Senior Counsel and Director of Compliance

MSA, The Safety Company
Senior Counsel and Director of Compliance
US-PA-Cranberry Twp
Requisition ID: 2024-8216 Type: Full-Time # of Openings: 1 Category: Legal
Overview

Are you someone who is passionate, motivated, and driven to make a difference? If so, MSA Safety is the perfect fit for your career.

At MSA, SAFETY is who we are AND it is what we do. We are a purpose-driven company committed to deploying innovation and technology to deliver on our Mission to help protect people and assets all around the world. We continue to be relentless in our pursuit of solving our customers greatest problems so they can go home safe each and every day.

Are you in? Read on for more details about this particular role.

Responsibilities

Reporting into the Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer, this role will be responsible for establishing the strategy and overseeing the execution of the Companys global ethics and legal compliance programs while serving as legal advisor on matters of legal compliance, labor and employment law, and data privacy.

The Senior Counsel and Director of Compliance will be entrusted with the following duties:

Oversee the strategy and execution of the Companys global ethics and compliance and international trade compliance programs:
Supervise the work of a fulltime Global Compliance Manager, who is responsible for the day-to-day execution of the Companys ethics and compliance program.
Supervise the work of a fulltime Senior Manager of International Trade and Regulatory Compliance, who is responsible for the day-to-day execution of the Companys trade compliance program.
Oversee global communication and training plans, and partner with the program managers to conduct live trainings.
Oversee the Companys internal investigations processes.
Serve as the Companys program director for guidance, processes, procedures, controls and questions on anti-bribery/anticorruption compliance for associates throughout the world, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other similar laws.
Oversee international trade compliance program activities, including compliance with applicable import, export and trade sanctions laws and regulations. Serve as lead in-house counsel for labor and employment matters:
Serve as in-house counsel point of contact on labor and employment law matters, providing advice and services to the Companys Human Resource leadership team as necessary.
Manage the selection, engagement and retention of the Companys external labor and employment law counsel.
Coordinate the Companys response to administrative agency charges, including EEOC, PHRC, and others, and to threatened and/or actual employment litigation.
Advise HR business partners on the drafting and enforcement of employee confidentiality, non-solicitation, severance and other agreements.
Support and partner with HR business advisors as needed in the development and deployment of training programs including workplace discrimination, retaliation and harassment. Manage the Companys data privacy program:
Establish, oversee and continually enhance program responsible for compliance with state, federal, national, and multi-national privacy law compliance applicable to the companys products, services, business, and employees.
Lead the Companys cross-functional Global Privacy Working Group and direct the companys data privacy officers based in Germany and the United Kingdom Provide legal and compliance support across the enterprise:
Serve as departments legal liaison i.e., first-call counsel for the Asia Pacific and Latin America Regions
Serve as departments point of contact for the Companys cybersecurity team, and coordinate cybersecurity legal affairs.
Oversee the Companys Records Management Program, including through the supervision of a part-time program coordinator.
Perform other duties a assigned by the Chief Legal Officer
Qualifications

The selected candidates will possess:

Education & Experience required:
Juris Doctor from accredited law school plus 10 years of legal experience as a licensed attorney
Actively licensed member in good standing of the Pennsylvania bar
Prior experience with global ethics and compliance programs, whether as a compliance professional or attorney
Excellent writing, communications, and presentation skills
Project management skills
Ability to collaborate and build consensus while working across multiple functions within an organization.
Strong investigative/interviewing skills
Compliance technology application experience
Legal Tracker or other legal billing software experience Preferred Qualifications:
SAP or other ERP proficiency
Prior in-house legal experience
Judicial Clerkship or Federal or State Governmental Service
International Trade Compliance Experience
Law Review or another top legal journal
MSA is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and to providing a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. As such, it is MSAs policy not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of the persons age, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, race, religion, gender, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, veterans status, genetic information, political affiliation, disabling condition, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. MSA also makes reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities who are otherwise qualified to perform a job unless such accommodations would impose an undue hardship.
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