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Major Projects Legal Director
Arcadis
Lead legal strategy for high-risk, cross-border infrastructure projects
8d ago
$218,000 - $330,000
Expert & Leadership (13+ years)
Full Time
Phoenix, AZ
Office Full-Time
Company Size
36,000 Employees
Service Specialisms
Consulting
Engineering
Architecture
Project Management
Design
Technical Services
Construction Services
Urban Planning
Sector Specialisms
Infrastructure
Water
Environment
Buildings
Transport
Utilities
Role
What you would be doing
legal strategy
risk management
contract negotiation
governance alignment
template development
procurement advisory
- Contribute legal expertise to internal governance, approvals, and project risk reviews.
- Institutionalize legal best practices in areas of expertise through playbooks, templates, and knowledge-sharing.
- Set and oversee legal risk thresholds for major project delivery.
- Use project data and legal insights to inform strategy, identify trends, and improve decision-making and commercial outcomes.
- Lead high-stakes negotiations on client contracts, consortium agreements, and partnering structures where needed.
- Provide training and coaching to legal and commercial teams in areas of expertise to build capability and alignment to risk appetite.
- Lead the legal strategy for Arcadis’ portfolio of major projects which include large-scale, complex, or strategically significant projects and programs - typically exceeding €20 million in revenue, involving substantial risk, and requiring extensive global collaboration across sectors such as rail, road, aviation, buildings, water, and energy.
- Advise on procurement models (e.g. D&B, PDB, PPP, Alliancing), JV arrangements, and risk allocation.
- Align project governance with corporate risk appetite, standards, and commercial priorities.
- Review and develop bespoke terms, deviation strategies, and negotiation frameworks.
- Act as legal lead in global Major Project governance forums and project reviews.
- Provide strategic input on disputes and claims where appropriate.
- Ensure contractual positions are commercially sound and aligned to enterprise legal risk appetite and reward outcomes.
- Coordinate global business area legal directors and local legal teams to maintain consistent legal positioning across jurisdictions.
What you bring
15+ years
law degree
us license
fidic
nec
ppp
- Strategic thinker with deep expertise in major, cross-border infrastructure projects in rail, road, buildings, aviation, water and energy.
- Extensive experience advising in infrastructure, construction, or engineering sectors.
- Trusted strategic business partner to commercial, project, and legal leaders; brings clarity in high-stakes environments.
- Demonstrated autonomy in leading complex matters with high commercial and reputational stakes.
- Minimum 15 years’ post-qualification experience, ideally including both top-tier law firm training and senior in-house roles. If you have the capabilities and mindset to succeed, we encourage you to apply - regardless of years of practice.
- Embed legal insight early in project pursuit and structuring, partnering with commercial, technical, and legal leaders.
- Strong interpersonal skills and cultural fluency; able to work across time zones with stakeholders in North America, Australia, and Central Europe.
- Deep knowledge of alternative delivery models (e.g. Alliance, Progressive D&B, PPP) and international contracting.
- Comfortable operating under pressure and in the spotlight; resilient, pragmatic, and steady.
- Skilled at navigating matrixed environments and leading through influence.
- Commercially focused; understands when to push and when to partner to get the right outcome.
- Strong drafting and negotiation skills across a range of alternative delivery models and international standard construction contracts (e.g. FIDIC, NEC, JCT).
- Law degree and license to practice in a common law jurisdiction (US strongly preferred); must be US-based with valid work authorisation.
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Company
Overview
1888
Year Founded
The company was established in the Netherlands with a focus on reclaiming wetlands.
30+ Countries
Global Presence
Operates in over 30 countries worldwide, showcasing its extensive international reach.
€5B
2023 Revenue
Achieved €5 billion in gross revenues, reflecting strong financial performance and strategic growth.
- Evolved into a global design, engineering and consultancy powerhouse.
- Excels in major infrastructure, water management, urban building, transport and industrial manufacturing projects worldwide.
- Recent standout assignments include flood defences in New York, the Sydney Metro, and sustainable legacy planning for the Paris Olympics.
- Structured around core business areas—Places, Mobility, Resilience and Intelligence—backed by digital centres of excellence.
- Notable for blending data-driven tools with traditional consulting to optimise asset lifecycles and smart infrastructure.
- People First
- Collaboration
- Client Success
- Integrity
- Sustainability
Net-Zero by 2035
GHG Emissions Target
Commitment to achieving net-zero across the entire value chain.
70% Reduction
GHG Emissions Target
Aiming for a 70% reduction in absolute scope 1 and market-based scope 2 GHG emissions by 2026, measured from a 2019 baseline.
58% GHG Reduction
Emissions Progress
Achieved a 58% reduction in scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by end-2023 compared to 2019 levels.
100% Renewable Energy
Energy Consumption
Purchases renewable electricity certificates to cover all office and work-from-home energy use.
- Transition of company fleet to EVs by 2030 (currently 26–35% by late 2024)
- 50% reduction in air travel emissions by 2025 (currently ~29%)
- 35% reduction in business travel emissions by 2025 (already at ~37%)
- Joined supply-chain emissions platform in 2023 to capture supplier scope 3 data
>40% Female Workforce
Gender Diversity Goal
Targets over 40% of workforce to be female by the end of 2026, reflecting a strong commitment to gender balance.
Top 25% eNPS
Employee Satisfaction Ranking
Aims to remain in the top 25% of the professional services sector for employee satisfaction, as measured by eNPS scores.
- Continues to develop people through Skills Powered Organisation and Energy Transition Academy
- GEC recruitment drive and increased focus on global roles to support diverse career paths
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