SVP, Legal & Compliance

Responsibilities

• Lead global legal strategy, ensuring alignment with corporate, financial, and operational priorities.
• Oversee corporate governance across a complex parent‑subsidiary structure, including interactions with Samsung governance bodies, and lead Corporate Secretary responsibilities.
• Serve as a key advisor to the Board and its committees, ensuring robust governance frameworks and transparent communication.
• Embed governance as a strategic enabler of enterprise integrity, accountability, and performance.
• Partner closely with the CFO to integrate legal, compliance, and financial risk management.
• Align legal strategies with capital allocation, financial planning, and enterprise risk frameworks.
• Drive cost discipline, legal function efficiency, and optimization of external counsel spend.
• Support strategic financial transactions, including M&A, joint ventures, and restructuring activities.
• Lead global compliance, ethics, and regulatory programs across all jurisdictions.
• Strengthen a "Speak Up" culture with clear reporting channels, non‑retaliation principles, and trusted investigation and escalation processes.
• Ensure adherence to U.S. and international laws, including privacy and data protection, labor & employment, anti‑corruption, trade compliance, and cybersecurity.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree and active membership in good standing with a U.S. state bar.
• 20+ years of progressive legal leadership experience, including service as a General Counsel, Deputy General Counsel, or equivalent enterprise legal executive role within a global organization.
• Strong grounding in U.S. corporate law, governance, and regulatory frameworks, with experience operating in multinational environments.
• Proven experience leading enterprise-wide initiatives and transformations.
• Deep expertise in corporate governance within complex, multinational structures.
• Demonstrated success managing global litigation, regulatory, compliance, and intellectual property matters.
• Significant experience supporting strategic transactions (M&A, joint ventures, complex commercial agreements).