Associate General Counsel, Legal Operations - Americas

Job Title: Associate General Counsel, Legal Operations - Americas

Job Location: Southfield, MI

What we offer:

Veoneer Safety Systems is the world leader in Automotive Electronic Safety Systems. Veoneer’s scalable, best-in-class restraint control systems are mitigating the effects of a car crash. To date, we have delivered more than 1 billion devices to car manufacturers globally.

Veoneer Safety Systems has an international and collaborative team of 2,700 employees in 11 countries. We empower our people and are dedicated to their professional development and growth.

Veoneer Safety Systems – Protect Everyone in Every Crash. 

What you'll do:

Veoneer Safety Systems is seeking an Associate General Counsel to lead day-to-day legal operations across the Americas. You will serve as the primary legal partner to our operations in the region, including manufacturing, engineering, purchasing, human resources, and other key functions - driving operational excellence, managing risks, and enabling growth. This role is hands-on and impact-oriented: ideal for a self-starter who communicates crisply, builds trust with business stakeholders, and enjoys improving how a legal function runs.

• Provide practical legal advice that balances risk and business objectives across regional operations.

• Support product-related legal matters (commercial contracts, procurement, product compliance and safety/integrity, and product liability).

• Handle regulatory matters affecting the region, including agency inquiries and governmental investigations.

• Advise on trade compliance topics for the region, including import/export and related controls.

• Partner with Compliance on investigations and program enhancements.

• Coordinate with IP/Patents on inventions, licensing, and protection strategy.

• Manage disputes and litigation for the region, including early case assessment and outside counsel oversight.

• Drive core legal-ops disciplines: outside counsel management, budgets and accruals, matter management, KPIs/metrics, and continuous process improvement.

• Report and communicate regularly on significant matters, risks, and trends to the General Counsel and business leadership.

What you'll bring:

• J.D. (or equivalent) and good standing with at least one U.S. state bar (or eligibility for in-house counsel registration in Michigan).

• 7+ years’ experience in a law firm, in-house legal department, or a combination of both.

• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.

• Self-starter with strong judgment and ability to prioritize in a fast-moving environment.

• Preferred background:

  • Automotive or software/technology industry experience.

  • Commercial transactions, including support to Procurement teams, M&A, and general legal matters.

  • Litigation/disputes experience.

  • Hands-on legal-operations tooling and metrics/KPI reporting.

• Ability to travel ~10% within the Americas