VP/Chief Marketing Counsel, NA Division

No Relocation Assistance Offered
# 156608 - New York, New York, United States

Who We Are
Colgate-Palmolive Company is a caring, innovative growth company that is reimagining a healthier future for all people, their pets and our planet. Focused on Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition, we sell our products in more than 200 countries and territories under brands such as Colgate, Palmolive, elmex, hello, meridol, Sorriso, Tom’s of Maine, EltaMD, Filorga, Irish Spring, PCA SKIN, Protex, Sanex, Softsoap, Speed Stick, Ajax, Axion, Fabuloso, Soupline and Suavitel, as well as Hill’s Pet Nutrition.

We are recognized for our leadership and innovation in promoting sustainability and community wellbeing, including our achievements in decreasing plastic waste and promoting recyclability, saving water, conserving natural resources and improving children’s oral health.

If you want to work for a company that lives by their values, then give your career a reason to smile and join our global team!
 

This position will have direct responsibility for all global Legal-Marketing matters within the North America Division, working closely with Marketing, Innovation, R&D, Regulatory and other functions, to support Colgate US, Colgate Canada, Tom’s of Maine, and Colgate Oral Pharmaceuticals businesses, on all aspects of product innovation, product development, claims generation and substantiation, sustainability claims and strategy, global strategy and execution plans. The position will also cover advice and management of ad hoc projects as part of the marketing legal speciality of Colgate-Palmolive’s Global Legal Organization (GLO). The position will lead two Marketing lawyers and two Legal Assistants, and work in close collaboration with lawyers in Colgate-Palmolive’s Global Legal Organization.  

 

 

Provide legal counsel on Marketing-Legal matters, including:

• Partnering with Marketing and R&D on strategy for NA product development, marketing claims generation, substantiation, and execution. 

• Leveraging strong partnerships with Marketing and R&D to play a critical role in rolling out products and claims for assigned categories.

• Ensuring legal compliance of NA marketing work with applicable company standards and approaches.

• Assisting in setting substantiation approaches for desired marketing claims.

• Supporting advertising challenges.

• Developing and leading  training initiatives on legal issues in Marketing, including with agencies.

• Participating in bi-weekly Marketing Specialty calls. Supporting on developing, executing, and training on marketing-related efficiency/process improvements (e.g., Veeva and Visual Copy Sheets) and streamlining review processes for lower risk areas. 

Leading to create an inclusive environment for direct reports by, among other things:

• Listening with empathy

• Recognizing progress

• Providing Clarity

 

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

 

 

J.D. and 13+ years of experience in corporate legal environment, law firm, or other business environments specializing in Marketing Law.  Admission to NY Bar.

 

Expected Areas of Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Business acumen and understanding of marketing legal issues, including claims, their support and potential for legal and business risk with understanding of regulatory framework.

• Have strong commercial competence and be comfortable taking commercial decisions and working closely with senior commercial, marketing and creative leads. 

• Excellent verbal and written communication abilities.

• Ability to work independently and collaborate with all levels of the business and legal organization

• Ethics and integrity with ability to balance business relationships with independent legal review and advice                             

• Strong leadership, collaboration and problem solving skills

• Strong time management and task prioritization skills with the ability to multi-task

• Good analytical/quantitative skills

• Ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment in order to resolve