General Counsel, Packaging and Color – Legal Leader EMEA

Role Overview

• Serve as the legal advisor globally for X‑Rite, Pantone, and Esko, shaping legal strategy for complex hardware, software, SaaS, digital workflow, and color‑management product portfolios.
• Partner closely with OpCo Presidents and global Legal team leadership to influence strategic decisions on product development, technology commercialization, market expansion, and innovation.
• Accelerate growth in the software business by advising on product strategy, SaaS commercialization, digital workflow solutions, data and privacy readiness, and enabling legally sound expansion of Esko and Pantone/X‑Rite software offerings across global markets.
• Support M&A activity across X‑Rite, Pantone, Esko, and Europe across OpCos, including due diligence, integration planning, risk assessment, and alignment of contracting and compliance frameworks to Veralto standards.
• Support global transactions, partnerships, integrations, and initiatives that drive growth and competitive advantage for the three brands.
• Lead and Oversee OpCo commercial contracting, including negotiations with major enterprise customers, technology partners, suppliers, distributors, and strategic alliances.
• Advise data privacy, cybersecurity, product regulatory requirements, IP strategy, licensing, channel frameworks, and global go-to-market models.
• Serve as the escalation point for all legal matters across the three OpCos, ensuring consistency, disciplined risk management, and commercial clarity worldwide.
• Embed a culture of risk-aware decision-making and accountability across OpCo leadership teams and Europe stakeholders.
• Lead, manage and develop a talented group of OpCo focused legal and contracts professionals globally while driving a performance based and risk aware culture.
• Shape and influence regional legal strategy to support commercial growth, operational resilience, and regulatory readiness in EMEA markets.
• Provide thought-leadership and senior-level advisory on emerging regulatory trends and their implications for Veralto’s businesses in Europe.

Requirements

• Strong experience in SAAS, and SAAS related M&A at global technology, consumer products or global industrial company.
• Significant M&A experience preferred.
• Experience supporting corporate, commercial, or regulatory legal needs for internationally operating companies.
• A law degree qualifying the candidate to practice in an EU jurisdiction.
• Experience with cross‑border commercial contracting or regulatory matters.
• Ability to translate legal risks into clear, actionable business guidance.
• Strong communication and stakeholder partnership skills in a global, matrixed environment.
• Experience with software, digital, manufacturing, or technology‑driven companies.
• Background supporting multiple business units or product lines within a matrixed legal function preferred.
• Familiarity with global regulatory and compliance frameworks relevant to technology, data, and manufacturing.
• Experience building scalable legal processes or systems across regions.
• Multilingual capabilities supporting EU‑based and global work preferred but not required. English is the primary language for the role.

Tech Stack

• Cyber Security

Benefits

• Unsolicited Assistance: We do not accept unsolicited assistance from any headhunters or recruitment firms for any of our job openings. All resumes or profiles submitted by search firms to any employee at any of the Veralto companies , in any form without a valid, signed search agreement in place for the specific position, approved by Talent Acquisition, will be deemed the sole property of Veralto and its companies. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Veralto and its companies because of the unsolicited referral.