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Legal Director, NA

City: Parsippany

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Legal

Step into the world of our Legal and Compliance Function and prepare to be challenged and stretched with a combination of impact, innovation, and excellence. Our Legal team is at the forefront of shaping the corporate landscape and redefining the boundaries of what is possible. We go beyond the traditional realms of a legal and compliance function. Transforming ourselves into strategic partners who help drive business growth, mitigating risks, and championing ethical and sustainable practices. Every day, our team deliver on groundbreaking transactions and navigate complex regulatory landscapes that help our organisation make a positive societal impact. Join us, and you'll be collaborating towards shared goals, solving complex challenges, and leaving an enduring legacy.

About the role

At Reckitt, we're looking for a Legal Director who will become a core member of our Regional Leadership Team. In this strategic position, you'll advance our business goals while upholding the highest legal standards. You will be influential in fostering cohesive partnerships across different functions, becoming the cornerstone of legal expertise in our fast-paced environment. If you're ready to play a central role in managing complex legal and compliance matters and driving forward-thinking legal strategies, we invite you to help us shape the future of our dynamic company.

Your responsibilities

• Provide general legal advice/counseling, contract review/negotiation services, and litigation management.
• Provide commercial advertising review.
• Employment law, privacy law and anti-trust law experience a plus.
• Soft intellectual property law (trademark, copyright) experience a plus.
• Experience of multinational compliance programmes.
• Leading a team of 1 lawyer and 1 paralegal.
• Membership of both the Essential Home North America leadership team and the Essential Home Global Legal leadership team.

The experience we're looking for

• An experienced executive and credible leader who can motivate their team and be a strategic business partner that fosters the development of a business-friendly, solutions-driven legal function.
• You will be an action oriented, performance-focused person, who enjoys autonomy, can navigate ambiguity, can operate in a cross-functional, matrixed organization, and interface with a diverse and international employee population.
• Other requirements for this position include:
• Law degree and minimum of 10 years’ experience with a major corporation in a relevant industry.
• Experience in commercial transactions in the consumer products industry.
• Admitted to a State Bar in good standing in one or more jurisdictions in the U.S. Early training at a major law firm is preferred.
• Quick thinking, with the ability to communicate effectively with internal and external senior management, solving problems on a real-time basis.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Demonstrated negotiation skills.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Strong desire to learn the business and function smoothly as part of an interdisciplinary team.
• Strong team management and influencing skills.
• Hands-on orientation, ability to function with a minimum of administrative support.

The skills for success

Integrity, Corporate Governance, Compliance Management, Solutions Focused, Excellent Communication Skills, Risk management, Intellectual property, Patents, Commercial contracts, Marketing, Teamwork, Fact-based Decision Making, Ability to manage and prioritize workload, Continuous Improvement Mindset, Legal Services, Process Optimisation.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.

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