General Counsel

General Counsel & Enterprise Compliance Lead

The General Counsel & Enterprise Compliance Lead (General Counsel) provides practical, strategic legal guidance while ensuring the organization matures our enterprise compliance and governance capabilities. The General Counsel serves as the organization's chief legal officer and principal advisor to executive leadership on legal, governance, enterprise risk, regulatory, reputational, and strategic matters; owns the development and execution of IFF's legal, governance, and enterprise compliance strategy and ensures these functions support long-term organizational objectives; participates directly in enterprise strategic planning and major organizational initiatives, ensuring leadership evaluates legal, regulatory, governance, and reputational implications before significant decisions are made; and ensures legal and compliance considerations are incorporated early into planning, decision-making, and enterprise initiatives rather than addressed reactively after issues arise.

The General Counsel is a leader who can balance legal rigor and risk management with operational partnership and practicality. This role is intentionally designed to operate as a strategic legal partner rather than a purely transactional legal function and is structured as both a legal leadership role and an enterprise coordination role within Enterprise Operations. The role requires strong legal expertise alongside emotional intelligence, operational awareness, and enterprise-level thinking.

IFF is looking for candidates with a commitment to the work we do who can demonstrate their creativity, diligence, enthusiasm, growth-mindset, thoughtfulness, and passion to make meaningful change in the areas of economic and racial justice.

Core responsibilities include:

• Executive Leadership, Strategy & Enterprise Risk
• Legal Advisory & Enterprise Guidance
• Compliance Enablement & Governance Coordination
• Contract Management, Risk & Operational Partnership
• Crisis Management and Organizational Integrity

Additional requirements include occasional travel to IFF offices; occasional early start or extended hours and evening or weekend work.

Standard benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance, paid time off, 401(k) retirement plan with employer contribution, life insurance, short and long term disability. Work-life balance benefits include a hybrid workplace, summer Fridays. Employee development benefits include a professional development stipend and a mentorship program. Miscellaneous benefits include wellness programs, employee assistance, and referral bonuses.