Senior Legal Counsel, Contracts and Compliance

About the role

Allied Universal, a security and facility services company, is hiring a Senior Legal Counsel for its Enhanced Protection Services (EPS) division. The role supports the Legal Services Group and reports to the Vice President, Associate General Counsel, based at the eastern corporate headquarters.

Key responsibilities

• Serve as primary legal advisor to the EPS executive team, giving strategic legal guidance and risk-based solutions aligned with business objectives.
• Partner with sales, operations, finance, procurement and other stakeholders to support business initiatives and resolve contract and legal matters.
• Supervise Associate Counsel on drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts and transactional documents, ensuring quality, consistency and compliance.
• Lead federal, state and local government contracting matters, including customer agreements, modifications and procurement processes.
• Identify, assess and mitigate contractual, regulatory and operational risks in transactions.
• Support compliance program activities, advise on privacy and data protection (including incident response and privacy reviews), and handle government audits, cure notices and bid protests.
• Lead and administer SAFETY Act designations for EPS and the company.
• Help resolve customer, subcontractor and vendor disputes, and support EPS transactions such as M&A and integrations.
• Manage outside counsel and other external advisors, including budget awareness and matter oversight.
• Administer internal policies, procedures and training on legal risk awareness and compliance.

Required profile

• Law degree from an accredited law school and admission to the bar in any jurisdiction.
• At least seven years of legal experience, including contract negotiation, corporate law and regulatory compliance.
• Experience advising senior leadership and managing legal and contractual risk in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Demonstrated supervisory experience mentoring, reviewing work product and managing workflows.
• Preferred: prior experience in the security, consulting and investigative industries or other regulated industries, and former military or law enforcement experience.

Required skills

• Outlook, Excel, Word and SharePoint/OneDrive.
• Strong written and verbal communication with management, internal clients, external counsel, regulators and government officials.
• Risk assessment and mitigation, and ability to manage multiple competing priorities.

What we offer

• Medical, dental, vision, basic life, AD&D, retirement plan and disability insurance.
• Eight paid holidays, five sick days and four personal days.
• Vacation accrued at 3.08 hours per biweekly pay period, paid out only where required by law.