Vice President, Segment General Counsel & Assistant Corporate Secretary

**This position can be based in the Dallas-Fort Worth area or Omaha, NE**

The Vice President, Segment General Counsel & Assistant Corporate Secretary serves as the senior legal advisor to a Valmont business segment while providing strategic support to the Office of the Corporate Secretary.

This role partners closely with segment leadership to provide practical, risk-balanced legal guidance that supports business growth, commercial excellence, operational effectiveness, and regulatory compliance.

The position combines business partnership, transactional leadership, and corporate governance responsibilities.

As a trusted advisor to executive leadership and the Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary, this role leads complex commercial transactions, mergers and acquisitions activities, Board governance support, subsidiary governance, and strategic initiatives that advance Valmont's long-term business objectives.

Essential Functions:

• This position reports into the Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary and may lead attorneys, contract professionals, and governance support resources.
• Serve as chief legal advisor to segment leadership on strategic, commercial, operational, and regulatory matters.
• Lead negotiation, drafting, review, and approval of complex commercial agreements and customer transactions.
• Provide legal leadership for acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, strategic investments, and other significant business transactions.
• Lead legal due diligence, transaction documentation, closing activities, and post-acquisition integration support.
• Manage outside counsel engagement, performance, budgets, and legal service delivery.
• Support Board and committee governance processes, including agendas, resolutions, minutes, governance materials, and annual governance activities.
• Oversee subsidiary governance activities, corporate records, and entity management requirements.
• Partner with Corporate Development, Finance, Treasury, Tax, Investor Relations, HR, Compliance, and Internal Audit on strategic initiatives.
• Support legal risk management while enabling business growth and operational objectives.
• This role requires approximately 20-25% domestic and international travel, including overnight stays.
• Flexible schedule; however, must be able to work in the office based on established Legal department expectations.

Other Important Details about the Role:

• Develop and maintain contract templates, delegation frameworks, approval matrices, and negotiation playbooks.
• Support SEC-related governance activities, Section 16 compliance, and insider trading policy administration.
• Coordinate Board approvals and governance documentation associated with strategic transactions.
• Maintain governance documents, committee charters, and corporate governance guidelines.
• Support annual shareholder meeting preparation and Board governance processes.
• Act as a corporate signatory and support officer and director appointments for subsidiaries, as appropriate.
• Partner with Legal Operations on technology modernization, metrics, reporting, and process improvements.
• Support financing transactions, debt offerings, treasury activities, and capital markets initiatives, as needed.
• Deliver legal guidance and risk-management training to business stakeholders.
• Support director onboarding and governance education programs.

Required Qualifications of Every Candidate (Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities):

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school.
• Licensed and in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction and eligible for Nebraska registered in-house counsel status.
• Minimum of 12 years of corporate, transactional, commercial, or business law experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and strategic transactions.
• Significant experience negotiating complex commercial agreements within a manufacturing, industrial, or related business environment.
• Working knowledge of public company governance, SEC reporting requirements, Section 16 regulations, and NYSE standards.
• Experience managing outside counseland legal budgets.
• Strong business judgment and ability to balance legal risk with business objectives.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, stakeholder management, and executive presentation skills.
• Demonstrated leadership and talent development capabilities.
• Ability to manage multiple complex priorities simultaneously while maintaining attention to detail.
• Strong collaboration skills and ability to influence senior leaders across the organization.

Highly Qualified Candidates Will Also Possess These Qualifications:

• Previous Assistant Corporate Secretary experience.
• Experience supporting Boards of Directors and Board committees.
• Experience serving as lead counsel to a business segment, operating company, or significant P&L.
• Industry experience in infrastructure, utilities, telecommunications, energy, agriculture, or industrial manufacturing.
• International legal and cross-border transaction experience.
• Experience overseeing subsidiary governance and entity management.
• Experience implementing legal technology solutions and modern legal operating models.
• Prior peopleleadership experience leading and developing legal teams.