Senior Principal Legal Counsel
Enterprise-wide authority
Career Explorer · Legal, Compliance & Corporate Affairs · Commercial Counsel
Standard where business need supports the level
What the role involves
- Autonomy
- Leads highly consequential ambiguous domains
- Scope
- Multiple business units / global platforms
- Time horizon
- Multi-year
- Expertise and judgement
- Anticipates industry shifts; resolves novel problems; develops other experts
- Expected impact
- Creates durable enterprise advantage or risk reduction
Expected skills (22)
Grouped as human, professional and technical. Target proficiency uses the P1–P5 scale, and each row says what that level means for that particular skill.
Human (11)
| Skill | Importance | Target | What that level looks like |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accountability Personal Effectiveness | Core | P5 | Defines enterprise or industry practice, develops other experts and shapes strategy through the skill. |
| Active listening Communication & Influence | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Collaboration Collaboration & Leadership | Core | P5 | Defines enterprise or industry practice, develops other experts and shapes strategy through the skill. |
| Critical thinking Thinking & Judgment | Core | P5 | Defines enterprise or industry practice, develops other experts and shapes strategy through the skill. |
| Customer empathy Personal Effectiveness | Core | P5 | Defines enterprise or industry practice, develops other experts and shapes strategy through the skill. |
| Learning agility Thinking & Judgment | Core | P5 | Defines enterprise or industry practice, develops other experts and shapes strategy through the skill. |
| Ownership Personal Effectiveness | Core | P5 | Defines enterprise or industry practice, develops other experts and shapes strategy through the skill. |
| Problem solving Thinking & Judgment | Core | P5 | Defines enterprise or industry practice, develops other experts and shapes strategy through the skill. |
| Verbal communication Communication & Influence | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Written communication Communication & Influence | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Stakeholder management Communication & Influence | Supporting | P5 | Defines enterprise or industry practice, develops other experts and shapes strategy through the skill. |
Professional (11)
| Skill | Importance | Target | What that level looks like |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business acumen Business & Strategy | Core | P5 | Defines enterprise or industry practice, develops other experts and shapes strategy through the skill. |
| Commercial contracting Legal, Compliance & Policy | Core | P5 | Defines enterprise or industry practice, develops other experts and shapes strategy through the skill. |
| Corporate governance Legal, Compliance & Policy | Supporting | P5 | Defines enterprise or industry practice, develops other experts and shapes strategy through the skill. |
| Ethics and compliance Legal, Compliance & Policy | Supporting | P5 | Defines enterprise or industry practice, develops other experts and shapes strategy through the skill. |
| Internal investigations Legal, Compliance & Policy | Supporting | P5 | Defines enterprise or industry practice, develops other experts and shapes strategy through the skill. |
| Legal operations Legal, Compliance & Policy | Supporting | P5 | Defines enterprise or industry practice, develops other experts and shapes strategy through the skill. |
| Public policy Legal, Compliance & Policy | Supporting | P5 | Defines enterprise or industry practice, develops other experts and shapes strategy through the skill. |
| Records management Legal, Compliance & Policy | Supporting | P5 | Defines enterprise or industry practice, develops other experts and shapes strategy through the skill. |
| Regulatory analysis Legal, Compliance & Policy | Supporting | P5 | Defines enterprise or industry practice, develops other experts and shapes strategy through the skill. |
| Risk assessment Program, Risk & Sustainability | Supporting | P5 | Defines enterprise or industry practice, develops other experts and shapes strategy through the skill. |
| Technology transactions Legal, Compliance & Policy | Supporting | P5 | Defines enterprise or industry practice, develops other experts and shapes strategy through the skill. |
Career ladder
Reached from
Next steps
This is the last level on this ladder. Specialization continues; the level does not.
What changes to advance
Move from enterprise authority to company/industry authority; establish new paradigms and visibly shape company-wide direction.
Source: CLOC · JF0303-IC6