Associate Director, General Legal

Job Description

:Job Summary:The Associate Director, General Legal will be responsible for providing legal counsel to the executive management teams for Raytheon Saudi Arabia with the potential of providing advice to other programs, teams, and entities in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region. The position also supports internal departments through legal engagement in activities such as public procurement, offsets and localization, labor and employment, teaming, export-import compliance, joint ventures, contracting, due diligence, and dispute resolution to ensure adherence to legal provisions and protection of company rights.This position is located within the Raytheon Missiles and Defense Office of the General Counsel with indirect reporting to the Managing Director of Raytheon Saudi Arabia. This position works closely with each member of the Raytheon Saudi Arabia Leadership Team and other key employees in the MENA region and in the United States. Depending on the applicants qualifications, this position could potentially serve as the General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Raytheon Saudi Arabia.Responsibilities to Anticipate:

• Leadership Team: Close engagement with the leadership team for Raytheon Saudi Arabia and key contributor to Raytheon MENA Group.
• Trusted Legal Adviser: Provide legal advice and assistance on all legal issues arising out of the performance of RMD?s business and activities in Saudi Arabia and other MENA countries, including public procurement, offsets and localization, labor and employment, teaming, joint ventures, contracting, due diligence, dispute resolution, ethics and compliance, corporate, and export compliance.
• Legal Department: Work to drive the RTNSA legal departmentsvision, values, strategies and goals and implement those for programs and business in other MENA countries.
• Industry Collaboration: Support joint ventures and other collaborative arrangements, including working with Boards of Directors and senior management, to ensure good business practice and compliance with all corporate registrations and requirements.
• Ethics: Lead and coordinate Raytheon Saudi Arabia?s and related joint venture?s Ethics program in cooperation with RMD Ethics. Conduct ethics training and investigations in KSA and other MENA countries as required and provide consultation, discussion, drafting, and resolution of ethics-related matters reported to the ethics.
• KSA and MENA Subject Matter Expert: Provide legal advice and assistance to the Raytheon Technologies Business General Counsels on KSA and other MENA countries? projects related to their business and coordinate program legal support with the relevant business counsel.
• Governance: Review and approve governance-related policies and procedures for Raytheon Saudi Arabia and other entities in KSA. Conduct and oversee the Raytheon Saudi Arabia governance activities, including responding to internal and external audits.
• Corporate Secretariat and Compliance Officer: Provide advice related to the Board of Directors and Secretariatof, and compliance within, Raytheon Saudi Arabia and other Raytheon entities in KSA and potentially other MENA countries. Ensure all entities in KSA remain in good standing and comply with all legal and regulatory requirements as required by the applicable law and any other relevant legislation or regulation including ensuring compliance with all statutory obligations.

• Typically requires:
• A University Degree in law or equivalent experience and minimum 12 years prior relevant experience, or An Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 10 years? experience.
• Authorized to practice law in a jurisdiction with a current legal practicing certificate
• Willingness and ability to travel
• Excellent interpersonal and public and private communication skills, including both written and verbal
• High level problem solving, reasoning, analytical research and persuasive skills.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise judgment and initiative and work collaboratively in a diverse organization
• Demonstrated commitment to integrity and honesty in all business dealings. Extensive legal experience to include work as in-house counsel, at a law firm, and/or in government service
• Commercial and business acumen ? demonstrated experience in providing legal advice to achieve commercial and business objectives
• History of success in increasingly influential leadership positions

• Knowledge and understanding of general business and procurement rules and regulations of KSA and other MENA countries, including their legal systems, and US and KSA anti-corruption rules and regulations, legal process, claims and litigation.
• Experience in the defense or aerospace industry sectors at a large, multi-national company.
• Fluency in written and spoken Arabic.

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