Are you looking for a next step or a kick-start to your legal career in global business environment?

We are looking for a Vice President, Legal, Automation Solutions and Flow Control. In this position, you will report to the EVP, Legal, General Counsel, and be a member of the Automation Solutions and Flow Control Leadership Teams as well as Legal Leadership Team. The position is located in Tikkurila, Vantaa, Finland.

This role includes a wide range of different responsibilities, for example:

• Ensuring compliance with relevant local and regional laws and regulations

• Ensuring adherence with Company and BA specific policies and guidelines

• Mitigating legal risks within the BA through proactive risk management strategies and legal advice

• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts and agreements to protect BA’s interests, act as sparring partner to BA’s across all legal matters specific to BA

• Managing legal disputes, including litigation, arbitration, and mediation, in coordination with external counsel as needed

• Advising respective BA Leadership Teams on a variety of legal issues

• Providing training and guidance to BA employees on legal and compliance matters

• Maintaining proper corporate interactions with relevant stakeholder groups, incl. governmental bodies and legislatures

• Conducting research and staying updated on legal trends and developments relevant to the BA’s operations

• Drafting and negotiating agent and distribution agreements

• Recruiting, mentoring, and developing a high-performing team, fostering a culture of excellence, psychological safety, and continuous improvement

To succeed in this role, you will need:

• A Master’s Degree in Law

• At least 8 years of work experience in a global company or law firm working in a business-to-business environment; work experience in pulp and paper or oil and gas industry is an asset

• Comprehensive knowledge of corporate law, contract law, and regulatory compliance, with familiarity in industry-specific regulations for highly engineered products

• Demonstrate strong presence as business partner towards the management and not be afraid to voice opinions and make recommendations for the business

• Strong analytical and negotiation skills, and team working mindset

• Proven track record in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex contracts and agreements, managing legal disputes, and leading high-performing legal team

• Fluent written and spoken English skills

• Good cross organization cooperation and communication

• Capability to work in a high stress environment

• Demonstrable and sustained excellent performance and leadership

• Readiness and ability to travel

We offer:

• An opportunity to gain work experience in a crown jewel of the Finnish export industry

• A variety of work assignments and a multidisciplinary team to go with them

• A truly global network of colleagues

Additional information:
If this sounds like a challenge you’d like to meet, and you match most of the requirements above, please complete your application via the link provided by November 23, 2025.

For more information about this position please call Rasmus Oksala, EVP, Legal, General Counsel +358 40 586 8997, on November 10 between 14:30-15:30 or November 13 between 10:30-11:30.

We review applications during the application period, and the position will be filled as soon as a suitable candidate is found. In our recruitment process we use a variety of selection methods, e.g. video screening, personality questionnaires, ability tests and interviews.

We encourage our employees to a healthier lifestyle by being a Smoke-free Workplace.

When everything works together 

Valmet is where the best talent from a wide variety of backgrounds comes together. With over 19,000 professionals around the world, we are the leading global developer and supplier of technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries, and serve an even wider base of process industries with our automation systems and flow control solutions. Our commitment to moving our customers’ performance forward requires creativity, technological innovations, service know-how – and above all, teamwork.