Legal Counsel, Americas

Xylem |ˈzīləm|1) The tissue in plants that brings water upward from the roots;2) a leading global water technology company.Xylem, a leading global water technology company dedicated to solving the world’s most challenging water issues, is the leading global provider of efficient, innovative and sustainable water technologies improving the way water is used, managed, conserved and re-used. Our international team is unified in a common purpose: creating advanced technology and other trusted solutions to solve the world’s water challenges. We are committed to creating an organization of inclusion and diversity, where everyone feels involved, respected, valued and connected, and where everyone is free to bring their authentic selves and ideas.If you are excited and passionate about helping us #letssolvewater, we want to hear from you**Essential Duties/Principal Responsibilities**:- Drafting and negotiating a variety of corporate commercial agreements, including transactional and long-term supply of goods and services, distribution agreements, customer agreements, and NDAs in both English and Spanish- Providing day-to-day advice and counsel on a broad range of legal matters across the Americas region- **Minimum Qualifications: Education, Experience, Skills, Abilities, License/Certification**:- J.D. from top accredited law school with a minimum of 3 years of relevant commercial contracting and corporate legal experience.-**:- A minimum of 3 years of previous experience, including in LATAM and the US, developing, negotiating, and managing contracts from inception to closure in a complex transactional setting, including in-house experience.- Ability to proactively identify and offer creative and pragmatic business-oriented solutions/alternatives to legal and business risks during review and contract negotiations for successful deals while protecting the company.- Initiative, excellent judgment, and ability to work independently on matters that range from minor to more significant and/or complex.- Ability to concurrently manage multiple projects and clients and meet deadlines.- Strong interpersonal, analytical, problem solving, organizational, drafting, negotiation and communication skills.- Collaborates and works effectively across departments/orgs to achieve business goals.- Strong level of emotional intelligence, able to easily connect with different interfaces.- Detail oriented and able to meet deadlines in a multi-task, fast-paced environment.- Continuous Improvement: helps identify and implement continuous improvement activities.- Trustworthy, straightforward and hands-on.- Absolute integrity and work ethics, respect of people.Flexibility to travel 15-25%**We Offer You More Than Just “A Job”**- **Professional Development -** To advance the capabilities of our people, we offer a wide variety of experiences to support our employees’ professional growth and continuous learning.- **Total Rewards -** We offer comprehensive programs for compensation, benefits, recognition, learning and development, work-life integration and corporate citizenship.- **Watermark** - Watermark is our corporate social responsibility program working to provide education and access to safe water to ensure healthy lives, gender equality, and resilient communities. Employees have the opportunity to learn and volunteer on various water-related projects.- **Employee Networks** - Our Employee Networks provide a professional, supportive network for employees from diverse backgrounds, including Women’s, LGBT+ and Allies, Veteran’s, People of Color and Allies, Hispanic Origin & Latin Affinity, Emerging Leaders, and Working Parents Networks.**Physical Demands/Work Environment**:- (The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those an employee encounters and must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)_- Work is generally conducted in an office environment.- Regularly required moved around in an office environment.- Frequently required to communicate orally.- Ability to use hands and fingers dexterously to operate office equipment.- Vision abilities required by this job include close vision.- Employee use of personal protective equipment (PPE) may be required in certain situations.- Employee must comply with all local regulations and published Company work rules as well as written instructions.- Office or Remote Work- Standard for salaried employees with ability to manage some variation in work demands day to day and month to month.- 15% - 25%- Xylem is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected