Head of Legal & Compliance Shared Services US

Key Responsibilities

• Guidance: Provide strong guidance to the US based cross-functional teams, fostering a culture of collaboration, professionalism, and continuous improvement.
• Legal and Regulatory Compliance: Develop and implement effective legal and compliance strategies, policies, and procedures in line with Nemetschek Group policies, guidelines and strategies to ensure adherence to applicable laws, regulations, and industry standards.
• Risk Management: Identify and assess legal and compliance risks and develop strategies to mitigate them. Monitor changes in laws and regulations, and proactively adapt policies and procedures accordingly.
• Contract Management: Oversee the negotiation, drafting, and review of key contracts and further legal documents of various kind, ensuring compliance with legal requirements and protecting the organization’s interests.
• Corporate Governance: Ensure compliance with corporate governance requirements, including board meetings, shareholder communications, and regulatory filings.
• Employee Relations: Oversee internal investigations, manage legal disputes and partner with the People team when working through challenging employee situations; working closely with external counsel when necessary. Work with cross functional teams to support existing policies and the creation of new policies that impact employees (employee handbook, sales incentive etc).
• Training and Education: Develop and deliver legal and compliance training programs to enhance awareness and understanding across the organization.
• Stakeholder Management: Collaborate with internal stakeholders, such as senior management, business units, and external partners, to provide legal and compliance advice and support on various initiatives.
• Budget and Resource Management: Manage the legal and compliance budget for Legal & Compliance Shared Services US, allocate resources effectively, and ensure optimal utilization of available tools and technologies.

Qualification & Requirements

• Juris Doctorate degree from an accredited law school.
• Admission to practice law in California and Texas and in good standing.
• Minimum of eight (8) years of experience in legal and compliance roles, with a focus on regulatory compliance and corporate governance. At least three (3) years of in-house corporate counsel experience.
• Strong knowledge of relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards, such as Californian Labor Law, US IP & contract & liability law, data privacy laws
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a keen attention to detail
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities.
• Strong self-managing and organizational skills as well as team-oriented, pragmatic, hands-on and solution-oriented working style
• Strong presentation skills
• Outstanding communication and strong interpersonal skills
• Fluent in English, additional language skills in German are a plus.
• Willingness to travel (across US or to Europe) regularly
• Additional “nice to haves” / plus
• Experience in the field of software / SaaS
• M&A experience
• Experience in supporting enterprise clients and contracts
• Experience from a global mid-/large cap with global, multi-jurisdictions presence and ideally with interactions both in a one-tier and two-tier system environment
• Strong business acumen
• Business structuring and transformation

Benefits

Nemetschek provides best in class benefits, with 100% employee covered health and welfare benefits and paid time off.