General Counsel

The people at Industrial Scientific are committed to ending death on the job by the year 2050, and we need more help. We hire smart, motivated people, give them world-class tools in a supportive environment, and we let them do their job. Our team is highly engaged, creates quality solutions and delivers outstanding customer service. Our leaders understand the critical elements of breakthrough performance: bringing out the best in people; creating a climate of trust, openness and high performance; fostering candor; and treating people fairly and with dignity.
 
Description: 
 
OBJECTIVES:

ISC is seeking to hire a seasoned attorney with a minimum of ten years of experience to serve as the General Counsel for ISC.  This position will provide a wide variety of legal advice and manage legal risk for that business unit globally.  This position will be based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and will report to the President of ISC with a strong dotted line to the General Counsel of Fluke Corporation who has overall responsibility for the legal affairs of the Field Solutions Platform.

This position calls for the utmost integrity and accountability and requires the successful candidate to assist in managing a broad range of legal, regulatory and policy matters globally for ISC.  This position will interact daily with business colleagues across a range of subject matters, including commercial, corporate, M&A, antitrust, trade compliance, anticorruption, litigation, regulatory, labor & employment, intellectual property and overall legal risk.  The General Counsel looks for opportunities for continuous improvement in providing comprehensive legal advice on the full range of legal and regulatory issues facing the business globally. The position requires 10-15% travel.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Serves as a member of the executive team of ISC, working with that team and the Fortive legal team to set the strategic direction of the business

• Supports and advises ISC leaders in a wide variety of areas, including commercial, corporate, M&A, antitrust, trade compliance, anticorruption, litigation, regulatory, labor & employment, intellectual property and overall legal risk

• Manages a team of legal professionals; responsible for ISC legal team engagement and career development; provides strong direction to contracts management team worldwide

• Develops and negotiates a broad range of contracts involving purchases, sales, leases, licenses, insurance and varied legal matters

• Structures, negotiates and drafts a variety of software licensing and software-as-a-service (“SaaS”) agreements

• Assumes a leadership role in directly communicating with third parties and their counsel to negotiate contract terms and conditions and resolve contract issues

• Provides advice and training to ISC business leaders in the  implementation of a wide range of policies and procedures, including Fortive Standards of Conduct, Anti-Corruption and other policies, product compliance requirements, US Customs regulations, Export Administration, Office of Foreign Assets Controls, anti-boycott and other government agency requirements

• Manages ISC’s risk assessment program and regulatory approach; leads on significant compliance investigations

• Provides legal leadership on M&A and other strategic activities, including acquisition due diligence and post-closing integration

• Supports all areas of the ISC organization, including HR, Trade Compliance, Operations, Engineering and Finance

• Manages litigation involving ISC, including preparing discovery and management of outside counsel, and provides updates on litigation, claims and other significant legal matters to ISC management and the Fortive legal team

• Manages ISC intellectual property legal strategy and associated considerations worldwide

• Provides training on Standards of Conduct, legal escalation, antitrust law, trade compliance, and other legal related issues to ISC associates

• Manages outside counsel in all regions of the world, including negotiating favorable rates and fee arrangements, setting legal budgets and tacking, managing, and controlling legal spend, to ensure high quality, cost-effective legal support and representation

• Must possess unquestioned integrity and excellent judgment; must be able to provide pragmatic legal advice to senior management and evaluate and address risks across a range of legal issues

• Must be a natural leader who has executive presence and is able to build trust with senior executives, and knows how to motivate and develop people

• Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills, with ability to convey advice on complicated subject matters in a compelling way to a range of audiences

• Must be process-oriented and able to build sustainable standard work and systems

• Must have strong capabilities to spot legal issues and correspondingly strong capacity to communicate solutions or paths to resolution; must a practical problem-solver

• Must be capable of working independently and collaboratively, as a leader, individually and as a team player, across “matrixed” legal and business organizations; must be willing to take on a wide range of strategic and tactical tasks

• Must have strong organizational skills, with ability to handle many complex issues simultaneously, prioritizing and effectively managing time

• Must be able to work cross-functionally, have cultural sensitivity and influence others both internally and externally to the organization across the world (including Finance, HR, Operations, and Commercial)

• Must possess strong attention to detail, including the preparation, management and tracking of complex agreements and other documentation

 
Qualifications: 
 
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED (Non-Negotiable):
• Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school with strong academic credentials
• Member of at least one state bar and ability to qualify to provide in-house legal advice in Pennsylvania as required
• Minimum ten years of legal experience, with a strong preference for in-house counsel experience in a leadership role with international companies and/or major law firms; prior experience preferred in: antitrust, trade compliance, intellectual property, legal and regulatory compliance, labor and employment, and anticorruption
• Fluent in English; additional language skills preferred
• People management experience, and experience with manufacturing and SaaS based businesses, strongly preferred
• This position requires 10-15% travel
• All external hiring is contingent upon the successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen and a criminal background check.
 
Fortive Corporation Overview: 
 
Fortive (NYSE: FTV) is a diversified industrial growth company comprised of global businesses that are recognized leaders in attractive markets. With more than $6 billion in annual revenues, Fortive’s well-known brands hold leading positions in field instrumentation, transportation, sensing, product realization, automation and specialty, and franchise distribution.

Fortive is headquartered in Everett, Washington and employs a team of more than 24,000 research and
development, manufacturing, sales, distribution, service and administrative employees in more than 40 countries around the world. Our team grows by tackling challenges that accelerate progress and further their careers. With a culture rooted in continuous improvement, the core of our company’s operating model is the Fortive Business System. For more information please visit: www.fortive.com.
 
Organization: Industrial Scientific Corporation
 
Job: Legal & Compliance
 
Primary Location: North America-United States-PA-Pittsburgh
 
Schedule: Full-time
 
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