Sr. Legal Specialist

Ford; Naucalpan de Juárez; Hybrid; MXN 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Ford Mexico is seeking an experienced Attorney to join the Office of General Counsel. The role focuses on regulatory compliance, environmental matters, and relations with administrative authorities, offering the chance to design strategies that protect corporate interests and support business continuity.

You will provide comprehensive legal support, supervise external advisors, manage licenses, draft and review contracts, and report to senior management.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of experience in regulatory compliance, environmental matters, and relations with administrative authorities.
• Fluent English required.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive legal support and develop strategies that protect corporate interests.
• Ensure regulatory compliance, risk mitigation, and operational continuity.
• Follow-up to administrative requirements.
• Manage and supervise external advisors, optimizing costs and quality of services.
• Lead 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.
• Assist various departments to ensure operation and legality.
• Manage 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.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Environmental matters

Administrative authorities liaison

Fluent English

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.

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.

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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