Director, Legal Commercial Operations – Regulatory Focus

Circle K

Director of Legal Commercial Operations leading regulatory compliance and legal strategy. Engaging with business stakeholders across fuel, environmental, and retail sectors in a complex regulatory landscape.

Posted 6/5/2026full-timeCharlotte • Arizona, North Carolina, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Act as the strategic legal regulatory and compliance advisor to the Fuel, Environmental, Transportation, Merchandising, and Marketing business functions in their efforts to comply with regulatory requirements.
Ensure the embedding of regulatory compliance considerations into contracts, operational processes, product launches, promotions, pricing strategies.
Negotiate strategic agreements for Fuel, Environmental, and Transportation functions.
Manage junior attorneys on their support of day-to-day contracting needs of the functions.
Own regulatory interpretation and policy setting for the U.S. business; translate regulatory requirements into clear, actionable internal standards.
Monitor regulatory developments and enforcement trends, including new and emerging regulatory areas; proactively brief leadership on emerging risks and opportunities.
Lead regulatory incident response, investigations, and remediation efforts.
Interface with regulators, inspectors, and enforcement agencies.
Prepare and oversee regulatory filings, disclosures, and responses.
Strategically manage outside counsel and consultants to control cost while mitigating legal and regulatory risk.
Ensure consistent regulatory positions and effective coordination across jurisdictions.
Act as an educator to the business on how to have a regulatory mindset and provide trainings on key regulatory topics, including anti-trust and anti-corruption.

Requirements

What you’ll need

JD or equivalent from an accredited institution and admission to at least one US state bar
10+ years of experience, with a minimum of 7 years leading teams and/or functions (in-house and law firm)
Deep regulatory background in one or more of the following fields: energy/fuel, grocery or convenience retail, environmental compliance, or highly regulated consumer products.
Demonstrated experience advising senior executives and influencing business decisions in complex regulatory environments.
Strong judgment, executive presence, and the ability to operate independently at a senior level.
Experience interfacing with regulators and managing audits and enforcement actions.
Pragmatic, business‑oriented legal advisor with a strong risk‑based mindset.
Collaborative partner who can drive alignment across legal, compliance, and operational teams.
Comfortable advising on a broad and shifting array of retail legal issues, including the enthusiasm to counsel on new and trending areas of law and regulation.
Ability to work comfortably while processes and systems are being established.
Collaborative spirit with a sense of humor.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive Salary
Complete benefits packages (medical, dental, deferred compensation plan, employee stock plan, etc.).
People Perks which allows for great discounts on food and fuel.
Vacation / PTO time
Work in a collaborative, dynamic and high performing team.
Work for a leading, innovative, and growing company in convenience stores operations.
Fortune 500 company and a 5-time Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award Winner.
Tuition reimbursement of $5,000 per year.
Learning opportunities to develop new skills and to evolve professionally in a fast-growing company.

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Hard Skills & Tools

regulatory compliancecontract negotiationregulatory interpretationpolicy settingregulatory filingslegal risk managementaudits managementenforcement actionsincident responseregulatory training

Soft Skills

strategic advisingexecutive presenceindependent operationjudgmentcollaborationinfluencing decisionsbusiness-oriented mindsetalignment drivingadaptabilitysense of humor

Certifications

JDadmission to US state bar