Senior Principal Counsel - DoD Contracts & Compliance

L3Harris; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

L3Harris is seeking a Sr. Principal, Counsel to join the ISR sector.

The role acts as a legal specialist and business partner, providing strategic counsel on general and specialized legal matters, including contract interpretation, risk mitigation, and dispute resolution. The position requires extensive government contracts experience (DoD), aviation purchasing expertise, strong negotiation skills, and the ability to work on-site in Texas.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 15 years of extensive experience managing contracts, aircraft purchasing agreements, and complex maintenance repair and overhaul agreements.
• Graduate degree with 13 years of extensive experience managing contracts, aircraft purchasing agreements, and complex maintenance repair and overhaul agreements.
• Must have a Doctorate (JD) degree and an active state license to practice law.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.

Responsibilities

• Partners with leaders to assess, predict, and manage legal and other risks in a growing business operating internationally.
• Advises, counsels, and functions as a trusted business partner on legal and other matters related to the business objectives of the sector.
• Provides legal guidance and counseling on risk mitigation strategies, contract interpretation and provisions, dispute resolution, and other legal issues.
• Negotiates, researches, drafts, revises, and / or analyzes agreements, contracts, memoranda, legal correspondence, and other legal documents.
• Engages in factual investigation, analyzes complex legal and factual issues, conducts extensive legal research, independently develops, recommends, and presents strategies on a wide range of legal matters.
• Ensures that sector practices and procedures comply with global, federal, state and local laws and regulations, and are consistent with applicable corporate policies and procedures.
• Engages with customer counterparts as reasonably required in support of addressing certain complex legal / business transactional matters.
• Collaborates with operational, subcontracts and supply chain leadership to ensure that contractual and operational risks assumed by the business are flowed down to subcontractors and suppliers.
• Monitors, reviews, and resolves day-to-day legal and regulatory issues as they are assigned.
• Maintains knowledge of current and emerging laws, regulations, and trends.
• Government contracts experience within the US DoD market, including both U.S. and international government and commercial customers.
• Experience in aircraft purchasing, strong negotiation and dispute resolution skills are required.
• Personal commitment to ethics and compliance, and experience working in an environment with high ethical standards.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret Clearance.

Skills

Negotiation

Contract management

DoD contracting

Aircraft purchasing

Regulatory compliance

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Active state law license

Job description

L3Harris is seeking a Sr. Principal, Counsel to join the ISR sector.

The role acts as a legal specialist and business partner, providing strategic counsel on general and specialized legal matters, including contract interpretation, risk mitigation, and dispute resolution. The position requires extensive government contracts experience (DoD), aviation purchasing expertise, strong negotiation skills, and the ability to work on-site in Texas.