Paralegal - IP, CPG Regulation, Marketing, Commercial Contracts

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Boston, MA
Hybrid
Senior level
eCommerce • Healthtech • Pet • Retail • Pharmaceutical
At Chewy, our mission is to be the most trusted and convenient destination for pet parents and partners, everywhere.
The Role
The Paralegal will support Chewy's Commercial Transactions, IP, Marketing, and CPG legal team, focusing on contract drafting, legal research, product compliance, trademark clearance, and regulatory reviews while optimizing processes for efficiency.
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Our Opportunity:

Chewy’s Legal Department is seeking a proactive and diligent Paralegal to support our Commercial Transactions, Intellectual Property (IP), Marketing, and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) legal team in Boston, MA! The Paralegal hired at a Manager level, will perform a range of key legal support activities, including contract drafting, handling Chewy’s template and form agreements, legal research, legislative tracking, product development and labeling compliance, supporting product safety processes and consumer complaints, conducting trademark screenings, and reviewing marketing materials for legal compliance. The ideal candidate is execution-focused, self-motivated, and eager to learn, with a strong commitment to improving efficiency across all tasks. They will take a proactive approach to identifying and implementing process optimizations to streamline routine legal requests and reviews.

What You'll Do:

  • Legal Research: Conduct legal research related to IP, marketing regulations, product labeling, and product safety, including keeping up to date with evolving laws and regulations, federally and in all states.
  • Product Support: Assist with legal reviews related to product development, labeling compliance, and product safety initiatives, including recalls.
  • Marketing and Content Clearance:
    • Review print, digital, and social media marketing materials for compliance with corporate policies and advertising law principles, including reviewing claims to ensure FDA, and FTC compliance.
    • Identify intellectual property and trademark clearance issues and flag materials requiring further review by in-house counsel.
    • Provide direction on marketing materials under the supervision of in-house counsel.
  • Trademark Clearance and Prosecution:
    • Conduct preliminary trademark searches, analyze search results, and draft summaries and recommendations for the IP team.
    • Lead domestic and international trademark registrations, including filings, renewals, and enforcement actions.
  • Contract Review and Support: Draft, review, and negotiate various commercial contracts, including vendor, service, and non-disclosure agreements. Provide daily contracting support to legal and business teams, ensuring adherence to company policies and legal requirements.
  • Regulatory Review: Collaborate with marketing and sales teams to ensure that all content meets applicable legal standards, including FTC guidelines and IP law compliance. Research regulations to support product development, file state registrations, and draft policies and develop processes to support regulatory compliance.
  • Process Improvements: Lead initiatives to improve and streamline processes, making routine requests and reviews more efficient.
  • Collaboration: Work cross-functionally with internal teams, including quality, safety, customer service, marketing, and merchandising, to support product development, launches, marketing campaigns, and IP protection strategies.
  • Documentation: Assist with drafting, reviewing, and maintaining legal documentation related to product development, safety, recalls, IP, and marketing compliance.

What You'll Need:

  • Paralegal certificate from an ABA-accredited program.
  • 5+ years of experience supporting legal functions related to commercial transactions, intellectual property, marketing, and/or consumer product safety.
  • Experience in the CPG or e-commerce industry.
  • Familiarity with intellectual property law, including trademarks and copyright.
  • Experience handling domestic and international trademark registrations.
  • Experience with marketing regulations and content clearance processes.
  • Strong research and analytical skills, particularly in trademark and IP searches.
  • Excellent communication and organizational skills, with strong attention to detail.
  • Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Familiarity with product labeling requirements and safety regulations.
  • Familiarity with food and consumer product safety.
  • Familiarity with patents.
  • Experience supporting product recalls.
  • Experience in process improvement and workflow management.
  • Working knowledge of word, excel, power point, sharepoint, slack, net documents, legal tracker, smartsheets, confluence and other similar programs.
  • Eagerness to learn new areas of law!

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The Company
Boston, MA
20,000 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2011

What We Do

At Chewy, our mission is to be the most trusted and convenient destination for pet parents and partners, everywhere. We view pets and pet parents as family, and are obsessed with meeting their needs and exceeding customer expectations through every interaction. Behind the scenes, our talented teams are made up of innovators, delighters, big-thinkers and of course, passionate pet people—creating a place where you'll be empowered to build, grow and unleash your fullest potential.

Launched in 2011, we offer the personalized service of a neighborhood pet store alongside the convenience and speed of e-commerce. Customers love shopping our wide selection of products of more than 100,000 products (including our Private brands and prescription Rx food and Rx medication products), which we offer at competitive prices, fast 1-2 day shipping and around-the-clock convenience that only e-commerce can offer.

Chewy’s commitment to customer service is the core of our brand, and our customers love us for it. We “WOW” pet parents through 24/7 assistance, advice and encouragement every day of the year. We make pet parenting easy with our convenient Autoship subscription program—which allows our customers to schedule their orders, so they never run out of their pet food, supplies and medication they need.

As an e-commerce company, product innovation drives our operations, and our team is constantly striving to find new and better ways to improve our customers’ experience. From an easy­-to-­navigate website and highly rated mobile apps, to detailed order tracking and personalized “Pet Profile” features, we are transforming the way pet parents shop.

Why Work With Us

We're proud to be one of the fastest growing e-commerce companies of all time.

With growth comes the exciting opportunity to be a part of a world-class organization of engineering, product, and design team members, responsible for driving our latest innovations and designing "out-of-the Chewy box" experiences.

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