Assistant General Counsel

About the job 

Imagine yourself… 

Doing meaningful work that makes an everyday impact on the world around you. 

Growing your expertise and expanding your skillset with every matter you lead. 

Owning your ambition and fueling your career growth. 

It's all possible with a role at Videojet, a Veralto company. You have likely purchased or used a product touched by Videojet Technologies this week—after all, Videojet is a world leader in the product identification market, providing in-line printing, coding and marking products, consumables, and software solutions. Videojet's technologies play a critical role in ensuring the safety and authenticity of products sold across the globe in the food, beverage, pharmaceutical, and industrial marketplaces. As Assistant General Counsel, you'll provide the legal foundation that keeps Videojet and its affiliated Product Quality businesses moving with confidence, speed, and integrity—and along the way, you'll have opportunities to make your mark on our business and your career with ongoing opportunities to deepen your skillset and pursue your ambitions. 

At Veralto, our unifying purpose of Safeguarding the World's Most Vital Resources™ is more than words: it's a proven path towards positive change, improvement for our planet, and development for yourself. When you join Veralto's vibrant global network of 13 operating companies and 17,000 associates, you join a culture where purpose meets possibility: where your work has an everyday impact on the resources and essentials people rely on, and where you have opportunities to deepen your skillset, pursue your ambitions, and grow your career. 

We offer: 

• Medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) with company match starting Day 1 

• Comprehensive onboarding and professional development programs 

• Ongoing professional development and career growth opportunities 

• Paid parental leave 

• Employee Assistance Program (legal, financial, and counseling resources) 

• PTO 

• Health benefits 

• 401(k) 

We’re seeking an Assistant General Counsel to serve as a senior, hands-on legal leader for Videojet and affiliated Product Quality businesses. This role will own a broad portfolio of legal counseling, strategy, risk management, and process improvement across multiple business units, while partnering directly with senior commercial, operational, and functional leaders. 

This is not a narrow advisory role. The successful candidate will both set strategy and do the work—providing practical legal guidance, managing complex matters, improving legal processes, and helping the business move with speed, confidence, and integrity. The role offers meaningful leadership responsibility today, with runway to grow as the Water Quality legal function continues to scale across Veralto’s global platform. This position reports to Veralto’s Vice President and General Counsel, Marking and Coding Businesses, and will require periodic time at Videojet’s headquarters in Wood Dale, Illinois. 

The essential requirements of the job include: 

• J.D. from an accredited law school and active U.S. state bar membership in good standing 

• Minimum of 10 years of experience as a practicing attorney 

• Demonstrated experience providing in-house legal counsel across multiple practice areas, including contracts, litigation, labor and employment, and regulatory compliance 

• Proven ability to manage outside counsel and handle complex, multi-jurisdictional legal matters 

• Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, and open innovation transactions from due diligence through close 

• Strong business acumen and the ability to quickly learn business drivers and translate legal risk into practical, actionable guidance 

• Flexibility to occasionally accommodate other time zones as part of our global legal setup 

• Willingness to travel occasionally as business needs require (estimated 10-15%) 

• Unquestioned integrity and commitment to the highest standards of ethical conduct 

Preferred Qualifications 

These are nice-to-have skills that will set candidates apart: 

• Experience in the marking and coding or industrial manufacturing industries 

• Experience in regulated industries 

• Familiarity with anticorruption program design and implementation, including the FCPA, UK Bribery Act, or equivalent frameworks 

• Background in labor and employment law across multiple jurisdictions, including the EU and Latin America 

• Experience working in a global, matrixed corporate legal environment 

Knowledge & Skills 

• Senior-level judgment with the willingness to be hands-on in day-to-day legal work 

• Strong business acumen and ability to translate legal risk into clear, practical guidance 

• Ability to build trust with senior leaders and influence across a matrixed organization 

• Comfort operating in a fast-paced, high-demand environment with shifting priorities 

• Continuous improvement mindset, with a focus on scalable processes and better ways of working 

• Collaborative, inclusive working style grounded in integrity, respect, and accountability 

Educational & Experience Requirements 

Strong academic credentials required. A mix of law firm and in-house corporate legal department experience is preferred. Candidates should have substantive experience across corporate and commercial legal matters, including drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts; competition law; compliance; and related business counseling. Experience with software legal matters is preferred. Fluency in spoken and written English is required. 

What Makes This Opportunity Great 

• A visible senior legal role with direct partnership to business and functional leaders 

• Broad legal scope with exposure to commercial, regulatory, compliance, litigation, employment, M&A, and innovation matters 

• Meaningful hands-on ownership of important work, with the opportunity to shape how legal support scales across the Product Quality and Innovation segment 

• A role with runway: the business is growing, the legal function is evolving, and this position offers room to expand its impact over time 

• Purpose-driven work supporting Videojet’s mission to help safeguard the world’s most valuable resources for people around the world 

Videojet is proud to be part of the Product Quality & Innovation segment of Veralto (NYSE: VLTO), a $5B global leader dedicated to ensuring access to clean water, safe food and medicine, and trusted essential goods. When you join Veralto's vibrant global network of 17,000 associates, you join a unique culture and work environment where purpose meets possibility: where the work you do has an everyday impact on the resources and essentials we all rely on, and where you'll have valuable opportunities to deepen your skillset, pursue your ambitions, and grow your career. Together, we're Safeguarding the World's Most Vital Resources™—and building rewarding careers along the way.