Senior Director, Litigation And Regulatory & Compliance

About Us
HAVI is a global, privately held company that delivers expertise and experience across analytics, packaging, sourcing, supply chain, and logistics. The Seattle Legal team supports and partners with the Stanley brand
Stanley is defined by Creativity, Building and Invention. We are makers of the legendary bottle and box. Driven by purpose, passion, and performance. Obsessed with making a difference and keeping our promises. Proud of our yesterday and focused on building the team of tomorrow.
Position Overview
We are seeking an experienced senior attorney to lead Litigation and Regulatory & Compliance. The Sr. Director reports to the Vice President of Legal. The position is based in our Seattle office and you will be required to be on-premise at least 2 days per week. It's an exciting and pivotal time at Stanley! There will be many opportunities for depth and breadth experience and to build, create, and scale from the ground up. If you enjoy working on interesting, complex projects at a fast-paced, growing company, we would love to hear from you!
Key Responsibilities

• Lead all Litigation and pre-litigation matters for Stanley, including internal fact investigations, preparing, and filing pleadings with outside counsel, handling discovery, reviewing legal briefs, and preparing cases for trial and/or settlement.
• Litigation matters may include commercial, product liability, class action defense, employment, data and privacy, and personal injury cases.
• This role may also be asked to assist with litigation matters for HAVI's other business units and respond to regulatory inquiries and other high-profile matters for the company.
• Build compliance programs to ensure that Stanley follows applicable laws and regulations.
• Serve as the first point of contact to the Quality and Compliance and Customer Success teams.
• Advise on matters related to the substantiation of claims and product safety, including strategies to minimize and mitigate enterprise risk.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain for supplier and vendor oversight and compliance.
• Support brand protection initiatives, including offensive litigation, criminal investigations, collaborate with Customs and Border Protection, and outreach to online marketplaces.
• Build and deliver training to business teams.
• Manage immigration matters.
• Support ad hoc projects at the request of the VP of Legal.

Who You Are

• Minimum of 10 years validated experience litigating complex, large-scale commercial and consumer Litigation and leading state and federal regulatory investigations and litigation.
• Excellent verbal and written communicator, demonstrating the interpersonal skills required to effectively collaborate with key partners, team members, business leaders, and employees at all levels within the company.
• Comfortable working with ambiguity, excel in a fast-paced environment, and operate with speed, quality, and accuracy as top priorities.
• Enjoy creating and establishing prudent, scalable processes and programs to optimize workflows.
• Have strong analytical and problem-solving skills with an outstanding ability to simplify concepts and to bring clarity in the face of ambiguity and willing to be innovative in the delivery of legal services.
• A lawyer who has experience building and crafting a Litigation and Regulatory & Compliance team.
• A lawyer with a consistent and validated track record of creating global compliance programs that includes collaboration with cross-functional teams within the business and regionals teams in South America, China Asia Pacific, and Europe Middle East Africa.
• Experience with effective oversight and direction of outside counsel, including lawyers outside of the U.S.
• Excellent command of Excel to build budgets and outside counsel legal expenses and to monitor and report on outside counsel performance.
• Aligned with our values, possess a sense of humor and positive approach to the work.
• Meaningful experience with consumer goods and/or retail companies.

Education and Experience

• Juris Doctor degree, licensed to practice law in at least one state in the U.S.
• 10+ years as an attorney at a nationally recognized law firm and/or an in-house legal department at a company with a recognized consumer brand.
• 10 years of experience with intellectual property, class action, and/or commercial litigation.
• Advanced proficiency with Office 365, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and SharePoint.

Stanley is committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please contact recruiting@stanley1913.com.
The base pay range for this position is $210,000 - $240,000 for a successful candidate within the state listed. The successful candidate's actual pay will be based on multiple factors, such as work location, job-related knowledge, skills, qualifications, and experience. Stanley is a total rewards company, which includes rewards beyond base salary. Full-time employees are eligible for an annual bonus, based on company and individual results. In addition, we offer a variety of employee benefits, personalized time off, 14-Paid holidays, dental, vision, 401(k), and much more.
About HAVI
HAVI is a global, privately owned company that connects people with ideas, data with insights, supply with demand, restaurants with deliveries and ultimately, people with the products they love. Whether we are sourcing, storing or delivering products, we bring unmatched category expertise and unrivaled operational excellence, combined with powerful digital analytics and insights. Founded in 1974, HAVI employs more than 10,000 people and serves customers in more than 100 countries. HAVI's business units include Supply Chain, tms and Stanley. Our portfolio of businesses offers best-in-class sourcing and supply chain capabilities, brand defining marketing and promotion services and innovative consumer products. For more information, please visit HAVI.com, tmsw.com and stanley1913.com.