TYLin
Vice President, Deputy General Counsel - Major Projects
🇺🇸Denver, Colorado, United StatesRemote available4 days ago
$300K – $340KExecutiveFull Time
TYLin is a globally recognized, full-service infrastructure consulting firm committed to providing innovative, cost-effective, constructible designs for the global infrastructure market. With over 3,000 employees throughout the Americas, Asia, and Europe, the firm provides support on projects of varying size and complexity. Together, we enhance conventional designs with smarter, more resilient systems. We provide people with better mobility. We steward precious resources by finding more sustainable solutions.
Why This Role?
Works on some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects in North America on an immediate basis and multi-nationally over time.
Be a trusted advisor at the highest levels of the business.
Influences strategic decisions that will grow our alternative delivery practice in a sustainable, resilient, and risk-aware way.
Shape how we approach risk, partnership, and commercial strategy for alternative and complex-delivery projects.
Build internal and external relationships that directly impact winning and delivering projects.
Join a growing team of legal, compliance, and risk professionals who support our three leading business brands and regions, as part of a global network of legal professionals in our parent organization, the Sidara Collaborative.
Opportunity to create a path to broader legal leadership over time
Key Responsibilities
Lead high-stakes negotiations for complex and/or alternative delivery project contracts (DB, PDB, DBFOM, PPP, IPD, and collaborative contracting models), focusing initially on projects located in our largest region, North America.
Partners with company leaders, pursuit teams, and joint venture partners to structure alternative delivery deals aligned with our commercial and risk appetite that win and perform.
Provide end-to-end legal guidance for the full project pursuit lifecycle—from bid/no-bid decisions to teaming agreements, proposals, interviews, contract finalization, project delivery, and claims resolution.
Support claims avoidance, mitigation, and resolution strategies for complex projects, working collaboratively with project teams, external counsel, and other members of the Company’s global Legal, Compliance, and Risk (LCR) team, as needed.
Develop and maintain contract templates, negotiation playbooks, and best-practice guidance documents for complex project contracts, to streamline project delivery across business lines and regions.
Partner with General Counsel to define our contract negotiating strategy for complex contracts and major projects representing some of the highest risk and highest reward project opportunities.
Shapes and advances enterprise governance and risk culture for complex projects.
Works collaborative with and provides thought leadership and mentorship to regional attorneys of the Company working on complex contracts and alternative delivery projects. Build, lead, and mentor a dedicated legal team specializing in complex projects over time.
Monitor emerging legal, regulatory, and industry trends relevant to collaborative and alternative project delivery models; update stakeholders and influence strategy accordingly.
Represent the legal function in client-facing settings, strategic partnerships, and industry events, strengthening TYLin’s leadership profile in the alternative delivery space.
Collaborate with global legal, risk, and compliance team members to ensure consistency in contracting practices and enterprise-wide risk governance.
Opportunities for Growth
For the right candidate, this position offers:
Broader leadership in the legal function, supporting corporate initiatives related to project delivery, joint ventures, and enterprise risk management.
Strategic involvement in global insurance programs, risk policies, and large-scale contract negotiations outside of North America.
The opportunity to build TYLin’s legal capabilities around emerging delivery models such as Progressive DB, Alliance Contracting, and CM/GC.
Qualifications
Juris Doctor (JD) or Bachelor of Laws (LLB); active bar membership in a U.S. State or Canadian Province.
Minimum of 15 years’ legal experience with a strong focus on major infrastructure or capital project delivery, including at least 7 years supporting alternative delivery methods.
Demonstrated expertise in negotiating, drafting, and advising on complex contracts for projects in North America using alternative or complex delivery methods such as P3, DB, DBFOM, joint venture, and concession arrangement. Expertise in cross-border contracting is highly desirable.
In-depth understanding of risk allocation, bonding/insurance structures, performance security, and subcontractor relationships under various delivery models.
Business-oriented legal mindset with the ability to balance commercial opportunity and contractual risk.
Exceptional communication skills and the ability to lead through influence and support senior executives, technical leaders, and external partners.
Experience coordinating or managing outside counsel.
Ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-paced, matrixed, and collaborative global environment.
Willingness to travel domestically and internationally, as required.
TYLin is committed to pay equity. As part of that commitment, we have provided the base compensation range of $300k - $340k annually for this position and local market. We recognize that each candidate brings a unique set of skills, experience, education and competencies to the table that will be reflected in our offer. TYLin is proud to offer exciting career development opportunities.
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TYLin offers a comprehensive total rewards package. Our benefits may include extensive medical, disability and life insurance coverage, continuing education benefits, paid time off, employee assistance program and a retirement savings plan with company matching contributions.
We encourage all candidates to explore our total rewards offering.
Collaboration, mission-driven focus, discipline, and leadership skills developed through military service benefit us all. Whether you are a Veteran, Guardsman or Reservist, a Military Spouse or you are planning to transition to civilian life in the near future, we welcome and value your application.
TYLin is an equal opportunity employer, and we prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type as protected by federal, provincial, state or local laws. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. The company and its employees are required to comply with all local health authority, legal or lawful client requirements.
