Associate Legal Counsel, Intimate Wellness

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

This role is an integral part of the CGO Legal Health & Hygiene team, providing as part of the team balanced, commercial legal advice and support to the Intimate Wellness and Veet brand teams as well as associated global functions, including the R&D, Medical and Regulatory teams. You will be a partner to the business working collaboratively with both legal and non-legal colleagues and stakeholders to bring innovative and competitive products to market while ensuring their compliance with marketing and consumer laws. You will gain experience on research and development of medical devices, cosmetics, and general products and devices. This role will suit you if you enjoy working closely with creatives and innovators, are willing to join in and ideate, love a challenge and seeking out practical solutions, are not afraid of getting into technical details of a project, and like working in a fast-paced environment.

Your responsibilities

• Working in collaboration with the Head of Legal, Intimate Wellness, deliver operational legal support to aspects of global product development, marketing, advertising and commercialisation, including: 
  • Advising on global advertising and marketing claims and claims substantiation, as well as approving on-pack copy and other globally developed consumer and trade marketing materials, including point of sale and social media posts; 
  • Providing input to project documentation including stage gate documents, and to risk assessments;  
  • Advising on concepts and attending workshops for new and/or existing products, identifying key risks and route to market issues; 
  • Attending, and preparing notes of meetings of, Intimate Wellness and/or Veet leadership team meetings; and
  • Liaising with Reckitt lawyers worldwide and other legal functions such as Global Brand Protection, Patents and Procurement, ensuring regular communication of issues, and seeking or providing advice as needed.
• Drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, including non-disclosure agreements,  services agreements and statements of work, joint development agreements, clinical and other research agreements, and other similar innovation or brand partnership contracts;
• Working with the cross-functional team, support the business in managing the implications of changes to relevant laws, particularly in relation to products on the market; and
• Deliver training to relevant business units on frequently encountered legal issues.
• Provide legal assistance as needed by Head of Legal, Intimate Wellness on ad hoc matters including competitor challenges, supply chain matters, product related litigation, M&A and product recalls.

The experience we're looking for

• General Experience and Skills
• Legal experience preferably in a commercial legal department in-house. Ideally, 2 years PQE, although those with lower PQE or that are yet to obtain formal legal qualification will be considered based on experience
• Ability to draft, review and negotiate commercial contracts governed by English law
• As we operate in a fast-paced environment, a high willingness to learn and high learning agility, including an ability to apply principles learned in new situations is mandatory
• Knowledge of advertising and marketing law, and/or intellectual property law in UK, EU, China or India desirable
• High level of attention to detail and good ability to spot issues
• Practical and commercial approach to problem solving 
• A positive attitude and ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic and entrepreneurial environment

 

Leadership Capabilities:

• Ability to engage and communicate in a clear, coherent and direct but respectful manner 
• Ability to act on your own initiative
• Ability to build relationships and work with peers inspiring trust and confidence
• Capacity to understand technical issues and concepts and communicate them in a concise and coherent way

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, Qualified Lawyer.

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.