Description:

About This Position:
At Henkel, you'll be part of an organization that's shaping the future through innovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trusted brands like Persil®, ‘all®, Loctite®, Snuggle®, and Schwarzkopf® and our cutting-edge technologies, you'll have countless opportunities to explore new paths and grow.

Dare to learn new skills, advance in your career and make an impact at Henkel.

What you´ll do

Significant Scope: Head attorney responsible for providing legal guidance and support to the Henkel Consumer Brands (HCB) NA business (covering laundry, homecare and consumer beauty categories), the Professional Beauty business, and the regional Procurement function
High-Level Impact: Act as the trusted legal counselor to Henkel's HCB executive leadership, work closely with the President of HCB NA advising on critical business topics and crisis management, and provide quasi-legal support in the areas of sustainability, real estate, and external associations
Critical Team Leadership: Lead a team of 16 professionals (8 attorneys and 8 paralegals) who constitute the commercial team, the patent team and the trademark team supporting the North American HCB business
Key Department Leadership: Serve on the NA Legal Leadership Team working with the NA CLO and other senior legal leaders to drive strategy and develop talent for the 48 person NA Legal Department
Broad Regional and Global Network: Collaborate with regional legal teams specializing in employment/labor, mergers and acquisitions, compliance, corporate governance, risk management, and litigation, and partner with legal colleagues throughout the world on complex, cross-border legal matters
Presence, Balanced with Flexibility: In-office presence at Henkel's Stamford, CT offices is critical due to responsibilities for team leadership, relationship building with key stakeholders, and close collaboration on highly sensitive and quickly changing matters, but the position also allows the flexibility of a 60% in office/ 40% remote hybrid schedule.

What makes you a good fit

Juris Doctor from accredited US law school; an active Connecticut state bar license or a state bar license in another state, with the ability to obtain a CT Authorized House Counsel license
12-20 years' experience providing counsel on commercial law issues at a law firm, an in-house law department, or a combination of the two, with a preference for industry experience with fast-moving consumer goods
Significant substantive expertise in a majority of the following areas: marketing and advertising law, including claim substantiation; EPA (FIFRA) and FDA product compliance; antitrust and competition compliance; privacy; commercial contracts (sales, raw materials, services, contract-manufacturing, joint development, licensing, distribution, broker, real estate, etc.); product crises and recalls; intellectual property (patents, trademarks and copyrights); mergers and acquisitions, including integration; and environmental law compliance
Must be able to develop strong business awareness and knowledge of the business's specific strategies and priorities, and provide legal guidance that is informed by both the business's strategic priorities and substantive legal requirements
Must have the credibility and integrity to build strong relationships of significant trust with senior business leaders while also having difficult discussions
Must have a solutions mindset and the ability to communicate complex legal issues in a practical manner, easily digestible by non-lawyers and always balancing risk with the importance of business goals
Must have the ability to lead, motivate, and develop people in an authentic, consistent, and credible manner and a strong record of full commitment, taking ownership, and leading by example
Must be a highly collaborative team-player with the experience, interpersonal skills, and agility to build strong relationships with individuals at different levels, in different jobs and from different cultures
Commitment to process improvement and the willingness to embrace technology solutions
Capacity to travel domestically as required (up to 10%) and rarely internationally