Director & Senior Counsel Commercial

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?

Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Matter.

As the lead for legal activities for the company across the region, business units and sub-function areas in the country and/or across multiple countries, you identify business needs and design, develop and drive the implementation of Mondelēz International ’s legal strategy through the service delivery model and governance to support commercial and corporate initiatives. You lead and advise the business on risk, anticipating and addressing internal and external factors, direct other legal colleagues in the execution of our legal approach, and decide the direction to take to address legal issues or concerns. In addition, you are also a leader and expert in a legal specialty area of responsibility or are a region or business unit lead; lead, review and revamp legal teams in a continuously changing environment; and ensure the availability of new technologies, systems and services in the strategy framework.

How You Will Contribute

You will lead in setting and implementing legal strategies that enable Mondelēz International to compete and to protect our people, assets and reputation while complying with legal requirements and standards of ethical conduct. In addition to these contributions, you will also lead the legal team in providing legal services to the company at an optimal cost considering internal and external resources, technologies and systems; provide legal guidance to ensure managers make informed decisions regarding legal operational risks; manage the legal strategy with outside counsel, including spending without compromising financial and reputational risk; address the complex legal environment by partnering with business units, regions and global stakeholders to identify and advise on laws and regulatory changes for a given country and/or across multiple countries identifying risks and opportunities for the company.

What You Will Bring

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career with experience and knowledge in:

• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated leadership skills and experience navigating and presenting at all levels of organization
• Significant legal experience, ideally in a large matrixed multinational company
• Strong analytical, strategic vision, decision-making, and problem-solving skills
• Highest level of integrity and trust; highly credible and willing to express
• Significant experience assessing, advising on risk, advising/coaching and dispute resolution in a multinational company
• Resourcefulness, including relevant new technologies and systems

Qualifications & Skills

• At least six (6) years of experience practicing law at a major law firm, in-house, and/or agency.
• Resourcefulness, including relevant new technologies and systems.
• Gravitas and excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated leadership skills and experience navigating and presenting at all levels of the Company.
• Juris Doctor with strong academic credentials from a nationally recognized law school.
• Significant legal experience and ability to successfully navigate in various situations.
• Strong client counseling, antitrust/competition law, and advertising/food law experience required.
• Licensed to practice law in New Jersey or eligible to become licensed as in-house counsel in New Jersey.
• Strong analytical, strategic vision, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to work with others and manage multiple time sensitive matters in a demanding, fast-paced, and large matrixed and multinational company.
• Consumer Packaged Goods industry experience preferred.
• Excellent organizational, project management, and technological skills to maintain complex records and systems.
• Highest level of integrity and trust.

No Relocation support available

Business Unit Summary

The United States is the largest market in the Mondelēz International family with a significant employee and manufacturing footprint. Here, we produce our well-loved household favorites to provide our consumers with the right snack, at the right moment, made the right way. We have corporate offices, sales, manufacturing and distribution locations throughout the U.S. to ensure our iconic brands—including Oreo and Chips Ahoy! cookies, Ritz, Wheat Thins and Triscuit crackers, and Swedish Fish and Sour Patch Kids confectionery products —are close at hand for our consumers across the country.

Mondelēz Global LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact 847-943-5460 for assistance.

Job Type

Regular

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