Position: Legal Counsel, Senior Manager

Reports To: Assistant Legal Counsel

Department: Legal

Location: White Plains, NY

 

About the Role: Senior Manager, Legal Counsel will report to Heineken USA’s Senior Director, Assistant General Counsel and will be responsible for managing various complex commercial legal initiatives across all aspects of the company.

 

As a member of the Legal Team, our expectation is that this person will embody Heineken USA’s organizational “Must Have Culture,” which means leading through candor, challenging the status quo, and being decisive, while delivering legal support and strategic guidance to HUSA’s various business units.

 

About our department: Heineken USA Legal is responsible for developing and leading corporate strategic and tactical legal and compliance initiatives. The department supports innovation and business growth, manages company risk, and delivers value with a direct impact on critical decisions.

 

Key Responsibilities:

• Draft, review, and provide appropriate legal advice regarding commercial contracts involving sponsorships, agencies, promotional partners, consultants, suppliers, and vendors
• Deliver advice and provide strategic support to Sales team including state and federal alcohol laws for beer, wine and spirits and the three-tier system
• Review and approve marketing and sales programs and materials, including both traditional and digital advertising
• Advise on alcohol product labeling and packaging claims and related alcohol laws and regulations
• Proactively identify and address new and complex issues facing the business in a highly regulated market, including both financial and reputational risks
• Deliver accurate, creative, timely, and user-friendly legal advice and training in a fast-paced, competitive environment
• Work closely with all business units to address ongoing legal needs

 

Required Qualifications:
 

• 2+ years’ experience, including experience with a leading law firm or in-house legal department
• Applicants must have a JD degree from an ABA-accredited law school in the U.S. and admission to a U.S. state bar with an active license and compliance with requirements for in-house practice in the State of New York
• Applicants should have strong experience in contract review, drafting, and negotiation
• Demonstrated ability to master wide ranging fields of law and apply them in complex problem solving in support of business and to communicate critical information in an effective manner
• Demonstrated ability to think entrepreneurially and move quickly, while managing legal risk
• Highly collaborative team player
• Ability to travel when necessary

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• [i]Regulatory compliance experience
• Marketing and advertising law experience

 

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