Senior Director, Mergers & Acquisitions Counsel

NXP Semiconductors • Austin, TX

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Director, Mergers & Acquisitions Counsel serves as a lead legal advisor and legal project leader for M&A and corporate development activities. The role strengthens NXP's internal transaction capability, improves execution speed and consistency, and develops repeatable processes to optimize the use of external counsel while preserving appropriate quality and risk management.

The successful candidate brings strong transaction execution capabilities, commercial judgment and project leadership, along with the interpersonal skills to build trust, encourage collaboration across teams and help colleagues align around practical solutions from initial evaluation through closing and integration support. Based in Austin, Texas, the role reports to the Deputy General Counsel and works closely with Corporate Development, executive leadership and key enterprise stakeholders. Regular collaboration across global time zones and periodic domestic and international travel are expected.

Austin currently operates in a hybrid work environment. Employees are generally expected to work from the office three days per week and remotely two days per week, subject to applicable company policies.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) or equivalent law degree from an accredited institution.
• Admission and good standing to practice law in at least one jurisdiction.
• Multiple years of relevant legal experience in a leading law firm and/or multinational in-house legal department, with substantial responsibility for complex M&A and strategic transactions.
• Excellent drafting and negotiation skills, including experience with principal transaction documents and complex commercial arrangements.
• Strong understanding of corporate law, transaction structuring, corporate governance and transaction-related regulatory considerations.
• Strong project leadership skills and demonstrated ability to coordinate large cross-functional teams across multiple jurisdictions.
• Ability to advise and influence senior executives with clear, concise and decision-oriented recommendations.
• Excellent commercial judgment, high accountability and a proactive, execution-focused mindset.
• Ability to manage fluctuating demand, multiple priorities and matters with unclear or evolving boundaries.
• Experience managing outside counsel, including scope, staffing and budget oversight.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with antitrust, foreign investment review, CFIUS, securities and disclosure matters.
• Experience in the semiconductor, technology, automotive, industrial or another complex global industry.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a lead legal advisor and legal project leader for M&A and corporate development activities.
• Strengthen internal transaction capabilities and improve execution speed and consistency.
• Build repeatable processes to optimize external counsel and, where appropriate, reduce external counsel support while maintaining quality and risk management.
• Support transactions from initial evaluation through closing and integration support.
• Coordinate large cross-functional teams across multiple jurisdictions.
• Advise and influence senior executives with clear, concise and decision-oriented recommendations.
• Manage outside counsel, including scope, staffing and budget oversight.
• Collaborate with Corporate Development, executive leadership and key enterprise stakeholders across global time zones.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree