General Counsel, Electric Thermal Solutions

General Counsel, Electric Thermal Solutions

Composed of Chromalox, Durex Industries, Vulcanic, and Thermocoax businesses, Electrical Thermal Solutions (ETS), part of Spirax Group, creates electrical process heating and temperature management solutions, including industrial heaters and systems, heat tracing, and a range of component technologies.

At Chromalox, we build advanced thermal technologies for the world's most challenging industrial heating applications.

Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, we got our start with an innovative solution 100 years ago when a self-taught engineer invented the first metal-sheathed resistance heating element. It was this then-advanced thermal technology that launched an entire industry.

We excel in industries that have high expectations. We are acknowledged as experts at delivering solutions that exceed specifications, limit risk, and reduce operating costs.

Join us as we continue to provide solutions to our customers and the world!

Department: Electric Thermal Solutions Business
Reports To: GGC & CoSec (solid line) and MD ETS Business (dotted line)
Location: US based (East Coast [specify location] with occasional presence at UK HQ (Cheltenham) and international travel

Role Purpose:
The General Counsel (GC), Electric Thermal Solutions (ETS), is the senior legal leader for the ETS Business Unit within the Spirax Group. Operating with significant autonomy, the GC defines and leads the legal strategy in alignment with ETS's Together for Growth strategy. This is a forward-facing role requiring the ability to lead through a team of legal professionals and recognized subject matter experts, ensuring legal performance delivery, change readiness, and risk alignment across all facets of ETS.

As a report (dotted line) to the ETS Managing Director, and a key member of the ETS Executive Leadership Team, the GC plays a critical leadership role in delivering the business's strategic objectives, with functional accountability to the Group General Counsel.

This position is directly accountable for the performance of the ETS Legal Function, overseeing a small team of legal professionals, embedding a proactive risk culture, and championing legal transformation through digitalization and efficiency-focused service delivery. The role holder will also be Chief Compliance Officer for the business.

Strategic Accountability:

• Define and lead the long-term legal functional strategy for ETS, ensuring alignment with the BU's strategic roadmap and future business model.
  
• Own the performance and delivery of legal support across ETS, with accountability for outcomes rather than shared advisory input alone.
  
• Act as the primary legal voice in ETS strategic decision-making, M&A strategy, supply chain management, and business risk management.
  
• Lead cross-functional initiatives that integrate legal innovation into commercial, regulatory, and technology programs.

Leadership & People Management:

• Lead a team of 2+ legal professionals based in the US and in Europe, empowering and developing contract specialists.
  
• Build leadership succession, subject matter expertise, and team capability through coaching, mentoring, and structured development.
  
• Lead through other leaders-ensuring the legal team acts as a strategic enabler for change.

Your Responsibilities:

Legal Strategy and Planning

• Set ETS's legal and compliance priorities, with annual plans aligned to growth, efficiency and regulatory goals.
• Drive change-readiness through legal service models, contract lifecycle innovation, and digital transformation.
  

Commercial Legal Oversight

• Direct responsibility for complex commercial transactions, with delegated authority to regional counsel.
• Embed balanced risk appetite in customer/supplier engagement, joint ventures, and technology collaborations.
  
• Collaborate closely with other members of the ETS Executive Leadership to align legal strategy with commercial objectives, ensuring legal frameworks support scalable and sustainable growth.
  
• Partner with other key stakeholders to optimise contracting process and value creation.
  

Governance & Regulatory Compliance

• Maintain oversight of legal entity management in 30+ jurisdictions.
  
• Chief Compliance Officer, responsible for compliance programmes in ETS including ensuring integrity in relevant internal controls and adherence to global and local regulations including anti-bribery frameworks.
  
• Ensuring effectiveness of whistleblowing arrangements across ETS.
  Litigation & Dispute Strategy
  
• Set strategy for global claims, litigation and dispute resolution.
  
• Use data and root-cause analytics to reduce recurring legal exposures.
  M&A and Growth Support
  
• Lead legal structuring and due diligence for M&A, divestments and cross-border investment.
  
• Act as legal sponsor for growth and business model innovation programmes.
  Digital Legal Transformation
  
• Champion the deployment of contract management, legal automation and compliance tracking tools.
  
• Improve service scalability and quality through technology-led solutions.
  

Stakeholder Engagement

• Serve as a trusted advisor to ETS leadership, senior management team in particular divisional directors, influencing decisions through legal insight.
  
• Engage externally with regulators, trade bodies, and law firms on behalf of the business.

Requirements:

• Law degree and admission to practice in a recognized jurisdiction.
  
• Minimum 10+ years' PQE, with experience leading legal functions in industrial, process or B2B manufacturing sectors and/or large decentralized global businesses.
  
• Proven record of strategic legal leadership, M&A execution, and embedding legal risk frameworks.
  
• Experience in building high-performing international teams and scaling legal services through digital means.

Key Competencies and Attributes

• Strategic Leadership: Drives vision, sets direction, and ensures execution through others.
• Business Acumen: Understands commercial levers and aligns legal outcomes with P&L impact.
  
• Change Leadership: Navigates ambiguity and leads legal change initiatives with confidence.
  
• Digital Fluency: Experienced in selecting and deploying legal tech to improve performance.
  
• Communication: Influences at senior levels; builds trust through clarity and integrity.
  
• Cultural Agility: Operates effectively across global teams and multiple legal systems.

Additional Requirements

• Willingness to travel internationally.
  
• Strong commitment to Spirax Group values and sustainable growth agenda.
  
• Resilient, self-directed and collaborative.

Note: This specification reflects the scope, impact, and strategic nature of the General Counsel role within ETS. It is subject to refinement in line with evolving business priorities.

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