Senior Counsel Contracts

If you are a Senior Counsel Contracts professional looking for an opportunity to grow your career, this role offers the chance to provide sales and procurement-related Contract Services to all Business Units across ANZ and Korea. In this role, you will support complex commercial transactions, provide practical legal guidance, and partner with business stakeholders to help manage risk while enabling business growth.

If this sounds like a perfect fit for you, apply now and join our team in Mandaluyong City, Philippines!

In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:

• Review, draft, and negotiate agreements and transaction documents in compliance with applicable policies and legal and ethical standards, including responding to customers RFPs/RFQs, vendor qualification documents, and contractual requests.
• Draft and negotiate contractual language with customers to appropriately reflect the business interests and policies of the parties involved.
• Serve as Contracts Lead for complex international and multi-Business Unit project contracts, as well as complex framework agreements (multi-BU and world areas).
• Act as Global Contracts Lead for Global Strategic Accounts.
• Develop and communicate creative solutions and mitigation strategies to key negotiation points.
• Provide guidance during the approval process, helping business owners make informed decisions and obtain appropriate approvals while assessing business, financial, and legal risks.
• Collaborate with customers, legal team members, and other Emerson stakeholders to bring deals to closure, while providing contract-related guidance and training to Sales, Project Management, and other stakeholders.
• Conduct legal research, provide legal advice and interpretation of legal matters, research information on agreements and contractual programs, and coordinate with outside counsel on routine matters.

Who You Are:

You analyze multiple and diverse sources of information to define problems accurately before moving to solutions. You are self-motivated and always act with integrity. You build and deliver solutions that meet customer expectations.

For This Role, You Will Need:

• Law degree
• 7+ years of work experience in a contracts-related role.
• Licensed to practice law, qualification in, or knowledge of, any other jurisdictions in scope and/or other civil/common law legal systems would be a definite advantage.
• Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.

Preferred Qualifications That Set You Apart:

• Comprehensive knowledge of Contract law & principles is a plus.
• Excellent negotiation skills
• Additional language proficiency is a plus
• Korean Language Proficiency is a plus

Our Culture & Commitment to You:

At Emerson, we prioritize a workplace where every employee is valued, respected, and empowered to grow. We foster an environment that encourages innovation, collaboration, and diverse perspectives—because we know that great ideas come from great teams. Our commitment to ongoing career development and growing an inclusive culture ensures you have the support to thrive. Whether through mentorship, training, or leadership opportunities, we invest in your success so you can make a lasting impact. We believe diverse teams, working together are key to driving growth and delivering business results.

We recognize the importance of employee wellbeing. We prioritize providing competitive benefits plans, a variety of medical insurance plans, Employee Assistance Program, employee resource groups, recognition, and much more. Our culture offers flexible time off plans, including paid parental leave (maternal and paternal), vacation, and holiday leave.

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