initiatives.
- Support legal risk management while enabling business growth and operational objectives.
- This role requires approximately 20-25% domestic and international travel, including overnight stays.
- Flexible schedule; however, must be able to work in the office based on established Legal department expectations.
Other Important Details About The Role
- Develop and maintain contract templates, delegation frameworks, approval matrices, and negotiation playbooks.
- Support SEC-related governance activities, Section 16 compliance, and insider trading policy administration.
- Coordinate Board approvals and governance documentation associated with strategic transactions.
- Maintain governance documents, committee charters, and corporate governance guidelines.
- Support annual shareholder meeting preparation and Board governance processes.
- Act as a corporate signatory and support officer and director appointments for subsidiaries, as appropriate.
- Partner with Legal Operations on technology modernization, metrics, reporting, and process improvements.
- Support financing transactions, debt offerings, treasury activities, and capital markets initiatives, as needed.
- Deliver legal guidance and risk-management training to business stakeholders.
- Support director onboarding and governance education programs.
Required Qualifications of Every Candidate (Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities):
- Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school.
- Licensed and in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction and eligible for Nebraska registered in-house counsel status.
- Minimum of 12 years of corporate, transactional, commercial, or business law experience.
- Demonstrated experience leading mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and strategic transactions.
- Significant experience negotiating complex commercial agreements within a manufacturing, industrial, or related business environment.
- Working knowledge of public company governance, SEC reporting requirements, Section 16 regulations, and NYSE standards.
- Experience managing outside counsel and legal budgets.
- Strong business judgment and ability to balance legal risk with business objectives.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, stakeholder management, and executive presentation skills.
- Demonstrated leadership and talent development capabilities.
- Ability to manage multiple complex priorities simultaneously while maintaining attention to detail.
- Strong collaboration skills and ability to influence senior leaders across the organization.
Highly Qualified Candidates Will Also Possess These Qualifications
- Previous Assistant Corporate Secretary experience.
- Experience supporting Boards of Directors and Board committees.
- Experience serving as lead counsel to a business segment, operating company, or significant P&L.
- Industry experience in infrastructure, utilities, telecommunications, energy, agriculture, or industrial manufacturing.
- International legal and cross-border transaction experience.
- Experience overseeing subsidiary governance and entity management.
- Experience implementing legal technology solutions and modern legal operating models.
- Prior people leadership experience leading and developing legal teams.
Working Environment And Physical Efforts
Work is typically performed in an office setting. The incumbent is regularly required to sit for extended periods of time, as well as talk and listen on the phone and in personal conversations or meetings. Environment is fast paced and demanding most of the time. No travel requirements for this position. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms while working in the office with various files and forms and while working on the computer. The employee is occasionally required to move about the office. Incumbent must utilize proper ergonomic safeguards such as monitor height and positions, keyboard location and height and proper wrists rests. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds in working with large files, binders, and computer equipment. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
Benefits
Valmont offers employees and their families a comprehensive Total Wellbeing benefit package to ensure their individual and family’s overall wellness needs are met. Some offerings are dependent upon the role, work schedule, or location and can include the following:
- Healthcare (medical, prescription drugs, dental and vision)
- 401k retirement plan with company match
- Paid time off
- Employer paid life insurance
- Employer paid short-term and long-term disability including maternity leave
- Work Life Support
- Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250 per year
- Voluntary programs like tobacco cessation, Type 2 diabetes reversal, one-on-one health coaching, mortgage services and more
Valmont does not discriminate against any employee or applicant in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. If you have a disability and require any assistance in filling out the application for employment email EEOCompliance@Valmont.com.
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Senior Level Corporate Counsel Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a senior level corporate counsel job?
Employers at this level look for attorneys who have owned complex matters end to end, not just supported them. Demonstrated experience leading M&A due diligence, managing regulatory risk, or advising the C-suite sets candidates apart. A strong record of independent judgment, cross-functional collaboration, and developing junior attorneys signals readiness for senior scope and responsibility.
Which companies hire senior level corporate counsels?
Companies hiring senior level corporate counsels right now include CRB, TikTok USDS Joint Venture, and GRAIL, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Hiring at this level covers large enterprises with in-house legal departments, fast-growing technology companies building out their legal function, and financial services firms managing complex regulatory requirements.
Are there remote senior level corporate counsel jobs?
Yes, though availability varies by employer and practice area. About 48% of senior level corporate counsel openings are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting a broader shift toward flexible arrangements for experienced attorneys whose work does not require daily on-site presence. Highly regulated industries and roles with board-level exposure tend to lean toward hybrid or on-site.
What makes a corporate counsel role senior level?
Senior level corporate counsel roles are defined by ownership of legal outcomes rather than task execution. Attorneys at this stage set strategy on transactions or regulatory matters, advise senior leadership directly, and mentor or manage junior counsel. The scope is enterprise-wide, the decisions are high-stakes, and the expectation is that you operate with minimal oversight while building and protecting the organization's legal position.
Which industries hire the most senior level corporate counsels?
Senior Level corporate counsel roles concentrate in Construction & Real Estate, Technology & Software, and Retail, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These sectors drive demand because they face complex regulatory environments, frequent transactions, and ongoing litigation risk that require experienced in-house attorneys who can manage legal exposure at scale.