Assistant General Counsel - Commercial Legal

At Jabil we strive to make ANYTHING POSSIBLE and EVERYTHING BETTER. We are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain solutions. With over 50 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.

Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Jabil is looking for a dynamic and self-motivated attorney to join our Commercial legal team as an Assistant General Counsel - Commercial Legal. In this role, you will partner with and support Jabil business teams on a variety of commercial transactions and advise on other business-related legal subjects. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience in the manufacturing industry, in particular drafting and negotiating manufacturing services agreements and ancillary commercial contracts.

• Drafting, reviewing, negotiating and ultimately managing the lifecycle of a wide range of commercial agreements including principally manufacturing services agreements, technical services agreements, and ancillary contracts like statements of work, quality agreements, professional service agreements, consulting agreements, license agreements, purchase and supply agreements and other complex commercial agreements.
• Developing a deep understanding of Jabil's business model and risk profile as a contract manufacturer and solutions provider, and providing practical advice on legal, business and operational matters.
• Developing strategic business relationships with internal business clients and Jabil's external customers.
• Collaborating with other subject matter experts, including other practice areas within the Jabil Legal Department.
• Functioning independently within a dynamic corporate environment. Working with limited supervision. Excelling at creative problem solving, managing internal relationships, understanding strategic vision, executing on plans and communicating challenges as they arise in a professional manner.
• Quickly and concisely analyzing and summarizing complicated legal documents and issues for internal clients and functional leaders.
• Managing outside counsel when external advice is sought in relation to business issues.
• Exhibits: (1) excellent legal reasoning and strategic thinking skills; (2) strong teamwork orientation without a 'star' mentality; (3) strong presence, with the ability to quickly gain the confidence of legal leaders and business partners; and (4) personal and professional integrity of the highest order.
• Manages higher level risk, complexity, and business impact.
• Recommends and drives best practices.
• May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

• Reports to VP, Commercial Legal.

• Initially, the Job is NOT directly responsible for managing other employees (e.g., hiring/termination and/or pay decisions, performance management). This may change based on the selected candidate's qualifications and experience.
• May supervise professional staff or less experienced attorneys.

• Graduate of an ABA or foreign-equivalent law school, member of a bar in good standing, eligible to practice law in Florida.
• Minimum of 5-7 years of legal experience, including extensive experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial agreements. Preferably including manufacturing agreements and ancillary contracts, such as supply, development, distributor and channel partner agreements.
• Excellent oral and written communication, good judgement, strong interpersonal skills, demonstrate ability to work in a changing, fast paced, and energetic environment. An ability to communicate well with both lawyers and non-lawyers, including senior management.
• Strong work ethic, motivated and self-starter, ability to resolve conflict, business acumen with business-oriented approach to problem solving, ability to prioritize and manage competing demands.
• Demonstrated ability to work efficiently both independently and in a collaborative environment, prioritize workflow, meet demanding deadlines, and manage multi-faceted projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Sound and practical legal and business judgment; creative, positive and collaborative approach to problem solving.
• Proven track record of learning quickly, taking initiative, working proactively, being resourceful and taking on additional responsibility.
• Amenable to attending team calls with business counterparts based in Europe, Asia and across North America outside of standard Eastern-US business hours.