What are the responsibilities and job description for the Vice President, Segment General Counsel & Assistant Corporate Secretary position at ACC San Diego - Association of Corporate Counsel?
- This position can be based in the Dallas-Fort Worth area or Omaha, NE**
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.
- 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.
- 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 counseland 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.
- 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 peopleleadership experience leading and developing legal teams.