VP and Assistant General Counsel Retail Energy

What You Can Expect

ENGIE North America’s Assistant General Counsel – Retail (AGC – Retail) will manage the legal affairs associated with ENGIE Resources LLC and its subsidiaries, which operate ENGIE’s commercial and industrial retail power and gas sales business in the United States (“ENGIE’s US Retail Business”).

As part of the legal team in the North America region (United States and Canada), the AGC – Retail, based in Houston, TX will report to the Chief Legal and Ethics Officer, North America (the “North America CLO”) with a matrixed relationship to the executive leading ENGIE’s US Retail Business and the Global Business Unit attorney managing retail.

Daily you will manage the legal affairs of ENGIE’s US Retail Business, including contract negotiations, compliance, risk management and litigation management. You will provide legal and strategic guidance as part of the leadership team for ENGIE’s US Retail Business, ensuring compliance with a complex and ever-evolving legal and regulatory framework that governs the retail power industry in the United States. You will manage a team of attorneys and legal professionals focused on ENGIE’s US Retail Business. You will develop a network of reliable external legal advisors, and coordinate and manage these relationships with outside counsel, monitoring and controlling legal spend ensuring cost-effective legal support.

What You’ll Bring

- You will have earned a Juris Doctorate from an ABA accredited law school

- You must be licensed to practice law in at least one state in the United States with retail electricity choice (Notable Examples: Texas, New York, Massachusetts)

- You Must have at least ten (10) years’ of combined legal experience across the described areas set forth above

- You will have at least five (5) years of experience in a major corporation in a major corporate legal department

- You will have prior energy industry experience with a company focusing on retail power sales

- You are experienced at planning and organizing legal work to meet individual, team and business line objectives while achieving quality and value

- You will have flexibility to handle additional responsibilities as defined at the request of the North America CLO or the executive leading ENGIE’s US Retail Business

Essential Physical Abilities

- Ability to meet highest attendance requirements

- You have native proficiency in English with the ability to communicate and present; verbally, digitally, and in writing

- Ability to handle multiple assignments on a timely basis with a high degree of accuracy.

Additional Details

- This role is eligible for our hybrid work policy

- Must be available to travel domestically up to 10% of the time with the need for some overnight trips

- Must possess a valid U.S. driver’s license/clean driving record

- Must be willing and able to comply with all ENGIE ethics and safety policies

- Work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is not exposed to weather conditions

- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate

Compensation

Salary Range: $227,000.00 – $347,990.00 USD annually

This represents the average expected pay range for a qualified candidate.

ENGIE complies with all federal, state, and local minimum wage laws. Actual salary offered may vary depending on geography, experience, education, internal pay alignment, or other bona fide factors.

In addition to base pay, this position is eligible for a competitive bonus / incentive plan.

Your Talent Acquisition Partner can share more specific information regarding the benefits or the salary for the position based on the work location.

At ENGIE, we take your well-being seriously. Our comprehensive benefits package includes options for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, employer-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance, ESPP, generous paid time off including wellness days, holidays and leave programs. We also help you plan for retirement by offering a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with a company match. But that's not all – we're dedicated to the health and happiness of your entire family, offering supplemental benefits for full time employees that enhance emotional and physical well-being through all stages of life from family forming to caregiver benefits. Explore our benefits package to see how we can support you. Learn more.

Why ENGIE?

ENGIE North America isn’t just participating in the Zero-Carbon Transition, we’re leading it! Join us as we develop energy that is renewable, efficient, and accessible to everyone.

ENGIE is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace, and we are firmly committed to creating an inclusive workplace for all employees. We are committed to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.

If you need assistance with this application or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at ENGIENA-ENGIEHR@engie.com. This email address is reserved for individuals with disabilities in need of assistance and is not a means of inquiry regarding positions or application status.

We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this role at any time.

The safety of our employees is our number one priority. All employees at ENGIE have both a duty and the authority to STOP WORK if unsafe acts are observed.

Business Unit: T&G

Division: T&G NORTHAM - Regional Hub

Legal Entity: ENGIE North America Inc.

Professional Experience: Skilled ( >3 experience <15 years)

Education Level: Other

Why this matters to us

Our organisation is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We offer reasonable accommodations upon request for individuals with disabilities.