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Explore a world of opportunities with us. Look ahead with us and help shape innovative solutions to make our world more sustainable and life healthier, more vibrant and more comfortable. At Evonik, you have the chance to explore, thrive, and grow alongside 33,000 colleagues. Among attractive career paths and high-quality development programs, we not only offer performance-based remuneration and occupational health benefits but also hybrid and flexible working environments with #SmartWork. Bring your fresh perspective, develop your strengths, break out your mold, and find a career that fits your dreams with us.
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Note: This position follows a hybrid work model, with a blend of remote and on-site work at our Piscataway, NJ location.
The Legal Counsel role plays a key part in advancing Evonik’s business objectives by shaping, negotiating, and advising on the agreements and strategies that keep a global specialty-chemicals organization moving forward. This position offers meaningful influence across Procurement and Compliance, providing direct counsel on transactions and initiatives that drive growth, efficiency, and responsible operations.
You’ll handle diverse, high visibility matters with autonomy, translating business goals into clear, practical legal solutions while partnering with leaders across the company. The work is challenging and varied: one day advising on complex supply agreements, the next refining compliance processes or supporting cross-border projects. Every decision and recommendation you make contributes to how Evonik operates, mitigates risk, and innovates.
What Makes This Role Stand Out
This position offers real ownership from day one, direct visibility with senior stakeholders, and mentorship from experienced in-house counsel. You’ll gain exposure to commercial, compliance, and corporate matters while maintaining the flexibility to explore new areas such as employment, data privacy, or leadership, without sacrificing work-life balance.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Advise, draft, review, prepare and negotiate various commercial agreements.
Serve as the primary point of legal contact for a Service Unit, Business and/or Product Line related matters and provide day-to-day legal advice and support.
Support Procurement in translating business needs into contractual terms and providing interpretation on risk and obligations.
Monitor, review, and update contract templates to ensure compliance with new and existing laws, regulations, and internal policies.
Understand internal customer business requirements and effectively communicate the Company’s risk tolerance to ensure internal clients make informed decisions.
Contribute to the development and monitoring of Evonik’s regional Compliance program, including risk assessments, employee training, and investigations.
Collaborate with colleagues across the Law Department and escalate matters as appropriate to General Counsel and other in-house attorneys.
Apply strong negotiation and drafting skills to internal and external contract discussions, structuring of transactions, and in the drafting and reviewing of complex commercial documents.
Manage outside counsel relationships and budgets.
Travel up to 10% annually, including limited international travel.
REQUIREMENTS
Juris Doctor (JD) from an ABA-accredited law school with strong academic credentials.
Active state law license in good standing (New Jersey or New York preferred).
4–7 years of experience with a major law firm, regulatory agency, or corporate legal department preferred (in-house experience would be a major plus).
Strong familiarity with purchase, supply, manufacturing, and service agreements.
Experience with compliance matters and knowledge of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) preferred.
Excellent drafting, negotiation, and communication skills.
Proven ability to manage multiple matters simultaneously and collaborate across business functions.
Prior experience in manufacturing, specialty chemicals, or procurement preferred; open to candidates from other industries with commercial/contracting backgrounds.
Who Thrives Here
This role is ideal for attorneys who enjoy drafting and negotiating contracts and are ready to move in-house or expand their practice. Success requires curiosity, independence, and the confidence to advise, and occasionally challenge, business partners constructively. The most successful candidates are:
Highly organized and able to manage numerous matters at once.
Skilled at navigating ambiguity and exercising sound judgment.
Proactive, approachable, and eager to learn new areas of law.
Confident when communicating complex risk to non-legal stakeholders.
Growth & Development at Evonik
Evonik encourages continuous professional growth. The Legal Counsel will have access to diverse work in procurement, compliance, and corporate projects, plus eligibility for Evonik’s leadership track after several years. Attorneys who show initiative will find opportunities to expand their expertise while enjoying a hybrid, people-focused work environment.
COMPENSATION DETAILS
Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. (Specific rate to be determined, but not limited to, geographic location, education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities of applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data).
Pay Range: $114,700 - $160,000
Evonik offers a comprehensive benefit package, subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. Benefits included, but not limited to:
Medical, dental, and vision benefits
Paid time off plan
401(k) savings plans
Health Savings Account (HSA)
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
Employee Assistance Program
Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts
Disability benefits
Life Insurance
Parental leave
Tuition Reimbursement
The Evonik Group adopts an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) approach. Candidates are assessed based on their educational qualifications, experience, job competencies and potential and shall not be discriminated against on the basis of race, ethnicity, age, gender, religion, nationality, disability or sexual orientation or other classifications protected by local, state, or provincial regulations.
Your Application
To ensure that your application is proceeded as quickly as possible and to protect the environment, please apply online via our careers portal. Further information about Evonik as Employer can be found at https://careers.evonik.com.
Please address your application to the Talent Acquisition Manager, stating your earliest possible starting date and your salary expectations.
Your Talent Acquisition Manager:
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What We Do
Evonik is one of the world’s leading specialty chemicals companies. While we don’t produce electric cars, aircraft, medications or 3D printers, Evonik is part and parcel of these and many other end products. That’s because we contribute the small things that make a big difference. We make electric car batteries perform better, aircraft greener, medications more effective and 3D printers more efficient. In short: We think beyond the bounds of chemistry to make the world a better place. Today and tomorrow. We are an international group with a workforce of over 32,000 people spread across more than one hundred locations. Our daily work is shaped by global concerns, such as sustainability, diversity and digitalization. In all our business decisions, we take the present and future generations into consideration. After all, being ready for tomorrow is our business.
Interested in joining our global team? Our wide range of opportunities extends from creative and innovative research through international management all the way to production. Whether you’re studying, starting out in your career or a seasoned professional, come help us make the world a better place. For more information about careers at Evonik, go to:
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