VP and Assistant General Counsel Retail Energy

ENGIE•Houston, TX

65d•$227,000 - $347,990•Hybrid

About The Position

ENGIE North America's Assistant General Counsel - Retail (AGC - Retail) will manage the legal affairs associated with ENGIE Resources LLC and its subsidiaries, which operate ENGIE's commercial and industrial retail power and gas sales business in the United States ("ENGIE's US Retail Business"). As part of the legal team in the North America region (United States and Canada), the AGC - Retail will be based in Houston, TX and will report to the Chief Legal and Ethics Officer, North America (the "North America CLO") with a matrixed relationship to the executive leading ENGIE's US Retail Business and the Global Business Unit attorney managing retail. Daily you will manage the legal affairs of ENGIE's US Retail Business, including contract negotiations, compliance, risk management and litigation management.You will provide legal and strategic guidance as part of the leadership team for ENGIE's US Retail Business, ensuring compliance with a complex and ever-evolving legal and regulatory framework that governs the retail power industry in the United States. You will manage a team of attorneys and legal professionals focused on ENGIE's US Retail Business. You will develop a network of reliable external legal advisors, and coordinate and manage these relationships with outside counsel, monitoring and controlling legal spend ensuring cost-effective legal support.

Requirements

You will have earned a Juris Doctor from an American Bar Association accredited law school
You must be licensed to practice law in at least one state in the United States with retail electricity choice (Notable Examples: Texas, New York, Massachusetts)
You will have at least five (5) years of experience in a major corporate legal department
You will have prior energy industry experience with a company focusing on retail power sale
You must have at least ten (10) years' of combined legal experience across the described areas set forth above
You are experienced at planning and organizing legal work to meet individual, team and business line objectives while achieving quality and value
You will have flexibility to handle additional responsibilities as defined at the request of the North America CLO or the executive leading ENGIE's US Retail Business
Ability to meet highest attendance requirements
You have native proficiency in English with the ability to communicate and present; verbally, digitally, and in writing
Ability to handle multiple assignments on a timely basis with a high degree of accuracy.
Must possess a valid U.S. driver's license/clean driving record
Must be willing and able to comply with all ENGIE ethics and safety policies

Responsibilities

manage the legal affairs of ENGIE's US Retail Business, including contract negotiations, compliance, risk management and litigation management
provide legal and strategic guidance as part of the leadership team for ENGIE's US Retail Business, ensuring compliance with a complex and ever-evolving legal and regulatory framework that governs the retail power industry in the United States
manage a team of attorneys and legal professionals focused on ENGIE's US Retail Business
develop a network of reliable external legal advisors, and coordinate and manage these relationships with outside counsel, monitoring and controlling legal spend ensuring cost-effective legal support

Benefits

comprehensive benefits package includes options for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, employer-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance, ESPP, generous paid time off including wellness days, holidays and leave programs
401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with a company match
supplemental benefits for full time employees that enhance emotional and physical well-being through all stages of life from family forming to caregiver benefits

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