Assistant General Counsel

Assistant General Counsel

Further your career at Ball Corporation, a world leader and pioneer providing innovative aerospace solutions. Achieve extraordinary things when you join our team, and make a difference in your professional development, the community, around the globe and beyond!

Position Overview:

As the Assistant General Counsel supporting Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. ("Ball Aerospace"), you will be responsible for performing legal functions and providing subject matter expertise for government contracting, data rights, regulatory, and export control and other matters within Ball Aerospace. This position is the lead attorney supporting Ball Aerospace and will regularly interact with Ball Aerospace senior and functional leadership, persuasively advising cross-functional teams, and successfully determining legal and other aspects of key organizational strategic objectives.

Your key responsibilities include:

• Lead lawyer supporting Ball Aerospace on government contracting, data rights, regulatory, and export control matters. Maintains expertise in government contracting and export control laws and regulations. Performs some commercial and international legal work.
• Provides legal support to Ball Aerospace Contracts, Supply Chain, Compliance, and Accounting departments/functions.
• Prepares and/or reviews contracts, subcontracts, non-disclosure agreements, teaming agreements and other Ball Aerospace agreements.
• Manages and leads Ball Aerospace's Export Compliance function, including supervision of export administrative specialists and the review and approval of export classification determinations and licenses and agreements.
• Prepares and provides training in connection with government contracting and export compliance.
• Prepares and reviews legal correspondence, forms and agreements.
• Supervises and assists outside attorneys in litigation and other matters. An effective project manager and lawyer.
• Assists internal clients or customers in their efforts to generate Economic Value Add.
• Lead, coach and develop a team through inspiration, connection and achievement.
• Provides professional, confidential work product in a timely fashion.
• Takes personal responsibility for quality and timeliness and endeavors to continuously improve services and relationships with clients.
• Maintains highest standards of integrity, professionalism, and personal ethical behavior and individual responsibility to clients and customers.
• Assists clients in maintaining compliance with the law.

Experience and skills required:

• Earned a four (4) year undergraduate degree, a three (3) year law degree, and be admitted to a state bar, or local equivalent for locations outside the United States.
• Be licensed (or have the eligibility to become licensed) to practice in Colorado.
• Must have a top-secret clearance or eligibility for a top-secret clearance.
• Demonstrate a minimum of 10 years job-related experience in the respective field of law (Federal Government Contracting).
• Demonstrated ability to apply knowledge of law in broad areas of assignments and lead a team of attorneys/paralegals through inspiration, connection and achieving.

Deep experience in proven written and verbal communication; with strong ability to engage and partner with senior level stakeholders (i.e., C-suite, senior management).

• M.B.A. or C.P.A. or equivalent is an asset.

Compensation & Benefits:

• Hiring Salary Range: $155,200-$241,040 (Salary to be determined by the applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.)
• Job Grade: 16
• This role will be eligible to participate in the annual incentive compensation plan.
• Regular Full-Time Salaried and Hourly positions: Ball includes a comprehensive benefits structure, Go to our career site and click "Total Rewards" to learn more.

Ball Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We actively encourage applications from everybody, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, faith, ability, or orientation.

When you join Ball you belong to a team of over 22,000 members worldwide. From infinitely recyclable aluminum cans, cups, and aerosol bottles, to aerospace solutions that enable our customers to have a deeper understanding of our planet and the universe.

Each of us has a deep commitment to diversity and inclusion which is the foundation of our culture of belonging.

Everyone at Ball is making a difference by doing what we love. Because what we create may change, but what we will always make is a difference

Please note the advertised job title might vary from the job title on the contract due to local job title structure and global HR systems.

No agencies please.

Nearest Major Market: Denver