SOUTH AMERICA ESG REGULATORY COUNSEL

South America Esg Regulatory Counsel - We bring power to our homes, schools, hospitals, and factories. Join us and work with fantastic people, while learning and developing yourself on projects that have a real impact to our communities and society. Bring your passion, bring your energy, and be part of a global team that appreciates a simple truth: Diversity + Collaboration = Great Innovation. ****General Information**:Hitachi Energy offers power and automation products, systems and service solutions across the generation, transmission and distribution value chain - enabling a stronger, smarter and greener power grid. We are seeking an ESG Regulatory & Product Material Compliance Counsel responsible for the South America region to be based in Brazil who will be a member of our Global Competency Center in our business function Legal and Integrity. This role will report to the Head of L&I Regulatory Affairs. **Your Responsibilities**:- Support corporate ESG & Product Regulatory Compliance roadmap. - Monitor, interpret and advise on ESG and Product Material Compliance related regulations in the Region impacting the Hitachi Energy, including opportunities and risks. - Translate legal requirements into company, business, and product impact; develop effective compliance and implementation strategies including adequate risk management. - Align local or regional approaches with global processes and requirements, ensure consistent, and efficient implementation throughout Business Units and Functions. - Guide and coordinate legal correspondence with officials, customers, suppliers, and other stakeholders across Hitachi Energys organization. - Build and maintain work-relationship with regulatory bodies in governments and administration to further boost Hitachi Energys compliance activities. - Support the establishment of new or improvement of existing compliance processes. - Proactively identify and lead compliance related issues and challenges, head internal investigations and lead Hitachi Energys legal position. - Ensure the implementation of corporate regulations and standards in the Region, monitor execution. - Develop and provide education to all stakeholders, create effective ways for visible knowledge sharing throughout the company. - Living core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business. **Your Background**:- Legal degree from an accredited law school; bar admission desirable, experience with ESG regulations with focus on environmental regulations. - Workable knowledge in Chemistry, Materials or Engineering a great plus. - Excellent communication skill on all managerial and executive levels in a complex matrix organization- Ability to work and report remotely, open minded and dynamic attitude to changes; intercultural sensitivity. - Experience in project and external resource Management- Pro-active, self-driven personality, creative thinker, hands-on and problem-solving mentality to challenge "status quo"- Willingness to develop the role and scope considering evolving regulatory environment- Local language, fluent English, other languages an asset- Willingness to travel (10-20%)- #LI-Hybrid_