General Counsel

Make a measurable and mission-critical impact.
Bring your unique talents and experience to a leading company in Industrial IoT (IIoT) solutions. Grow your passion into a rewarding profession by joining a dynamic and expanding organization. You’ll play a vital role that supports your success and helps drive safe, efficient, and reliable operations across industries worldwide. Anova offers opportunities that empower you to:

• Innovate with cutting-edge IIoT technology
• Be part of a global, mission-driven team
• Grow your skills through hands-on experience and development
• Make a measurable impact across industries worldwide
  

Join us as our in-house General Counsel, and help shape the future of safer, more efficient, and more reliable operations across the globe. Start your journey with Anova today!

Job Duties and Responsibilities: 

Legal Leadership & Administration

• Serve as the senior legal authority and strategic advisor to leadership and the Board on all legal matters affecting the organization
• Oversee the legal function, including directing outside counsel relationships
• Design and implement systematic workflows for legal request intake, triage, and routing across the organization
• Own oversight of the legal operations infrastructure, including legal management tools, the legal mailbox, and internal escalation protocols

Litigation & Legal Matters Coordination

• Serve as the organization's spokesperson on all litigation, disputes, and legal proceedings
• Direct external litigation counsel and manage legal budgets associated with active matters
• Serve as primary liaison to insurance carriers, managing the claims tendered to insurers, including coordinating site visits, participating in business and settlement discussions, and ensuring timely resolution
• Maintain high-level oversight of all legal matter tracking and case management documentation
• Deliver matter summaries, risk assessments, and strategic recommendations to the leadership team and Board as needed
  

Compliance Support

• Ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations across all jurisdictions in which the company operates, including country-specific terms of service requirements. Own the development and enforcement of the company's enterprise compliance program, including policies, training, and controls  
• Lead the company's data privacy strategy and governance, including oversight of GDPR, CCPA, and EU Data Act compliance
• Negotiate, authorize, and implement Data Processing Agreements (DPAs), vendor privacy assessments, and third-party risk frameworks

Intellectual Property Management

• Oversee relationships with trademark and patent counsel to ensure proactive and cost-effective IP portfolio management
• Partner with trademark and patent counsel on IP-related filings, including patent applications, assignments, and licensing agreements.
• Maintain comprehensive IP tracking systems for renewals, lapses, deadlines, and enforcement actions

Contract & Document Management

• Establish and enforce enterprise-wide governance contracts and frameworks for contract lifecycle management platforms and CRM systems, including organizational change management and cross-functional stakeholder alignment
• Lead and oversee centralized document storage and consolidation strategy, ensuring all contracts and legal files across departments are properly captured and maintained
• Define and uphold standards for contract folder organization, filing systems, and document retention policies to ensure efficient retrieval, audit-readiness, and regulatory compliance

Other Responsibilities

• Lead ad-hoc legal projects, M&A due diligence, commercial negotiations, and other strategic legal initiatives as required

What you’ll need to succeed:

This role requires a seasoned legal executive who can balance strategic thinking with operational execution, someone who can lead a legal function independently, partner closely with the business, drive cross-functional alignment, and exercise sound and decisive judgment on complex legal and risk matters.

Minimum Requirements -

• Experience: 10+ years of legal experience, with a minimum of 3–5 years in a senior in-house counsel or General Counsel role; prior law firm experience in a relevant practice area strongly preferred
  • D. from an accredited law school
• Legal Expertise: Broad knowledge of corporate law, commercial contracts, intellectual property, employment law, and regulatory compliance frameworks
• Contract Management: Deep experience with contract lifecycle management, commercial negotiations, and enterprise document governance
• Technology Proficiency: Working knowledge of legal management platforms, Salesforce, and Microsoft Office Suite; comfort evaluating and implementing legal technology solutions
• Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to advise leadership and the Board, interface with external counsel, and represent the company with external parties
• Leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead a legal function, manage cross-functional relationships, and drive organizational change
• Judgment & Discretion: High degree of professionalism, integrity, and ability to handle highly sensitive and confidential matters with sound judgment
• Problem-Solving: Strategic thinker and self-starter with a track record of developing scalable legal processes and managing competing priorities in a fast-paced environment

Preferred Qualifications -

• Prior experience as General Counsel or Deputy General Counsel in a technology, IIoT, hardware/SaaS, or industrial sector company with global operations
• Extensive experience with intellectual property portfolio management and filing procedures
• Knowledge of global data privacy regulations, including GDPR, CCPA, and the EU Data Act
• Experience with product liability, and industrial safety regulations (OSHA, PHMSA, EPA),
• Experience managing litigation, including directing outside litigation counsel and overseeing case strategy
• Track record of building or maturing a corporate compliance program
• Experience selecting, implementing, and scaling legal technology solutions
• M&A and corporate transaction experience, including due diligence and deal negotiation
• Strong background in managing outside counsel relationships and legal spend
• Experience presenting to and advising leadership and Boards of Directors

Physical Requirements -

• Ability to perform typical office tasks, including sitting or standing for extended periods, using a computer, communicating effectively, and occasionally lifting light items

ABOUT ANOVA 

We are very proudly “one” Anova — built by integrating the best in IIoT technology and expertise. Anova monitors more than 1,250,000 assets across nearly 80 countries for over 2000 clients, from family businesses to the largest LPG, Industrial Gases, and chemicals companies in the world. Our scale is global. Our service is local. We partner directly with customers, taking a holistic approach and delivering tailored solutions that drive innovation and improvement and make our world safer, more efficient, and reliable. 

We believe that rewarding work should reward you. As part of Anova, your work, integrity, and commitment are rewarded through competitive compensation and reward strategies, through sincere appreciation, and through opportunities for growth and advancement. We put people first by providing benefits that support your life and well-being, from health and finance to recognition and reward, and so much more — we've got you covered. 

If this sounds like a fit for you, apply to join Anova in connecting the industrial world — for better.

For more information about how Anova is transforming the Industrial IOT industry, visit us at Anova.com.