Senior Paralegal

Senior Paralegal

Join our mission to lead the future of snacking. Make it matter.

Mondelēz International empowers people to snack right. With global net revenues of approximately $36 billion, we are leading the future of snacking with iconic brands such as Oreo, Cadbury, Ritz, and Toblerone. Our Legal team enables the business to compete globally while complying with legal requirements and the highest standards of ethical conduct — protecting our company, our brands, and our people.

Role Purpose

The Senior Paralegal provides high-level legal support across a broad range of marketing, advertising, and brand-related matters arising from the day-to-day operations of a large, fast-paced, and globally driven organization. Acting as a key partner to the Senior Counsel, Commercial and the wider Legal team, this role manages complex marketing-law workflows, supports brand protection initiatives, and drives operational efficiency within the marketing legal function.

Key Responsibilities

Marketing & Advertising Compliance

• Review and support the clearance of marketing materials, advertising campaigns, packaging copy, promotional programs and digital/social-media content for legal compliance.

• Track and ensure adherence to advertising regulations, industry self-regulatory codes (e.g., CARU, NAD, FTC), and internal marketing policies across multiple markets.

• Maintain a library of substantiation files, claim-support documentation, and regulatory guidance for marketing teams.

• Administer advertising copy review system including onboarding and training marketers on the system.

• Assists with the review of marketing materials for compliance with brand trademark guidelines.

Contract & Agency Management

• Revise, review, and manage marketing-related agreements including influencer and talent agreements, sponsorship deals, licensing agreements and Non-Disclosure agreements.

• Serve as the primary point of contact for external agencies and outside counsel on day-to-day marketing-legal matters.

• Review and process outside counsel and vendor invoices against billing guidelines; flag discrepancies and support cost-management initiatives.

Data, Reporting & Process Improvement

• Maintain and update the matter-management system with accurate data on marketing-legal matters, regulatory filings, and brand-protection actions.

• Prepare regular reports, dashboards, and metrics on marketing-legal activity for senior leadership.

• Identify opportunities to streamline marketing-review workflows, improve processes, and leverage technology within the function.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with internal stakeholders — including Marketing, Brand, Digital, R&D, Regulatory Affairs, Licensing, Trademarks and regional business units — to provide timely legal support on campaigns and product launches.

• Support responses to regulatory inquiries from advertising standards bodies and the FTC.

• Assist with consumer-data privacy reviews related to marketing activities and other ad-hoc legal projects as assigned.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree or Paralegal Certificate from an ABA-approved program.

• 7+ years of paralegal experience, with a strong focus on marketing law, advertising compliance, brand protection in a corporate legal department or law firm.

• Demonstrated expertise in advertising-clearance processes, NDAs, and marketing-related contract workflows.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.

• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple matters and competing deadlines simultaneously.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills; meticulous attention to detail.

• Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with discretion.

Preferred

• Experience in a multinational consumer-goods or food-and-beverage company.

• Familiarity…