• Manage Legal Risk & Regulatory Compliance

  • Oversee significant litigation, investigations, regulatory matters, and material legal issues across international markets.
  • Ensure compliance with applicable international laws and regulations.
  • Coordinate external counsel and legal resources across multiple jurisdictions.
  • Escalate material legal and business risks to executive leadership, as appropriate.

• Drive Operational Excellence

  • Promote efficient, scalable legal service delivery across international markets.
  • Partner with Legal Operations to improve technology adoption, reporting, and operational effectiveness.
  • Champion continuous improvement, process simplification, and standardization where appropriate.
  • Establish operating rhythms, performance expectations, and accountability across the international legal organization.

• Serve as a Strategic Member of the Global Legal Leadership Team

  • Serve as an active member of the Global Legal Leadership Team.
  • Collaborate with Regional Counsel leaders and Centers of Excellence to drive consistency across the legal function.
  • Support organizational design, legal transformation initiatives, and enterprise priorities.
  • Lead cross-functional strategic initiatives on behalf of the Chief Legal Officer.

Candidate Profile

Experience

• Juris Doctor (or equivalent legal qualification) with the ability to practice law in a relevant jurisdiction.
• 10+ years of progressive legal leadership experience supporting multinational organizations.
• Significant experience advising executive leadership on complex international legal and commercial matters.
• Demonstrated success leading geographically dispersed legal teams across multiple countries and cultures.
• Experience managing cross-border transactions, regulatory matters, litigation, and external counsel.
• Proven ability to balance legal risk with commercial objectives in a global business environment.

Leadership Profile

• Strategic, enterprise-minded leader with exceptional business acumen.
• Strong executive presence with the ability to influence senior leaders and build trusted partnerships.
• Proven ability to lead through complexity, ambiguity, and organizational change.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and talent development skills.
• Demonstrated commitment to building an inclusive, high-performing global legal organization.

We Don’t Just Build The World, We Build Innovative Technology Too.

Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 43,500 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you’ll get the unique chance to impact some of the world’s most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black + Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.

Who We Are

We’re the World’s largest tool company. We’re industry visionaries. We’re solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state-of-the-art “smart factory” products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn't stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company.

Global Benefits & Perks

You’ll be rewarded with a competitive salary plus receive entitlements and benefits unique to your country of hire.

What You’ll Also Get

• Career Opportunity: Career paths aren’t linear here. Being part of our global company with 60+ brands gives you the chance to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.
• Learning & Development: Our lifelong learning philosophy means you’ll have access to a wealth of state-of-the-art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities).
• Diverse & Inclusive Culture: We pride ourselves on being an awesome place to work. We respect and embrace differences because that’s how the best work gets done. You’ll find we like to have fun here, too.
• Purpose-Driven Company: You’ll help us continue to make positive changes in the local communities where we work and live as well as in the broader world through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.