AGC - Labor & Employment

Sealed Air designs and delivers packaging solutions that protect essential goods transported worldwide, preserve food, enable e-commerce and digital connectivity, and help create a global supply chain that is touchless, safer, less wasteful, and more resilient. We strive to foster a caring, high-performance growth culture that will deliver consistent, sustainable profitable growth and accelerate our performance – a culture where accountability is clear and aligned, and where we reward business outcomes and impact. That culture guides everything we do, including how we partner with our customers and suppliers, how we attract and retain top talent, and how we create and deliver value for our stakeholders. In 2024, Sealed Air generated $5.4 billion in revenue and had approximately 16,400 employees distributing products and services to 117 countries/territories around the world. To learn more, visit .

Position Summary

Reporting directly to the General Counsel and Secretary (“GC”), the AGC, Labor & Employment is a senior member of the Legal, Ethics & Compliance, Corporate Affairs, and Sustainability (“LCAS”) team and a business and strategic partner to the People and business teams. This newly defined position will serve as the company’s chief labor, employment, benefits, and executive compensation (“L&E”) counsel providing advice and guidance to management on all L&E matters impacting the company. The successful candidate will be a “roll-up your sleeves” leader who is a team player, is comfortable driving change, values accountability, and is looking to make a tremendous impact. They also have strong personal drive, energy, and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with high expectations for responsiveness. This is an opportunity to join a new GC to shape the LCAS function for the future.

Key Responsibilities

• Be a trusted advisor and strategic legal partner to the Chief People Officer, the People team, and the business teams on U.S., multi-jurisdictional, and global L&E, employee relations, and policy related matters
• Provide advice and legal support related to compliance with the breadth of global, federal, state, and local laws and regulations governing the workplace
• Develop, build, and implement scalable global L&E policies and procedures to ensure compliance with laws and regulations within the U.S. and all countries in which the company does business
• Oversee and drive the strategy for the company’s employment litigation and claims, including working with outside counsel and internal teams and managing costs to ensure effective use of resources
• Provide legal support and guidance with respect to compensation and benefits related matters, such as FLSA and compensation and equity incentive plans
• Draft, review, analyze and negotiate all employment-related agreements including consulting, recruitment and hiring, terminations, compensation and severance plans, incentive, non-compete, and confidentiality agreements
• Proactively identifying legal risks and develop mitigation strategies to protect the interests of the company; keep the company’s senior management abreast of significant employment and labor decisions, legislation, and regulatory rulings that may affect the company’s business or policies
• Develop a thorough understanding of and familiarity with the company's business, its people, markets, facilities, customers, and competitors in order to identify trends and formulate appropriate structures and strategies

Key Qualifications

• Juris Doctor from an accredited law school; and actively licensed and in good standing to practice law in at least one U.S. state.
• 15+ years of progressive legal experience with a focus on labor, employment, benefits, and executive compensation practice, gained through a combination of law firm and in-house roles.
• Experience as a senior member of the Legal leadership team of a U.S. public company with global operations is required; and experience in packaging, manufacturing, or consumer products is strongly preferred.
• Experience serving as a trusted partner and advisor to the Chief People Officer, People team, and business teams is required; experience supporting the compensation committee of the board of directors is preferred.
• Experience conducting sensitive, internal, or related investigations, developing employment and compliance related training programs and initiatives, and managing employment litigation and dispute resolution.
• Experience with privacy; health and safety; ethics and compliance programs; and/or mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures is a plus.

Requisition id: 52243

Relocation: No

Sealed Air is committed to attracting, selecting, and developing talent that reflects the diversity of the communities and customers we serve. We take pride in our selection process to identify, infuse, and grow talent to align with our culture, values, and norms. Sealed Air prioritizes talent development, fostering a culture of continuous growth and career progression. The company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment and to all employees, without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, protected disability, veteran status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

*Please be cautious of fraudulent recruiting efforts using the Sealed Air name or logo. Sealed Air will never request private information during the application process, such as a Driver's License or Social Security Number. If you have any concerns about information received from SEE during the application process, please reach out to us directly at [email protected].

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