Double Good’s mission is to create joy. We create joy with our delectable and award-winning popcorn. We create joy with our easy-to-use fundraising platform that raises a meaningful amount of money for youth sports and activities, empowering kids to pursue their dreams. We create joy through our Kids Foundation which hosts Double Good Days events across the country to bring all-ability fun to children with special needs and their families.
As featured on the Today Show, Double Good is not just about the product; we have a strong social mission.
In recent years, Double Good has seen 40% year over year growth, and we’re excited about our future! We’re excited about the possibility of you joining our mission. We are looking for a Legal, Compliance and Risk Operations Manager to join our growing Legal team.
This role will be hybrid - you will be based out of our downtown Chicago office but may be required to occasionally visit our Burr Ridge and Elmhurst locations to ensure connectedness and understanding of our business.
About the role:
In this role, you will:
- Work with the General Counsel to build out a new legal function with a company that has seen tremendous growth in recent years.
- Own the company’s Contract Lifecycle Management System and build out efficient processes for the review, approval and management of commercial contracts;
- Collaborate with other departments and functions to create and track metrics related to risk mitigation efforts across the company;
- Create and share “knowledge management” tools with relevant stakeholders throughout the org, including creating and managing a content center for legal self serve info and tools;
- Expand on legal intake processes and procedures to ensure efficient triage of legal requests;
- Collaborate with General Counsel on data privacy compliance initiatives;
- Depending on experience and interest, manage processes for trademark renewals and create internal tracking mechanisms in coordination with outside counsel, and
- Have the ability to take on additional projects and responsibilities depending on areas of interest and prior experience.
Experience & Skills we value:
- 5+ years of legal operations, paralegal, and/or contract management experience in a corporate legal department
- Proficient in Ironclad or similar contract lifecycle management tools and willingness to adopt and learn new tech products
- Demonstrated experience creating and managing efficient processes for legal intake, reporting and resolution
- Exposure to and interest in legal operations and risk management metrics to demonstrate value and progress;
- Prior experience reviewing contract terms and executing on revisions and approvals based on a playbook;
- Capable of communicating effectively with a wide variety of audiences
Nice to have and/or you’ll learn:
- Prior experience managing a trademark portfolio Exposure to data privacy compliance concepts such as data access and deletion requests
- Exposure to manufacturing operations compliance concepts
We’re on a mission to create more joy in people’s lives, and that includes our internal employees. We create a place people love to be a part of, where people can discover and practice their unique skill sets, a place where they can contribute and do their best work. We do this by offering our employees:
Benefits and Perks:
- Medical, Dental, Vision insurance
- Flexible Spending Account / Health Savings Account
- 401k with 4% Company Match
- Generous PTO
- 11 Holidays in the year
- Paid Parental Leave
- Comprehensive Employee Assistance Program (EAP) available to all employees 24/7
- Company sponsored disability and life insurance
- Monthly Popcorn Allowance (yup, free popcorn)
- Volunteer opportunities with charity partners and the Double Good Kids Foundation
- Company events (Happy Hours, Ice Cream Trucks, Summer Shindig, Holiday Party)
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We want our employees to reflect the diverse communities we serve. We embrace the uniqueness in everyone, and we encourage each person to be their true selves. Your age, skin color, beliefs, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, parental status, vet status, gender identity are valued here. We do not stand for discrimination or harassment of any kind. Come as you are.
