JBS USA Careers

Corporate Counsel – Corporate/Transactional

An hour north of Denver and ideally situated between Boulder, Fort Collins, and Greeley, JBS is the largest company headquartered in Colorado and one of the largest food companies in the world. We are seeking a motivated and proactive attorney to join our legal team, with a focus on corporate and transactional legal support with the intellectual curiosity and agility to handle a wide variety of complex legal matters involving varied business units and operations.

The Corporate Counsel will play a key role in supporting the company’s legal needs related to commercial transactions and contract drafting, review and negotiation. This is a dynamic role that requires both legal expertise and business acumen to drive our strategic objectives. You will solve complex problems and work closely at times with external counsel, providing business insight and strategic input while ensuring efficient utilization of external law firms. As an advisor to the business, you will stay apprised of all relevant developments in relevant laws, regulations, and trends, and will train relevant stakeholders accordingly. You will frequently collaborate with teams across the Company to support business goals and ensure compliance with legal requirements. Additionally, you will stretch your skillset by frequently assisting with the wide range of legal matters facing a complex global organization.

Responsibilities:

• Draft, review, negotiate, and advise on a broad range of commercial agreements, including customer sales agreements, product supply agreements, distribution arrangements, vendor contracts, services agreements, logistics and warehousing agreements, licensing arrangements, and confidentiality agreements.
• Serve as a strategic legal partner to commercial, sales, procurement, operations, and business leadership teams by providing practical, risk-based advice that supports business objectives while protecting company interests.
• Provide legal support for marketing, advertising, promotional campaigns, consumer-facing materials, social media initiatives, sweepstakes, contests, and other brand-related activities, ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
• Support the company's trademark, branding, and intellectual property portfolio, including trademark clearance, registration, maintenance, enforcement, licensing, and protection of brand assets.
• Advise stakeholders on a wide variety of operational matters, including product claims, customer disputes, supply chain issues, vendor relationships, pricing and promotional strategies, consumer protection requirements, and regulatory compliance.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to identify legal risks, develop practical solutions, and implement processes that facilitate efficient business operations and commercial growth.
• Assist with the implementation and continuous improvement of the company's Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) platform, including workflow design, template development, playbook creation, process optimization, reporting, and end-user training.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance contract templates, negotiation playbooks, policies, training materials, and other legal resources designed to improve consistency, efficiency, and risk management across the organization.
• Support the Legal Department's broader initiatives to improve legal operations, knowledge management, technology adoption, process automation, and service delivery to internal clients.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• J.D. degree from an accredited U.S. law school with a strong academic record.
• Minimum 5-7 years experience.
• Law firm experience preferred.
• Admission to a U.S. bar (Colorado preferred but not required).
• Excellent strategic and analytical skills, strong communication and presentation skills, and the ability to work well independently and on a team.
• Excellent judgment, particularly in determining the significance of legal matters in tandem with business objectives.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including diplomacy and flexibility, and the ability to interface effectively with personnel at all levels throughout the Company.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor communications to the specific intended audience in a way that is clear, concise, and persuasive.
• Ability to embody and project both confidence and humility.
• Can perform the functions of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation
• As a salaried position with the company, you may be required to travel at some point to other facilities, to attend Company events, or as a representative of the Company in other situations. Unless otherwise specified in this posting, the amount of travel may vary and the most qualified candidate must be willing and able to travel as business needs dictate.

The applicant who fills this position will be eligible for the following compensation and benefits:

• Benefits: Vision, Medical, and Dental coverage begin after 60 days of employment;
• Paid Time Off: sick leave, vacation, and 6 company observed holidays;
• 401(k): company match begins after the first year of service and follows the company vesting schedule;
• Base salary range of $140,000 - $165,000;
• Incentive Pay: This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s annual bonus plan, the amount of bonus varies and is subject to the standard terms and conditions of the incentive program; and
• Career Development: Our company is dedicated to supporting professional growth by offering continuous learning opportunities and a focus on career growth through various learning and development programs.

The posted salary range represents the Company’s good faith estimate of the compensation that the Company reasonably expects to pay for this role at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be determined based on factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, skills, qualifications, tenure, internal equity, market data, and may vary accordingly.

This position does not have an application deadline. We will continue to recruit until the position has been filled. 

The Company is dedicated to ensuring a safe and secure environment for our team members and visitors. To assist in achieving that goal, we conduct drug, alcohol, and background checks for all new team members post-offer and prior to the start of employment. The Immigration Reform and Control Act requires that verification of employment eligibility be documented for all new employees by the end of the third day of work.

About us: JBS USA is a leading global food company providing diversified, high-quality products to customers in approximately 100 countries on six continents. Our team members and facilities in the United States allow us to offer a diverse portfolio of fresh, value added and branded beef, pork, chicken and prepared foods products. JBS USA is also the majority shareholder of Pilgrim’s, the largest poultry company in the world. JBS USA employs more than 72,000 team members in 31 United States and Canada. Our corporate office is located in beautiful Greeley, Colorado, where our 1,200 team members onsite enjoy more than 300 days of sunshine a year.

Our mission: To be the best in all that we do, completely focused on our business, ensuring the best products and services to our customers, a relationship of trust with our suppliers, profitability for our shareholders and the opportunity of a better future for all of our team members.

Our core values are: Availability, Determination, Discipline, Humility, Ownership, Simplicity, Sincerity

EOE, including disability/vets

Unsolicited Assistance: JBS and its companies do not accept unsolicited assistance from any recruitment vendors for any of our open jobs. All resumes or candidate profiles submitted by recruitment vendors or headhunters to any employee at JBS and its companies or via the applicant tracking system, in any form without a valid written request and search agreement previously approved by HR, will be solely owned by JBS and its companies. No fees will be paid should the candidate be hired by JBS and its companies because of an unsolicited referral.