Job Description

At Lockheed Martin, we apply our passion for purposeful innovation to keep people safe and solve the world\'s most complex challenges.

Mission-Focused Innovation: From aerospace to outer space to cyber space, you can solve the world\'s most complex challenges for our customers.

Foundational Values: Our culture of performance excellence, ethics, teamwork and inclusion is embedded in everything we do.

Diverse Career Opportunities with Meaningful Work: Grow your career and skills for life. Our technology-driven learning platforms and programs enable your development and agility.

Your Health, Your Wealth, Your Life: Our flexible schedules, competitive pay and comprehensive benefits enable you to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work.

Empowered to Be Your Best: Use your strengths to make a difference in the lives of one another, our customers, our communities and our planet.

Commitment to Sustainability: We foster innovation, integrity and security to preserve the environment, strengthen diverse communities and propel growth.

Here, the possibilities are endless because we offer:
Flexible Schedules, dependent on role
Levels: Student, Entry, Mid, Senior, Management
Locations: Nationwide & OCONUS Positions

Benefits
HEALTHCARE

Medical, Dental and Vision coverage is available for employees who opt-in.

401(K)/RETIREMENT PLANS

Our 401(k) plan features generous matching and company contributions.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

We support our employees through mentoring, internal & external educational programs, networking, skills enhancement and career-building programs.

MATERNITY AND PATERNITY LEAVE

Our generous parental leave policies support your journey into parenthood. When you return to work, our facilities offer mother\'s rooms to support your transition and work/life balance.

PAID TIME OFF

We offer PTO, paid holidays and paid time off for jury duty and military obligations.

FLEX-TIME

Depending on the position, we offer flexible work schedules.

Job Responsibilities

General Attorney Sr Staff - Supply Chain

Stratford, Connecticut

JOB ID: 618029BR
Date posted: Apr. 22, 2023
Locations: Stratford, Connecticut

Description: At Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems, we are driven by innovation and integrity. We believe that by applying the highest standards of business ethics and visionary thinking, everything is within our reach \xe2\x80\x93 and yours as a Lockheed Martin employee. Lockheed Martin values your skills, training and education. Come and experience your future! In addition to the below, the position requires a person with proven business orientation, as well as analytical, verbal and written communication skills, a strong background in Government and commercial contracts and a demonstrated ability to work effectively with multidisciplinary teams and a strong personal and work ethic.

• Provide general legal support for all areas of Sikorsky Supply Chain, including but not limited to Sikorsky Supply Chain executive leadership, Sikorsky Subcontracts Specialist Group (SSG), all buying groups, the Sikorsky Supply Chain Compliance team, the Sikorsky Small Business team (including supporting audit and compliance related activity associated with Sikorsky\xe2\x80\x99s participation in the Comprehensive Small Business Plan Test Program).
• Continually assess, with Supply Chain Management, process improvements related to substantive matters and collaboration.
• Coordinate with Sikorsky Market Segment counsel to provide legal advice associated with supply chain issues affecting individual market segment programs, with a focus on assisting with the development of sourcing strategies to support key capture activity.
• Coordinate with Sikorsky Market Segment Counsel, Sikorsky Intellectual Property Counsel (when applicable), the SSG and individual buying groups to craft tailored flow-down clauses required to meet specific program requirements.
• Coordinate with Sikorsky Intellectual Property Counsel to provide legal advice associated with supply chain intellectual property issues, including IP issues affecting individual market segment programs, with a focus on assisting with the development and implementation of IP sourcing strategies and alternate sourcing strategies to support capture and execution activities and key development programs.
• Conduct internal investigations related to Sikorsky Supply Chain issues, and coordinate responses to Government investigations related to Sikorsky Supply Chain issues.
• Provide legal advice associated with Sikorsky\xe2\x80\x99s DFARS Purchasing System.
• Support Litigation counsel with litigation matters involving suppliers.
• Provide legal support and guidance to the Sikorsky SSG on terms and conditions negotiation and negotiation strategy, including providing reviews and approvals as required by the Lockheed Martin Acquisition Procedures (LMAP) and Commercial Acquisition Procedures (CAP).
• Provide initial Intellectual Property legal support and guidance to the Sikorsky SSG on terms and conditions negotiation and negotiation strategy with respect to the Intellectual Property provisions, including IP Indemnification and Proprietary Information terms, flagging potential flow-down requirements for review by Sikorsky Intellectual Property Counsel, including but not limited to IP ownership and licensing terms and conditions, and ensuing compliance with intellectual property requirements for the market segment programs
• Provide legal advice in relation to potential impacts of supplier mergers/acquisitions/offshoring and supplier bankruptcies.
• Serve as a legal advisor to and voting member of Sikorsky\xe2\x80\x99s Quality Council, a cross functional organization tasked with reviewing and approving root cause and corrective action analyses of quality escapes and concerns.
• Provide legal support to the Supplier Accountability Review Board
• Support review and approval of changes to standard Sikorsky Supplement and LTA baseline documents
• Support CTC (Corporate Terms Council) on review of revisions to CorpDocs
• Support teaming activity with potential suppliers in coordination with market segment counsel and other responsible functions.

Basic Qualifications:
Must have 7 years of experience as a practicing attorney supporting commercial, supplier-based and/or government contracts transactions.

Must be a motivated self-starter who can energize and collaborate with the team, take responsibility for legal projects, with proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage a high volume of work.

Desired Skills:
Previous experience as outside counsel and/or in-house counsel.

Experience with teaming agreements, international contracting and offset, financing, export control, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and aerospace or defense industry is highly desired
Clearance Level: None
Other Important Information You Should Know
Expression of Interest: By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.
Ability to Work Remotely: Part-time Remote Telework: The employee selected for this position will work part of their work schedule remotely and part of their work schedule at a designated Lockheed Martin facility. The specific weekly schedule will be discussed during the hiring process.
Work Schedules: Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.
Schedule for this Position: 4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week
Lockheed Martin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They\xe2\x80\x99re dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.

As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin\xe2\x80\x99s vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers\xe2\x80\x99 toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.
Experience Level: Experienced Professional
Business Unit: RMS
Relocation Available: Possible
Career Area: Legal
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First