Director of Legal & Risk Management

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Azure Standard is a mission-driven, family-owned organization committed to inspiring healthy and abundant living.

We are seeking a Director of Legal & Risk Management to serve as a strategic advisor and steward of legal integrity across the enterprise. This role exists to protect Azure’s people, relationships, brand, and long-term sustainability, while enabling responsible growth. The Director of Legal & Risk Management partners closely with Executive Leadership to proactively manage legal risk, compliance, and governance in a way that aligns with Azure’s mission, vision, and core values.

This is not a reactive legal role. It is a trusted, values-centered leadership position designed to bring clarity, structure, and discernment to complex legal and risk-based decisions.

• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of contracts including vendor agreements, distribution agreements, NDAs, licensing agreements, broker agreements, franchise‑adjacent documents, technology agreements, and professional services contracts
• Support Sales, Purchasing, Operations, and Executive teams with practical legal guidance that enables growth while mitigating risk
• Establish and maintain standardized contract templates and approval workflows

• Advise Executive Leadership on corporate structure, subsidiaries, affiliates, joint ventures, and strategic partnerships
• Support governance best practices, including corporate resolutions, board support, and entity compliance
• Maintain corporate records, filings, and entity documentation across states and jurisdictions
• Provide legal insight during mergers, acquisitions, expansions, or restructures

• Manage and protect Azure’s trademarks, copyrights, and proprietary brand assets
• Oversee trademark filings, renewals, monitoring, and enforcement
• Partner with CX, Brand, Marketing, and Product teams to ensure compliant and protected brand usage
• Support licensing agreements and intellectual property strategy for proprietary brands

• Partner with Employee Services (HR) on employment law matters, including policies & investigations, and workers’ compensation
• Advise on wage and hour compliance, multi‑state employment laws, and workforce regulations
• Support response to claims, complaints, audits, or agency inquiries (e.g., EEOC, state labor agencies)

• Identify, assess, and mitigate enterprise‑level legal and operational risk
• Partner with Finance and Operations to oversee insurance programs, including general liability, product liability, workers’ compensation, auto, cyber, and D&O insurance
• Review claims, manage loss trends, and collaborate with brokers and carriers
• Support incident response and risk mitigation strategies across facilities, logistics, and customer‑facing operations

• Oversee business licenses, permits, and registrations across local, state, and federal jurisdictions
• Ensure compliance related to food distribution, manufacturing, warehousing, transportation, and e‑commerce operations
• Monitor regulatory changes impacting Azure’s business and proactively advise leadership
• Coordinate with outside counsel or regulatory agencies as needed

• Take the lead on legal research for any legal matter that arises across the organization, ensuring accurate, timely, and practical guidance for leadership
• Identify when specialized legal expertise is required and procure, manage, and coordinate outside specialists as needed, ensuring alignment with Azure’s values, risk tolerance, and cost stewardship

• Advise on data privacy, consumer protection, and cybersecurity obligations
• Partner with Technology, CX, and Marketing teams on privacy policies, terms of service, consent practices, and data governance
• Support incident response planning for data breaches or technology‑related risks

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