Senior Corporate Counsel, Commercial

The Senior Corporate Counsel, Commercial serves as a senior legal advisor for complex corporate and commercial matters across the global business. This role provides strategic, risk-balanced counsel on innovative workforce solutions, global insurance programs, vendor agreements, data privacy and AI governance, franchising, and mergers, acquisitions and divestitures. The role is accountable for legal judgment, negotiation strategy, risk escalation, and senior stakeholder guidance, while dedicated paralegal support handles routine intake, coordination, tracking, document management, and reporting activities.

Provide Legal Oversight for Innovative Workforce Solutions Framework

• Serve as senior legal advisor for IWSF matters, including legal interpretation, risk escalation, and guidance on complex or higher-risk submissions.

• Advise local teams on contract terms, negotiation strategy, and risk mitigation to reduce MPG contractual liability.

• Advise global and local business leaders on material risk acceptance decisions.

Provide Legal Oversight and Strategic Counsel for Global Insurance Programs

• Lead legal strategy for global corporate and fiduciary insurance programs, including program design, coverage strategy, renewal priorities, and material risk matters.

• Advise on significant claims, coverage disputes, premium considerations, and risk allocation issues requiring legal judgment.

• Manage external counsel, insurers, brokers, and advisors on complex or escalated insurance matters.

• Serve as officer and director of MPG Captive insurance company, as applicable.

Advise on Contract Negotiation and License Disputes Related to Vendor Agreements

• Provide legal strategy and senior-level support to NA and Global Sourcing teams on complex vendor contracts and enterprise-risk matters.

• Review, negotiate, and advise on material legal terms in vendor agreements, including software/license, liability, indemnity, data, and dispute provisions.

• Advise business leaders on contractual risks, mitigation options, escalation points, and negotiation positions.

• Manage outside counsel where necessary for large vendor agreements, audits, and disputes.

Advise on Data Privacy and AI Act Compliance

• Provide legal advice on data privacy and AI matters requiring interpretation, governance judgment, risk assessment, or escalation.

• Partner with internal teams to develop appropriate governance and safeguards that balance regulatory requirements, enterprise risk, and business objectives.

• Represent Legal on senior governance forums, including the Global Data Privacy Steering Board, as appropriate.

Provide Legal Counsel for Global Franchising Activity

• Provide strategic legal guidance across jurisdictions on global franchise agreements, regulatory obligations, and material compliance issues.

• Advise business leaders on complex franchise obligations, risk issues, and escalation matters.

Lead Legal Review of M&A and Divestitures

• Provide legal advice on transaction strategy, NDAs, deal risk, due diligence findings, and legal issues arising in potential M&A or divestiture activity.

• Lead legal workstreams for global transactions, escalating material issues and directing internal or external counsel as needed.

• Legal Judgment and Risk Leadership: Provides practical, risk-balanced legal guidance on complex matters while delegating routine administration and coordination to paralegal support.

• Stakeholder Influence: Builds trusted relationships with senior leaders and cross-functional partners to resolve complex commercial, regulatory, and operational issues.

• Global Collaboration: Works effectively across jurisdictions, local legal teams, and business functions to deliver consistent, business-oriented legal support.

• External Partner Management: Manages outside counsel, insurers, brokers, and other advisors on complex or escalated matters.

• Ability to partner effectively with Finance, Sales, Marketing, IT, Sourcing, local country legal counsel, and senior business leaders.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate complex legal issues into clear business guidance.

• Strong contract drafting, negotiation, issue-spotting, dispute resolution, and risk escalation skills.

• High degree of accuracy, discretion, confidentiality, and professional judgment.

• Able to direct paralegal support effectively while retaining accountability for legal judgment and advice.

Required Experience & Skills

• J.D. or equivalent legal qualification with admission to practice law in at least one relevant jurisdiction.

• Significant legal experience advising on complex corporate, commercial, contracting, and risk management matters in a global environment.

• Demonstrated experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating vendor agreements, software/license terms, sourcing contracts, and related disputes.

• Working knowledge of data privacy, AI governance, franchising, corporate insurance, and M&A/divestiture support.

• Strong business acumen, executive communication skills, sound judgment, and ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders across jurisdictions.

Nice to Haves

• Experience advising on global insurance program design, renewals, claims, and coverage matters.

• Familiarity with franchising regulations and cross-border franchise agreements.

• Prior experience supporting M&A, divestitures, due diligence, or transaction integration.

• Working knowledge of emerging AI regulation, data privacy frameworks, and global technology contracting.

• Experience managing outside counsel, insurers, brokers, or other external advisors.

• Prior in-house legal experience in a global, matrixed, publicly traded company.

ManpowerGroup is proud to be an equal opportunity affirmative action workplace. We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing an inclusive environment for all employees. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, citizenship, marital status, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), age, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, political ideology, ancestry, the presence of any physical, sensory, or mental disabilities, or other legally protected status.

A strong commitment is made by each employee and is necessary to ensure equal employment opportunity for all. ManpowerGroup is an inclusive workplace that will recruit, hire, train, and promote persons of all job titles, and ensure all other personnel actions are administered without regard to non-merit-based characteristics of individuals.

Reasonable accommodation during the interview process can be provided. Contact [email protected] for assistance.

Job: Legal

Organization: ManpowerGroup

Title: Senior Corporate Counsel, Commercial

Location: WI-Milwaukee

Requisition ID: 0034843