Benefits:

The below list features some of the benefits currently available. Eligibility may be subject to the terms and conditions of governing documents and available benefits may be subject to change at the company’s discretion.

• Choice of medical plans with prescription coverage

• Employer HSA contribution

• Dental & Vision Insurance

• Paid Parental Leave

• Short & Long-Term Disability

• Other voluntary benefits including: Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Identity Theft Protection and Pet Insurance

• 401K with generous Company match & contribution

• Accrued Paid Time Off

• 12 Paid Holidays + 1 Floating Holiday

• Robust employee wellness program

• Tuition assistance program

Job Description:

Primary Purpose of Role:

As Corporate Counsel – Global Trademarks and Brand Enforcement, you will support Allison’s Global Marketing, Brand, and Aftermarket Sales & Service functions, related to trademarks, copyright, domain names, brand enforcement and licensing.

You will manage outside counsel to protect Allison’s trademark rights.  You will collaborate with Allison’s business functions and other colleagues in Allison’s Legal department regarding trademark registration, licensing, clearance, and counselling, as well as other intellectual property matters.

In this role, you will be required to utilize your strategic business insight, as much as your legal knowledge, in collaborating with business leadership and functional organizations to meet business objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide legal leadership and support to Allison’s Global Marketing, Brand, and Aftermarket Sales & Service functions.
• Advise Marketing organization throughout all phases of trademark selection and implementation, marketing and digital content compliance, and advise business leaders on legal risks.
• Manage outside counsel in the preparation, prosecution, and renewal of trademark registrations around the world.
• Handle trademark and brand enforcement matters in collaboration with outside counsel.
• Draft and negotiate trademark and related license agreements.
• Assist with analysis and advice regarding pre-litigation trademark and brand enforcement matters.
• Assist in the preparation of various legal training courses for the Marketing and Brand functions.
• Ensure appropriate internal reporting within the Legal team, and respective business partners, exercising good judgment on what is material to the audience.
• Support the business with a variety of commercial transactions as needed, including M&A efforts and integration.
• Adapt easily to new circumstances and take on other duties as assigned.

Key Performance Measures:

• Does the employee actively partner with the Marketing and Brand teams to proactively assess risk and develop plans to mitigate potential adverse outcomes, as well as look for practical ways to add value and efficiency to the processes?
• Does the employee timely and accurately provide technically sound, practical and actionable legal advice to internal stakeholders?
• Is the employee reducing legal exposure, risk, and outside spend related to the matters for which the individual is responsible?
• Does the employee proactively engage with colleagues and leadership within the Legal team to assess areas for process improvement and advocate for the adoption of measures that could improve the function?

Competencies and Behaviors:

• Highest Standards in Everything We Do:
  • Steadfastly pushes self and others for results, learning quickly and adapting and learning from mistakes.
  • Acts with honesty and transparency, surfacing issues and solutions to senior management.
• Drives a Positive Customer Experience
  • Establishes and maintains effective relationships with internal stakeholders.
  • Can solve problems and be candid with internal stakeholders.
• Improves the Way the World Works
  • Can be decisive and act when the total picture is not clear.
  • Able to bring others and self through change and demonstrates agility of thinking.
• Leveraging the Power of Teamwork
  • Can influence others, diffuse tensions and build constructive, compassionate relationships.
• Fosters and models teamwork, relates well to all kinds of people and is an approachable rapport builder.

Qualifications:

• Experience providing legal support to a global marketing and brand organization, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
• Well-developed legal, analytical, and problem-solving skills with the ability to adapt, taking on new roles and comfort learning new areas of the law.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills, with ability to communicate information effectively to non-lawyers at all levels of a business.
• Highly motivated self-starter.
• Detail oriented.
• Skill in establishing and maintaining effective relationships with key stakeholders.
• Able to exercise initiative, judgment, discretion and decision-making to achieve organizational objectives and elevate matters to Legal leadership at appropriate time.

Experience:

• 6+ years of trademark and intellectual property legal experience in law firm and in-house settings.
• Strong experience with trademark preparation and prosecution and portfolio management.
• Strong experience with trademark licensing and related commercial transactions.
• Possess a Juris Doctor Degree
• Active license to practice law in at least one state with no pending discipline or complaints and the ability to obtain a license to practice law in Indiana.
• Registration to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office is a plus but not required.

Scope Factors

• A successful candidate will increase Allison’s internal legal skillset and reduce reliance on outside support, both domestically and abroad, while at the same time safeguarding Allison’s trademark rights and reducing the company’s overall liability risk profile.
• The successful candidate will be required to work with upper management, both domestic and global, on sensitive and complicated legal matters.

• Geographic Coverage: Domestic U.S. and International.
• Budget Managed: Outside legal spend for trademark and brand enforcement matters.
• Customer/Internal Stakeholder Interface: Upper management and functional; Domestic U.S. and International.
• Complexity of Legal Area: the role requires specialized skills and experience with trademark preparation and prosecution, brand enforcement, and licensing matters.