Legal Director - Food Safety & Regulatory

Legal Counsel For Food Safety Regulations

This lawyer will support new legal demands due to new regulatory requirements in the United States due to new acquisitions and rapidly changing regulatory expectations.

The lawyer will provide legal support for FSMA business needs, new M&A integration, and food safety regulatory for business acquisitions.

The lawyer will also support the R&D teams working on changing portfolio initiatives resulting from new regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities include:

• Providing legal support for M&A integration teams, including providing legal advice on Food Safety Modernization Act ("FSMA") requirements for regulatory compliance.
• Providing legal support for North America Continuous Improvement team, including FSMA requirements for reanalysis of Food Safety Plans, Sanitation as a Preventive Control. Support team to create appropriate compliance processes and ensure documentation is appropriate to legal concerns. Support legal needs of both short term and long term actions of CI team. Capture legal learnings to share with other global sectors.
• Monitoring and interpreting rapidly changing FDA and state level food manufacturing related regulations and requirements.
• Working with Regulatory, Product Development, Scientific Affairs, and Food Safety Quality Assurance teams to provide legal advice related to risk assessment and regulatory interpretation of relevant FDA and EPA regulations.
• Partnering strategically with Supplier Quality Assurance in order to provide FSMA legal advice for supplier verification activities.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams including R&D, Supply Chain, Government Affairs, and Corporate Communications to align legal strategy with business objectives.

Compensation & Benefits:

• The expected compensation range for this position is between $125,900 - $249,900.
• Location, confirmed job-related skills, experience, and education will be considered in setting actual starting salary. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range during the hiring process.
• Bonus based on performance and eligibility target payout is 25% of annual salary paid out annually and an additional target payout of 10% of annual salary is paid out over 3 years following the end of the performance period.
• Long term incentive equity may be awarded based on eligibility and performance. Paid time off subject to eligibility, including paid parental leave, vacation, sick, and bereavement.
• In addition to salary, PepsiCo offers a comprehensive benefits package to support our employees and their families, subject to elections and eligibility: Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Health, and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Insurance (Accident, Group Legal, Life), Defined Contribution Retirement Plan.

Qualifications include:

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school.
• Active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in regulatory law, preferably in the food, beverage, or consumer goods industry. Consumer products litigation experience beneficial.
• Strong understanding of U.S. federal and state regulatory frameworks; international experience is a plus.
• Working knowledge of FSMA; other FDA, USDA and EPA experience welcomed. Recall experience in any industry a plus.