Level Description
Professional’ Leveling Guide consists of jobs with a professional nature that require “learned knowledge” most often attained through advanced education and experience. This can include business and/or clinical professionals.

Market Summary
Provides a variety of general corporate and commercial legal services to in-house clients. Reviews legal data and advises on appropriate legal action to be taken. Performs litigation on the company’s behalf or coordinates litigation and other legal matters handled by outside counsel. Responsible for general corporate matters, including corporate organization, securities compliance, drafting transactional documents, license agreements, employment law, immigration law, data privacy, and contract management. Juris Doctorate or appropriate equivalent required.

Impact
• Applies advanced subject matter expertise in job area typically obtained through advanced education and work experience.
• Make decisions on complex issues and ambiguous matters, and provides direction regarding approach and priorities.

Communication
• Interacts with internal stakeholders, including global, regional and national management as well as external stakeholders which may include clients and customers.
• Solutions require consideration of impact on operational and financial dimensions of the business.

Innovation
• Improves existing methods, techniques and/or processes across job areas.
• Problems and issues faced are, in general, difficult and often complex.

Knowledge
• Under general direction, works on extremely complex matters and assignments of large scope, impact, and importance, where business acumen, leadership and /or ingenuity are required.
• Typically requires:
- a bachelor's degree and 8-12+ years of experience
 - a master's degree and 6+ years of experience

EOE, disability/veterans