NAM General Counsel & Corporate Secretary

Services

Your Contribution

As the General Counsel you will serve as the senior legal executive for MAHLE North America and acts as a strategic business partner to executive leadership. The role provides practical, solution-oriented legal counsel that supports commercial objectives while managing legal and regulatory risks. The position leads the North American Legal function, drives talent development and succession planning, advances operational excellence through digital and AI-enabled technologies, and supports growth, innovation, restructuring, and transformation initiatives across the region. This role will report into the Vice President / CFO Finance, Accounting & Legal Affairs North America with a dotted line reporting to the Global Group General Counsel / Vice President Corporate Legal & Insurance.

Your Experience & Qualifications

• Juris Doctor (JD) and active license to practice law in Michigan.
• 15+ years of legal experience in a law firm and/or multinational corporate environment.
• Significant automotive industry experience preferred, ideally with a Tier 1 supplier or OEM.
• Proven leadership experience managing geographically dispersed teams.
• Experience supporting commercial, manufacturing, supply chain, engineering, and operational matters.
• Experience with digital transformation, legal operations, AI applications, or legal technology implementation strongly preferred.
• Entrepreneurial and business-oriented mindset.
• Partner with MAHLE's international in-house Legal Departments to provide advice on legal issues that have a global impact on MAHLE.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills to influence and build credibility as a "peer" with Global Functions and Region
• Strong executive presence and board-level communication skills.
• Ability to drive organizational change and continuous improvement.
• Cross-cultural leadership capability in a global matrix environment.
• Practical, solution-focused approach to managing legal risk.

Our Offering

We will provide a collaborative environment working on exciting assignments, along with ongoing personal & career development opportunities. We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every single requirement. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles!

After receiving your online application, the interview process will typically be a screening call followed by Personal Interview(s)

For more information about MAHLE and what a career with us looks like for you, click here. and to learn more about our foundation owned technology group click here.

#DiversityMatters with our inclusive culture, we welcome applications from all social, religious & ethnical backgrounds, disabilities both mental and physical, identities (gender) and neurodivergent people.

MAHLE is not currently hiring individuals for this position who now or in the future require sponsorship for employment-based non-immigrant and immigrant visas. However, as a global company, MAHLE offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S. which can be found through our employment website www.jobs.mahle.com

Do you have any questions?

PATIENCE.THOMAS@MAHLE.COM

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Facts about the job

Benefits:

Entry level: Management

Part- / Full-time: Full Time

Functional area: Corporate Management

Department: Services

Location:

Farmington Hills, MI, US, 48335

Company: MAHLE Industries (US)

Closing date for applications

Don't waste any time, apply while the position is online.

Your future at MAHLE

As a team player and someone who thinks ahead, you can deploy all your skills with us. In cooperation with colleagues from different countries and areas, you contribute in designing the mobility of the future. When selecting MAHLE, you choose trend-setting technologies and strategies. Are you interested in working with us and developing efficient and environmentally-friendly solutions, optimising existing products, and turning innovative ideas into reality? Then MAHLE is the right address for you.

Shape the future with us.