Senior Legal Analyst

Role Overview: At McCormick, as the Legal Service Lead, you will be responsible for providing ongoing leadership, direction, and effective operation of the Legal Service team. You will act as a business partner to the Legal group and oversee various activities such as Legal Matter Intake and Company Secretarial, Contract Management, and Intellectual Property. Key Responsibilities: - Draft, redline, review, and negotiate Commercial, IP, and Procurement Contracts in accordance with relevant playbooks and templates. Work with the business to keep templates up to date. - Oversee Legal Matter Intake and Company Secretarial processes globally, including review, triage, prioritization, allocation of queries, regulatory compliance, and new officer/director updates. - Provide leadership, support, and training to the Legal Service Team to ensure high-level customer service. Supervise and oversee end-to-end delivery of all activities within the scope of processes. This includes leading performance reviews, setting goals, conducting development discussions, and being accountable for coaching, developing, and appraising direct reports. - Drive centralization and standardization of the Legal Service Team activity. Be accountable for building the team's capabilities. - Liaise with Legal and functional leadership to ensure expectations, service standards, and SLAs are met. - Establish adequate reporting processes to monitor the performance of the Legal Service Team to understand where improvements can be made. Qualifications & Experience: - Law degree required with 6+ years of experience. - Ability to interact with individuals at all levels of the organization and external parties. Must display excellent communication, interpersonal/influence skills along with the ability to gain credibility in the area of expertise. - Strong understanding of legal concepts and terminology, including knowledge of procurement contracts, IP law, relevant regulations, and the ability to interpret and apply legal language in contracts. - Strong team management skills. - Experience with global contract management. - Familiarity with legal technology including legal matter intake, CLM, IP docketing, etc.,