Director, Senior Counsel Commercial

Job Description

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Reporting directly to the Chief Counsel – Commercial, the Senior Counsel will provide solution-oriented legal advice to Mondelez’s commercial marketing, digital commerce, and sales teams.  
 

Additionally, the Senior Counsel will: (a) serve as the lead business counsel for key Bars, Biscuit and/or Confectionery categories in the US Commercial (Marketing, Sales & Digital Commerce) organization, and one of the attorneys for Nutrition/Regulatory and Quality-related matters for the US Business Unit; (b) partner with the Global Impact and Sustainability Team, the North American Scientific & Regulatory Affairs Committee, the Marketing Leadership Team, and the North American  Nutrition Strategy & Communications and Regulatory and Quality organizations; and (c) serve on the Core US Special Situations Management Team (SSMT). 

 
Specific responsibilities of the Senior Counsel include, but are not limited to: 

• Being a commercial legal advisor providing legal thought leadership with an "art of the possible" mindset to support Mondelēz International’s US Business Unit on its growth journey. 

• Providing sound legal advice to the commercial marketing and digital commerce teams and supporting functions. 

• Championing a culture of compliance through advice, communication, role modelling, and training, including implementation of Company policies and their interpretation.  

• Partnering with management and the Commercial team to keep them abreast of significant decisions, legislation, and governmental regulatory rulings that may affect the Company’s regulatory, food law, marketing, and advertising policies and practices. 

• Designing and delivering training modules for the Commercial team covering a range of topics from advertising, food and marketing law. 

• Providing legal support on traditional and digital marketing and media strategies including social media, e-commerce, social commerce, influencer strategies, and compliance. 

• Partnering with marketing, research and development, nutrition, and regulatory in developing and reviewing claims and claims support for products. 

• Reviewing product advertising, promotional, public relations, packaging, product labeling, co-marketing programs, trade advertising, social media, and general marketing materials. 

• Negotiating agreements, including licensing, joint promotions, sponsorship agreements, strategic partnership, joint venture, supply agreements, talent agreements, services agreements, and customer/broker agreements. 

• Providing advice on FDA-related matters, including GRAS notifications, Bioterrorism Act compliance, plant inspections, FSMA requirements, OTC drugs, and NLR requirements. 

• Managing and providing counsel and guidance regarding pre-litigation marketing and manufacturing disputes; initiating and defending advertising law challenges. 

• Providing back-up support to Chief Counsel – Canada as needed on Canadian-specific marketing matters. 

Qualifications & skills 

• Juris Doctor with strong academic credentials from a nationally recognized law school. 

• Licensed to practice law in New Jersey or eligible to become licensed as in-house counsel in New Jersey.  

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