Sr. Legal Specialist

Ford México; Naucalpan de Juárez; On-site; MXN 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Ford of Mexico seeks an experienced attorney to join its Office of General Counsel. You will provide comprehensive legal support across regulatory compliance, environmental matters, and dealings with administrative authorities, helping protect corporate interests and ensure business continuity.

With 5–10 years in related areas, you will lead external advisors, draft and review contracts, manage licenses, and report to senior management while supporting multiple departments.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in related areas or roles.
• Fluent English.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive legal support and develop risk-mitigating strategies.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and operational continuity.
• Manage external advisors, optimize costs and quality of services.
• Lead a team to design contracts and handle proceedings.
• Report to senior and corporate management.
• Support internal departments with legal advice to ensure legality of operations.
• Manage licenses, handle requirements, and resolve local and federal proceedings.
• Analyze federal audits and initiate administrative proceedings.
• Document administration and management.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Environmental matters

Administrative authorities relations

English fluency

Job description

Job Description

As a global leader in advanced mobility solutions, our outstanding team of legal professionals helps us navigate the continually changing legal and regulatory landscape. In our

Job Description

As a global leader in advanced mobility solutions, our outstanding team of legal professionals helps us navigate the continually changing legal and regulatory landscape. In our Office of General Counsel, you’ll be part of an organization that collaborates with outside counsel to operate as a global team and deliver world‑class legal, tax and audit services to client groups throughout the company.

We’re looking for an experienced Attorney with 5–10 years of experience in regulatory compliance, environmental matters, and relations with administrative authorities. In this role, you’ll provide comprehensive legal support and develop strategies that protect corporate interests, mitigate risk, ensure compliance, and support business continuity.

Responsibilities

What You’ll Do...

• Responsible for comprehensive legal support to the company, as well as the design and execute strategies ensuring regulatory compliance, risk mitigation, and operational continuity.
• Follow-up to administrative requirements.
• Management and supervision of external advisors, optimizing costs and quality of services.
• Management of the team to design contracts, respond to warnings and requirements, handle administrative proceedings, and ensure the operation of the company.
• Executive reporting to senior and corporate management.
• Legal assistance to the company's various departments to ensure their operation and legality.
• Management of licenses, handling of requirements, and resolution of local and federal proceedings.
• Legal analysis of federal audits, ensuring the proper initiation of administrative proceedings.
• Document administration and management.

Qualifications

You’ll have...

• 5+ years of experience in related areas or roles
• Fluent english

Even better, you may have...

• Integrity and professional ethics
• Results-oriented critical analysis
• Legal argumentation and interpretation
• Assertive communication
• Process optimization and prioritization

Ford of Mexico is committed to being an equal opportunity employer. We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace is essential to our success. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, or disability status.

We thank all candidates for their interest, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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