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Director, Senior Corporate Counsel (Food, Sustainability and Marketing)
Legal
Director, Senior Corporate Counsel (Food, Sustainability and Marketing)
Legal
Full Time
7
Years
Experience
$200000 - $264000 / Year
Director, Senior Corporate Counsel (Food, Sustainability and Marketing)
Legal
Full Time
7
Years
Experience
$200000 - $264000 / Year
Skills
Regulatory compliance
Culinary
Supply Chain
Food safety
Commercial Partnerships
Quality Assurance
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Description
Company Profile:
At CAVA we make it deliciously simple to eat well and feel good every day. We are guided by a Mediterranean heritage that’s been perfecting how to eat and live for four thousand years. We prioritize authenticity, curiosity, and the pursuit of excellence in everything we do. We are working towards something big, together.
We foster a culture built on five core values:
Generosity First, Always: We lead with kindness. Our best work happens when we act in service of others
Constant Curiosity: We are eager to learn, grow, and explore beyond the obvious
Act with Agility: We welcome change; it’s the only constant. We embrace, adjust, adapt
Passion for Positivity: We greet each day with warmth and possibility
Collective Ambition: We have high aspirations that are achieved when we work together with a shared purpose
Director, Senior Corporate Counsel (Food, Sustainability and Marketing):
The Director, Senior Corporate Counsel will have the opportunity to work in a dynamic, entrepreneurial, and collegial environment with business partners across the category-defining Mediterranean fast-casual restaurant CAVA, with ambitions to share its unique offering throughout the U.S. You will report to the VP & Senior Associate Chief Legal Officer and serve a critical role for CAVA supporting food innovation, ensuring regulatory compliance, managing projects, and negotiating agreements, helping to make CAVA’s mission to bring heart, health, and humanity to food into a reality, supporting CAVA’s fast growth across the country.
This job description is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all the duties and responsibilities of the position, and such duties and responsibilities may change without notice.
What You’ll Do:
Strategize, collaborate with, and support CAVA’s Culinary, Food Safety and Quality Assurance, Sustainability, Marketing, Supply Chain, Operations, and Consumer Packaged Goods departments on new products, regulatory compliance, and commercial partnerships.
Review key laws and regulations, develop compliance solutions, and inform the enterprise of the same.
Manage cross-functional projects and processes to ensure compliance across various company initiatives.
Propose and review marketing materials across all channels related to food and menu items, including claims.
Inform strategic thinking across the enterprise regarding areas of regulatory interest.
Review and negotiate supplier agreements with food, drink, and packaging providers.
Undertake additional legal work as deemed fit.
The Qualifications:
Education & Experience
J.D. and active license to practice law in a U.S. jurisdiction.
7+ years of law firm and/or company legal department experience. Some law firm experience is preferred.
Comfortable reviewing laws and regulations and providing clear and cogent analyses and practical advice on their applications.
Experience with contract drafting, including drafting from scratch and with an attention to detail and reconciling provisions that may potentially conflict with each other or the practicalities of the business.
Familiarity with any of the following subject matter areas: sustainability, nutrition, marketing, supply chain, food safety and quality assurance, packaging, commercial, culinary, and operations.
Experience with reviewing and commenting on marketing copy preferred.
Excellent writing and oral communication skills and the ability to constructively, efficiently, and collegially collaborate with business partners.
Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment, be responsive, pro-active, and a self-starter capable of taking projects to completion and problem-solving along the way.
Willing to work flexibly (including, if required, at night and on weekends) and to travel, though minimal travel is expected.
Physical Requirements:
Ability to maintain stationary position to be able to operate a computer and other office equipment
Must be able to identify, analyze and assess details
For certain positions, must be able to occasionally move or transport items up to 50 pounds
Ability to communicate with others and exchange information accurately and effectively
Constantly positions self and move about to support ordinary restaurant or food production support or office operations, as applicable
Ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner.
What we offer:
Competitive salary, plus bonus and long-term incentives*
Early Wage Access!
Unlimited PTO, paid parental leave, plus paid opportunities to give back to the community
Health, Dental, Vision, Telemedicine, Pet Insurance plus more!
401k enrollment with CAVA contribution
Company-paid STD, LTD, Life and AD&D coverage for salaried positions*
Free CAVA food
Casual work environment
The opportunity to be on the ground floor of a rapidly growing brand
All exempt and non exempt employees are eligible for benefits. Benefits are effective the 1st of the month following 30 days of service and you have until the day before the effective date to enroll. A new hire can enroll in our benefit program by selecting a link that is emailed directly to the new hire at their personal email address once hired.
Please note that visa sponsorship is not available.
The posting range is an all cash range.
*Indicates qualifying eligible positions only
CAVA – Joining “A culture, not a concept”
This job description is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all the duties and responsibilities of the position and such duties and responsibilities may change without notice. As an equal opportunity employer, CAVA considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, age, height, weight, marital status, sexual orientation, familial status, genetic information or any other characteristic or protected classes as defined by federal, state, or local law.
Company Profile:
At CAVA we make it deliciously simple to eat well and feel good every day. We are guided by a Mediterranean heritage that’s been perfecting how to eat and live for four thousand years. We prioritize authenticity, curiosity, and the pursuit of excellence in everything we do. We are working towards something big, together.
We foster a culture built on five core values:
Generosity First, Always: We lead with kindness. Our best work happens when we act in service of others
Constant Curiosity: We are eager to learn, grow, and explore beyond the obvious
Act with Agility: We welcome change; it’s the only constant. We embrace, adjust, adapt
Passion for Positivity: We greet each day with warmth and possibility
Collective Ambition: We have high aspirations that are achieved when we work together with a shared purpose
Director, Senior Corporate Counsel (Food, Sustainability and Marketing):
The Director, Senior Corporate Counsel will have the opportunity to work in a dynamic, entrepreneurial, and collegial environment with business partners across the category-defining Mediterranean fast-casual restaurant CAVA, with ambitions to share its unique offering throughout the U.S. You will report to the VP & Senior Associate Chief Legal Officer and serve a critical role for CAVA supporting food innovation, ensuring regulatory compliance, managing projects, and negotiating agreements, helping to make CAVA’s mission to bring heart, health, and humanity to food into a reality, supporting CAVA’s fast growth across the country.
This job description is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all the duties and responsibilities of the position, and such duties and responsibilities may change without notice.
What You’ll Do:
Strategize, collaborate with, and support CAVA’s Culinary, Food Safety and Quality Assurance, Sustainability, Marketing, Supply Chain, Operations, and Consumer Packaged Goods departments on new products, regulatory compliance, and commercial partnerships.
Review key laws and regulations, develop compliance solutions, and inform the enterprise of the same.
Manage cross-functional projects and processes to ensure compliance across various company initiatives.
Propose and review marketing materials across all channels related to food and menu items, including claims.
Inform strategic thinking across the enterprise regarding areas of regulatory interest.
Review and negotiate supplier agreements with food, drink, and packaging providers.
Undertake additional legal work as deemed fit.
The Qualifications:
Education & Experience
J.D. and active license to practice law in a U.S. jurisdiction.
7+ years of law firm and/or company legal department experience. Some law firm experience is preferred.
Comfortable reviewing laws and regulations and providing clear and cogent analyses and practical advice on their applications.
Experience with contract drafting, including drafting from scratch and with an attention to detail and reconciling provisions that may potentially conflict with each other or the practicalities of the business.
Familiarity with any of the following subject matter areas: sustainability, nutrition, marketing, supply chain, food safety and quality assurance, packaging, commercial, culinary, and operations.
Experience with reviewing and commenting on marketing copy preferred.
Excellent writing and oral communication skills and the ability to constructively, efficiently, and collegially collaborate with business partners.
Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment, be responsive, pro-active, and a self-starter capable of taking projects to completion and problem-solving along the way.
Willing to work flexibly (including, if required, at night and on weekends) and to travel, though minimal travel is expected.
Physical Requirements:
Ability to maintain stationary position to be able to operate a computer and other office equipment
Must be able to identify, analyze and assess details
For certain positions, must be able to occasionally move or transport items up to 50 pounds
Ability to communicate with others and exchange information accurately and effectively
Constantly positions self and move about to support ordinary restaurant or food production support or office operations, as applicable
Ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner.
What we offer:
Competitive salary, plus bonus and long-term incentives*
Early Wage Access!
Unlimited PTO, paid parental leave, plus paid opportunities to give back to the community
Health, Dental, Vision, Telemedicine, Pet Insurance plus more!
401k enrollment with CAVA contribution
Company-paid STD, LTD, Life and AD&D coverage for salaried positions*
Free CAVA food
Casual work environment
The opportunity to be on the ground floor of a rapidly growing brand
All exempt and non exempt employees are eligible for benefits. Benefits are effective the 1st of the month following 30 days of service and you have until the day before the effective date to enroll. A new hire can enroll in our benefit program by selecting a link that is emailed directly to the new hire at their personal email address once hired.
Please note that visa sponsorship is not available.
The posting range is an all cash range.
*Indicates qualifying eligible positions only
CAVA – Joining “A culture, not a concept”
This job description is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all the duties and responsibilities of the position and such duties and responsibilities may change without notice. As an equal opportunity employer, CAVA considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, age, height, weight, marital status, sexual orientation, familial status, genetic information or any other characteristic or protected classes as defined by federal, state, or local law.
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Director, Senior Corporate Counsel (Food, Sustainability and Marketing)
Full Time
7
Years
Experience
$200000 - $264000 / Year
Skills
Regulatory compliance
Culinary
Supply Chain
Food safety
Commercial Partnerships
Quality Assurance
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