Counsel, Wellbeing

ABOUT UNILEVER

With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world. 

At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our, collaborative, and flexible working environment. Our organizational ambition centers around creating workplaces that foster equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging across all aspects of our business. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

We are Wellbeing, an exciting division within Unilever built with a start-up mindset!  We have welcomed a fantastic selection of companies to the Unilever family including OLLY, Liquid I.V., SmartyPants, Welly, Onnit and Nutrafol. Each of these companies has a fantastic variety of benefit-led products, with strong innovation and growth potential.

Our mission, with our science-backed and disruptive portfolio, is to improve the health and wellbeing of millions of consumers and become a leading Wellbeing organisation.

JOB PURPOSE

Find your purpose at Unilever. You will lead innovations, big and small, that will make our business win and grow. You will learn from brilliant business leaders and colleagues in a truly global and diverse culture to ultimately become a better you.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

As Counsel, Wellbeing, you will become part of our team of trusted business legal advisors to the high growth Wellbeing division in North America.  This will require having a service mindset and the ability to manage a broad range of legal matters that arise within the Global Business Unit.  As a legal generalist, you will have a unique role as an agile in-house expert serving 6 Operating Companies with broad responsibilities ranging from marketing and advertising law, FDA/FTC compliance, data privacy, e-commerce, international expansion, litigation support, corporate governance, government affairs, and more.  This is an exceptional opportunity for a highly commercially astute and experienced, purpose driven lawyer.  You may often be the first point of contact for the Wellbeing business with regard to all things legal and you will also coordinate closely with your North America Unilever colleagues to tackle problems and come up with creative, business-friendly solutions.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Identify risks and counsel the Wellbeing Global Business Unit in NA across a broad range of legal areas, including advertising claims and communications, intellectual property, e-commerce, quality & regulatory, M&A, data privacy, and more.
• Advise on compliance and legal issues related to dietary supplements, conventional foods, medical devices, personal care  products, OTC drug products, and more for the US and rest of world in collaboration with global colleagues.
• Conduct trainings for Wellbeing in areas such as claims and marketing contracts, e-commerce-related issues, and more.
• Draft guidance documents and policies for NA to align with Unilever’s vision and business objectives, partnering with relevant colleagues to enable innovation.
• Closely monitor trends and anticipating local U.S. policies and regulations in partnership with other Wellbeing cross-functional teams.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align on business strategy and advocacy opportunities.
• Drive development in your expertise area across the North America legal team as well as within other cross-functional partners globally.
• Utilize FDA regulatory expertise to manage US related regulatory inquiries as well as competitive legal challenges related to product compliance, claims and campaigns.
• Collaborate with our Litigation team to defend against demand letters and publicly filed lawsuits.
• Collaborate with your NA and Global Legal colleagues along with teams of cross functional stakeholders to drive world class legal business partnering, identifying opportunities for enhanced flexibility and working as part of agile squads to develop new tools to support core business activities.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

• Bar admission in at least one state
• 4+ years of legal experience, some in-house experience preferred
• General experience counselling clients in broad range of legal issues such as marketing, data privacy, e-commerce, international expansion, corporate governance, employment, IP, and more.
• Broad experience and deep expertise in FDA and relevant state regulations applied to dietary supplements and conventional foods; added benefit if experience in medical devices and OTC drug products. 
• Strong background in consumer health & wellness innovation, with substantial experience applying relevant U.S. federal and state regulatory schemes, issue spotting and developing strategies to address potential barriers.
• Strong experience in claim substantiation.
• Experience managing a high-pressure workload that requires covering multiple tasks and collaborating with several internal and external stakeholders simultaneously.

Skills

• Ability to think on your feet, using judgment and experience to quickly analyze issues and propose legally and commercially viable solutions.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Positive, creative and “one-team” mindset.
• Ability to work independently but also build relationships and become a true business partner.
  

Leadership

• You are an inclusive motivator of people. Your team deliver with real passion, growing and learning from each other whilst delivering quick wins.
• You are still responsible for your own results and as a manager, you also need to motivate others to deliver with passion, creating an inclusive and engaging climate around you. You can balance challenge with support and coaching. You understand the wider business context and you are emotionally intelligent enough to motivate people to deliver what is needed.

• Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors
  • PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Has emotional intelligence to take feedback, manage mood and motivations, and build empathy for others.
  • PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Generates intensity and focus to motivate people to deliver results at speed. Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results.
  • TALENT CATALYST: Invests in people – coaches individuals and teams to realize their full potential. Creates an inclusive climate, empowering everyone to be at their best.
  • PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.
  • CONSUMER LOVE: Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.
  • BUSINESS ACUMEN: Creates sustainable growth with purpose, engaging different partners across the system for change.

What We Can Offer You

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Pay: The pay range for this position is $115,680 to $173,520. Unilever takes into consideration a wide range of factors that are utilized in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, qualifications and education, and other business and organizational needs.

Bonus: This position is bonus eligible.

Long-Term Incentive (LTI): This position is LTI eligible.

Benefits: Unilever employees are eligible to participate in our benefits plan. Should the employee choose to participate, they can choose from a range of benefits to include, but is not limited to, health insurance (including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage), retirement savings benefits, life insurance and disability benefits, parental leave, sick leave, paid vacation and holidays, as well as access to numerous voluntary benefits. Any coverages for health insurance and retirement benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.

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Unilever is an organization committed to diversity and inclusion to drive our business results and create a better future every day for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal law and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. 

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Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests, which may include drug screening, background check, credit check and DMV check.

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