US ESG Regulatory Compliance Specialist

General Information:

Hitachi Energy offers power and automation products, systems and service solutions across the generation, transmission and distribution value chain - enabling a stronger, smarter and greener power grid. We are seeking an ESG Regulatory & Product Material Compliance Counsel responsible for the North American region to be based in the US who will be a member of our Global Competency Center in our business function Legal and Integrity. This role will report to the Head of L&I Regulatory Affairs.

Your Responsibilities:

• Support corporate ESG & Product Regulatory Compliance roadmap.
• Monitor, interpret and advise on ESG and Product Material Compliance related regulations that impact the Hitachi Energy business in general and its product portfolio in a timely manner.
• Prioritizing requirements, advising consequences, enabling risk management.
• Align local or regional approaches with global processes and requirements, ensure consistent implementation.
• Drive and guide legal responses to officials, coordinate with business and functional stakeholders.
• Provide guidance and conduct training to internal stakeholders on ESG and Product Material Compliance regulations.
• Drive compliance related projects cross functionally.
• Embed compliance, recording and declarations into existing processes and tools (portal, SharePoint, SAP, gate models, etc.) as available;.
• Support the establishment of new or improvement of existing processes for ESG Regulatory and Product Material Compliance;
• Proactively identify and resolve compliance related issues and challenges.
• Ensure the implementation of corporate regulations and standards for ESG Regulatory and Product Material Compliance in NAM;
• Education & knowledge sharing.
• Living core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

• J.D. from an American Bar Association accredited law school and bar admission in a U.S. State Bar, with minimum of 8-10 years' experience with ESG regulations with focus on environmental regulations.
• Workable knowledge in Chemistry, Materials or Engineering
• Candidate must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for Hitachi Energy in the United States.
• Excellent communication skill on all managerial and executive levels in a complex matrix organization, ability to work and report remotely, open minded and dynamic attitude to changes; intercultural sensitivity.
• Several years of experience in working in or with multinational enterprises with large matrix organizations
• Experience in Project Management and managing external Consultants and law firms
• Sound knowledge of Microsoft Office tools and ERP systems (SAP)
• Hands-on and problem-solving mentality to challenge "status quo"
• Willingness to develop the role and scope considering evolving regulatory environment Fluent English, other languages an asset Willingness to travel (10-20%)