Senior Counsel, Alaska
ConocoPhillips
- Location
- Anchorage, AK
- Employment
- Full Time
- Work model
- On-Site
- Level
- Senior
- H-1B history
- 3 approvals (FY2023)
- Posted
- Sep 21, 2026
About this role
Welcome to ConocoPhillips, where innovation and excellence create a platform for opportunity and growth. Come realize your full potential here.
Who We Are
We are one of the world’s largest independent exploration and production companies, based on proved reserves and production of liquids and natural gas. With operations and activities in 13 countries, we explore for, develop, and produce crude oil and natural gas globally. We are challenged with an important job to safely find and deliver energy to the world. Our employees are critical to our success, and with them we power civilization. We’re grounded by our SPIRIT Values – safety, people, integrity, responsibility, innovation, and teamwork. These values position us to deliver strong performance in a dynamic business – but not at all costs. We believe it’s not just what we do – it’s how we do it – that sets us apart. Fostering an Inclusive Work Environment To deliver superior performance, we create an environment that respects the contributions and differences of every individual. Wherever possible, we use these differences to drive competitive business advantage, personal growth and, ultimately, create business success.
Job Summary
The Alaska segment primarily explores for, produces, transports and markets crude oil, natural gas and NGLs. We are the largest crude oil producer in Alaska and have major ownership interests in the Prudhoe Bay, Kuparuk and Western North Slope asset areas. Additionally, we are one of Alaska’s largest owners of state, federal and fee exploration leases, with approximately one million net undeveloped acres at year-end 2025. Alaska operations contributed 12 percent of our consolidated liquids production and one percent of our consolidated natural gas production. In 2025, net crude oil production for Alaska averaged 199 MBOED.
Position
Overview We are seeking candidates for a Senior Legal Counsel role to join our Legal team in Alaska. Your responsibilities may include: Provide legal advice and, when necessary, manage outside legal services, on various operational and transactional matters in Alaska, including administrative law, commercial, regulatory, contractual, disputes, and strategic planning issues that may affect the Company, especially in relation to exploration, production, development, environmental, and regulatory matters Draft, review and negotiate legal agreements involving current operations, regulatory compliance, and new business opportunities Collaborate with senior management and various operations personnel including project and asset teams Represent the Company in external contacts with other parties including industry organizations, asset co-owners, agencies, and outside counsel as required Success Profile: Thinks Strategically: Analyzes stakeholder needs, global, political, and market trends to understand how they shape the future and impact business results Demonstrates Financial/Quantitative Acumen : Understands how key financial and quantitative indicators impact the business Communicates Effectively: Listens actively and invites new ideas for shared understanding, then influences and acts to drive positive performance and achieve results Makes Decisions: Builds effective solutions based on available information and makes timely decisions that are safe and ethical Partners Collaboratively: Builds positive relationships based on trust and seeks collaboration across organizational boundaries to achieve goal Basic Requirements: Legally authorized to work in the United States J.D. degree from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association Licensed to practice law in the United States 7 or more years of direct experience in oil and gas law Preferred Requirements: 10 or more years of direct experience in oil and gas law 3 or more years of experience with Alaska state law or federal law relevant to the upstream oil and gas industry 3 or more years of experience in practice before