Job Description

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To achieve our vision of a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion, we need people to join us who are passionate about creating safer, better and more sustainable ways for people to get around. This bold vision won?t happen overnight, but just as we transformed how the world moved in the last century, we are committed to transforming how we move today and in the future.


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Job Description

General Motors is in the midst of a great transformation and is looking for individuals who can help it excel in its pursuit of a world of zero emissions, zero accidents and zero congestion. This role calls for an exceptional legal collaborator who has excellent legal and business acumen, exemplary judgment, personal integrity and experience in starting new businesses or incubating new businesses in a larger corporate context. This role supports GM?s growth initiatives in its efforts to unlock its vision of an all-electric future. ?The ideal candidate will have business savvy and strategic vision, as well as experience with sophisticated transactions and in advising early technology companies. ?Proven experience managing and developing a high-performing multi-faceted team is required along with a track record of successfully partnering with cross-functional teams. The successful candidate will be a self-starter who has been successful in nimble, fast-paced environments, and who brings strong problem-solving skills along with the ability to manage details on a number of fronts simultaneously.
The Lead Counsel will have responsibility to manage multiple projects and emerging businesses simultaneously and work effectively across internal functions and businesses. Specific responsibilities include?

?Developing a thorough understanding of and familiarity with GM?s businesses, products, future goals, and the regulatory schemes under which it operates.
?Providing counsel to technical and business stakeholders who are leading GM?s development of new technology products and services, including personal aerial mobility.
?Managing a multi-faceted team of four attorneys.
?Structuring, negotiating, reviewing, and drafting a variety of agreements for internal and external corporate transactions.
?Reporting to the Assistant General Counsel, Corporate Finance and Global Innovation and coordinating with other Legal Staff colleagues around the world. ?Managing outside counsel and local counsel in a variety of jurisdictions around the globe. ?
?Supporting other Legal Staff members in complex commercial contracting and general corporate matters, on a project management basis, creating an ?engaged? team culture.

Additional Job Description

Required Qualifications and Skills:

?Law degree from an accredited law school with excellent academics and membership in good standing in at least one state bar; graduation from nationally recognized law schools a strong plus
?Active license to practice law in Michigan or at least one other US jurisdiction, and (if not admitted in Michigan) the ability to qualify for in-house practice in Michigan
?Candidates must possess at least 15 years of legal practice in sophisticated transactional work?
?Significant experience helping start-ups or incubating new businesses, negotiating large scale complex commercial agreements, including mergers and acquisitions, joint venture, supply, distribution, manufacturing, technology transfer and co-development agreements is required?
?Demonstrated ability to manage a diverse and creative team in a fast-paced environment
?Significant experience advising a large portfolio of transactions in an effective manner is required
?Candidates must have a self-starter personality, be a quick learner with strong internal motivation, and be possessed of initiative, integrity, and resilience ?
?Strong communication (written and oral) skills are required as are critical and analytical thinking
?Willingness and ability to travel, internationally as necessary, is required?
In addition, the successful candidate must exhibit the following Individual Characteristics?

?Strategic Orientation: actively challenges strategic assumptions and frameworks within own area when necessary; is guided by future possibilities rather than constrained by current realities in generating strategy; integrates understanding of current and future trends into preemptive action that shapes the direction of the business
?Results Orientation: Creates better ways of doing things to achieve higher levels of performance; identifies and examines alternatives; works smarter not just harder, and role models high performance
?Change Leadership: Communicates the change in a clear and compelling way, whether or not they originated it; engages others by making the case for change and explaining their role in it, encouraging individual perspectives; engages key stakeholders early in the game to ensure buy-in and support
?Team Leadership: Sets norms for behavior necessary to maintain a productive team without inhibiting individual variation and personal diversity; encourages the open expression of ideas and opinions; seeks input and opinions to help form specific decisions and plans
Please only apply if you DO NOT need sponsorship to work in the Unites States now or in the future. We are unable to consider candidates who require sponsorship.

Diversity Information

General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that workforce diversity creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers.? ?We understand and embrace the variety through which people gain experiences whether through professional, personal, educational, or volunteer?opportunities.?

We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications and apply for any positions that match your skills and capabilities.