Legal Counsel

At Gentex Corporation, we’ve created an environment where great ideas and great people can thrive. Leveraging a history that spans over 130 years, Gentex is a global leader in personal protection and situational awareness solutions for defense forces, emergency responders, and industrial personnel operating in high performance environments. Join our multinational team of exceptional and dedicated employees around the world and work on challenging and rewarding projects, grow your skills, and advance your career all while making a positive difference in the lives of our customers. Together, you and Gentex can build a career that’s uniquely yours.

About the Job:

The Legal Counsel supports Gentex’s enterprise legal and contracts functions by handling day-to-day legal matters, with primary responsibility for routine commercial contracting and support for government contracts activities. The Legal Counsel is expected to provide practical, business-oriented legal support, elevate material risks appropriately, and operate effectively in a fast-paced environment requiring sound judgment, responsiveness, and collaboration across functions. This role works closely with the General Counsel, who has responsibility for overall organizational legal strategy, and the role has a dotted line to the Director of Contracts, who has responsibility for all customer-facing contractual activities. This role will have the opportunity to grow both within the legal and contracts organizations, with increasing responsibilities and more complex work coming with additional experience.

Essential Functions:

• Draft, review, and negotiate routine commercial agreements, including NDAs, supply, distribution, bailment, consulting, vendor, and other standard business contracts, subject to General Counsel direction and review.
• Maintain and update contract templates, standard terms and conditions, and legal playbooks for routine agreements.
• Review marketing and other external-facing business materials for general legal risk and compliance.
• Conduct legal research and provide initial advice on certain general legal and commercial matters.
• Develop and deliver training on legal topics and support creation of practical legal guidance for business teams.
• Assist with major projects and legal department initiatives.
• Support government contracts matters in coordination with the General Counsel and Director of Contracts, including contract review, bid and proposal support, and post-award contract administration.
• Identify and elevate non-routine, high-risk, or strategically significant matters to the General Counsel.

Qualifications:

Education:

The individual shall possess a juris doctor (or equivalent) degree from an accredited U.S. law school. The individual must have active membership in good standing in at least one U.S. state bar.

Experience:

The individual shall have at least three (3) years of relevant legal experience either in-house and/or at a law firm, with meaningful experience in commercial contracting. Experience with or exposure to government contracts, including FAR/DFARs is preferred, but not required.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Individual Should:

• Possess strong contract drafting and negotiation skills.
• Be able to identify risks and elevate risks appropriately within the organization.
• Be able to adapt to a variety of business situations, quickly identify and address critical issues, and influence business decisions.
• Have a strong attention to detail.
• Be proactive and able to search for pragmatic solutions to complex problems.
• Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills (both written and oral).
• Be self-motivated, and able to work independently but also collaboratively with a large group of personnel across the enterprise.
• Be ethical and act with integrity, with the ability to support corporate goals in a complex regulatory and multi-national corporate environment.
• Have good computer skills, including experience with Microsoft programs.

To Apply:

Location:

Gentex’s Carbondale facility is located in Northeastern Pennsylvania in Lackawanna County. Carbondale, PA is about twenty miles north of Scranton, PA, 50 miles south of Binghamton, NY, and about 125 miles from New York City and Philadelphia. The area hosts numerous nearby state parks, nature preserves and local colleges and universities, including The University of Scranton and Marywood University. Northeast Pennsylvania is a beautiful area and offers an excellent cost of living. It is a great place to work, meet people, raise a family and live!

Gentex Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard for any applicable state or federal protected class. Gentex is an E-Verify Participant. Pre-employment drug/alcohol/background screening is required.