General Counsel
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Job Location:
Everett, MA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
13 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
Location: Remote (US)
Reports to: President Fluke Health Solutions
Role Overview
The Vice President General Counsel is a senior executive responsible for leading Fluke Health Solutions global legal compliance regulatory and security oversight functions. This role serves as a strategic advisor to the President and leadership team ensuring strong governance disciplined risk management and protection of the companys data systems products and reputation.
While this role is not the Chief Information Security Officer the CISO and security function report into Legal with the VP General Counsel holding ultimate accountability for cybersecurity governance risk posture and alignment with business strategy.
This leader is expected to operate as a businessfirst legal partnerbalancing risk with speed enabling growth and raising the bar on accountability rigor and execution across the enterprise.
Key Responsibilities Legal Compliance & Governance
- Serve as chief legal advisor to the President and leadership team on all legal regulatory and governance matters.
- Lead global legal strategy across commercial product regulatory employment litigation IP privacy and data protection.
- Oversee corporate governance executive and board support and enterprise policy frameworks.
- Ensure strong compliance programs across regulated environments including healthcare quality systems trade compliance and global regulatory requirements.
- Partner closely with HR Finance Product and Commercial leaders on complex employee relations investigations transactions and risk matters.
Security & Cybersecurity Oversight
- Provide executive oversight and governance for the companys information security and cybersecurity programs.
- Lead and support the CISO ensuring clear priorities accountability and alignment to business risk.
- Own cybersecurity governance policies standards and escalation frameworks.
- Ensure effective cyber risk management incident response readiness and regulatory compliance.
- Act as executive sponsor for security considerations tied to major technology initiatives (e.g. ERP cloud AI digital platforms).
- Serve as the senior legal and governance interface for cybersecurity matters with auditors regulators customers and Fortive.
Leadership & Organizational Effectiveness
- Build lead and develop highperforming Legal Compliance and Security organizations with clear accountability and succession.
- Set expectations drive performance and ensure consistent application of standards across the function.
- Establish strong operating rhythms metrics and prioritization to ensure focus on the most critical risks and opportunities.
- Model courageous leadershipraising issues early challenging constructively and holding teams accountable for results.
Business Partnership & Strategy
- Enable business growth by providing pragmatic timely and commercially sound guidance.
- Balance risk mitigation with speed and innovation ensuring Legal and Security functions operate as enablersnot blockers.
- Anticipate emerging legal regulatory and cyber risks and proactively position the organization to respond.
- Represent FHS as a credible confident executive leader internally and externally.
Qualifications & Experience
- Juris Doctor (JD) with active bar membership.
- 15 years of progressive leadership experience in legal compliance and riskheavy environments.
- Demonstrated experience overseeing or partnering closely with enterprise cybersecurity or information security leaders.
- Strong business acumen with experience advising senior executives.
- Proven ability to lead through complexity ambiguity and change.
- Experience in regulated global or matrixed environments preferred.
Leadership Attributes
- Businessfirst mindset with strong judgment and integrity.
- Courageous direct and willing to raise the bar.
- Calm and decisive under pressure.
- Structured disciplined operator who brings rigor and clarity.
- Trusted advisor with executive presence and credibility.
Key Skills
- General Counsel
- Legal Case Management
- Legal Drafting
- Litigation
- Intellectual Property Law
- Legal Counsel
- Legal Research
- Securities Law
- Employment & Labor Law
- Real Estate Law
- negotiation
- Contracts
About Company
Fortive Corporation Overview Fortive’s essential technology makes the world stronger, safer, and smarter. We accelerate transformation across a broad range of applications including environmental, health and safety compliance, industrial condition monitoring, next-generation product d ... View more
