Sr Mgr Legal

American Tower; United States; Remote; USD 170,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

American Tower seeks a Senior Legal Manager to provide expert legal advice supporting commercial transactions, contracting and risk management for the business. You will manage customer master agreements, advise on risk and structures, and coordinate external counsel as needed.

The role also covers labor and employment matters with HR and provides governance, risk and compliance support across the organization.

Qualifications

• LLB or equivalent qualification.
• Admitted Attorney: Admission to the High Court.
• 5–7+ years of legal experience in commercial and corporate law.
• Advantage: 5+ years in commercial property or telecommunications law.
• Experience in a medium-to-large law firm or multinational.
• Strong drafting, negotiation and risk assessment abilities.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, negotiate and manage customer master agreements and related documents.
• Advise on commercial structures and contractual risk.
• Manage disputes, claims and external counsel when needed.
• Provide labour and employment advice to HR and support governance/compliance.
• Translate complex legal issues into clear, practical business guidance.
• Build relationships with customers and counterparties to support business goals.
• Oversee coordination of legal activities and cost efficiency.

Skills

Legal drafting

Negotiation

Commercial judgement

Contract management

Leadership

Education

LLB Degree or equivalent

Admitted Attorney: Admission to the High Court

Job description

The Senior Legal Manager is responsible for providing expert legal advice to support internal and external stakeholders, ensuring legal compliance in respect of business decisions, processes and documentation. This role is expected to be self-managing with a keen understanding of the law whilst still being able to manage and balance key commercial and business initiatives in fulfilment of the company strategy. Solid communication, ability to work under pressure and understand the greater role that the Legal team plays in the business is of utmost importance. The successful candidate is also responsible for managing any outsourced legal partners to ensure KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) are met and that a professional service is provided to the business that meets or exceeds expectations. A team player and leader that has an eye for detail.

The Senior Legal Manager will serve as a legal business partner to the commercial organisation, with majority (if not all) the time of the role focused on commercial transactions, contracting and customer-related legal matters. This will include leading the drafting, review, negotiation and management of customer master agreements and related transaction documents, advising on commercial structures and contractual risk, and managing claims, breaches and disputes where required. The remaining time of the role (~20%) will involve advising Human Resources on labour matters and providing ancillary legal support in relation to risk, compliance, governance and other key operational areas of the business. The successful candidate must be an exceptional legal drafter and negotiator, possess strong commercial judgement and business acumen, and adopt a pragmatic, solution-orientated approach that enables the business while appropriately managing legal risk.

Required qualifications

• LLB Degree or equivalent foreign qualification
• Admitted Attorney: Admission to the High Court

Experience

• 5-7+ years Legal Experience; 5-7+ years relevant experience in applying general commercial and corporate law.
• It would be an advantage if the candidate also has 5+ years of commercial property law and/or telecommunications law experience. The candidate must have some experience working in a medium to large law firm and/or large multinational. Experience and the ability to apply skillset is central to the evaluation.
• Serve as a legal business partner to the commercial team, leading the drafting, review, negotiation, implementation and ongoing management of customer master agreements, amendments, transaction documents and other commercial arrangements, and providing legal support in relation to contractual claims, breaches and disputes as required.
• Draft, review and negotiate complex commercial agreements and related legal instruments, ensuring that contractual terms appropriately protect the organisation, reflect the agreed commercial position and support the timely implementation of business transactions.
• Advise the commercial team on transaction structures, contractual rights and obligations, risk allocation, legal considerations, liability, remedies, termination rights and other legal issues affecting commercial negotiations and customer relationships.
• Manage legal aspects of the commercial contract lifecycle, including negotiation, execution, implementation, amendments, renewals, variations, waivers, claims, breaches, termination and post-termination obligations.
• Manage commercial disputes and litigation, including developing appropriate dispute-resolution strategies, preparing or reviewing legal correspondence and pleadings, appointing and managing external counsel, and seeking commercially sensible and cost-effective outcomes.
• Provide practical legal advice to Human Resources on labour and employment matters, including employee relations, disciplinary and grievance processes, employment documentation, workplace investigations and labour disputes.
• Provide ancillary legal support to other key areas of the business in relation to risk, compliance, governance, operations and applicable regulatory requirements and undertake comprehensive, timely and accurate review of contracts, and where required develop/draft legal instruments, including but not limited to contracts, licences, notices etc.
• Translate complex legal issues into clear, practical and solution-orientated advice that enables informed commercial decision-making while appropriately managing legal risk.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with customers, external counsel and relevant commercial counterparties.to support the achievement of business objectives.
• Handle the organisation's litigation including but not limited to pre-trial briefing, assisting in the review and response to pleadings, collating supporting documentation, identifying potential witnesses, attending Court sessions, maintaining litigation files and ensuring proper maintenance of such files.
• Appoint and manage external counsel, including issuing instructions, agreeing service levels and fee arrangements, monitoring performance, controlling costs and ensuring the timely delivery of high-quality legal services.
• Periodically review the organisation's dispute and litigation portfolio to assess strategy, exposure, prospects, costs and opportunities for appropriate resolution.
• Management of legal costs and ensuring departmental cost efficiency.
• Develop and deliver practical legal awareness and training on commercial contracting, dispute prevention, labour matters, compliance and other material legal risks.
• Provide support in relation to applicable corporate governance, statutory and company secretarial requirements.

American Tower is a global digital infrastructure company serving customers through tower sites and other real estate solutions that support connectivity and opportunity, focused on achieving our vision of Building a More Connected World. Our success is rooted in the potential of our people and the power of local teams at our offices and sites across 25 countries.

We are one of the largest global Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and a publicly traded (NYSE:AMT), Fortune 500 Company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The next decade will be an exciting time as we evolve our infrastructure to meet tomorrow's needs and position our people to elevate their impact, their potential, and our shared success. Come grow your career with us!

For more information about how American Tower is building a more connected world, visit americantower.com.

American Tower is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee based on age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, color, creed, religion, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, marital status, familial status, disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy, reproductive decisions, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law.

Requisition ID : 3010