Senior Licensing Specialist (Retail, Alcohol & Business Licensing)
About The Position
Join Sutherland as a Senior Retail Licensing & Regulatory Specialist and become the subject matter expert supporting the licensing authority for a large-scale retail operation. Your expertise will help shape licensing strategy, reduce regulatory risk, and keep thousands of retail locations compliant across multiple jurisdictions. As the project's licensing authority, you'll interpret complex regulatory requirements, guide best practices for high-risk licensing—including alcohol and health permits—and help build compliant, scalable processes that support operations across the country.
Requirements
- 5+ years of hands-on experience managing multi-jurisdiction business license and permit renewals for a large national retailer, restaurant, or quick-service organization.
- Deep expertise with high-risk licensing, including Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC), Health Department permits, Hazardous Materials, and other complex regulatory requirements.
- A proven ability to interpret statutes, municipal codes, and regulatory requirements and translate them into clear, practical business processes.
- Strong knowledge of the full licensing lifecycle —from new applications and renewals through approvals, closeout, and record retention.
- Experience managing licensing across multiple states and local jurisdictions, balancing competing deadlines while maintaining compliance.
- Exceptional attention to detail and the ability to identify compliance risks before they become business issues.
- Willingness to travel to client sites as needed.
Responsibilities
- Interpret complex regulatory requirements.
- Guide best practices for high-risk licensing, including alcohol and health permits.
- Help build compliant, scalable processes that support operations across the country.
- Manage multi-jurisdiction business license and permit renewals.
- Translate statutes, municipal codes, and regulatory requirements into clear, practical business processes.
- Manage the full licensing lifecycle, from new applications and renewals through approvals, closeout, and record retention.
- Manage licensing across multiple states and local jurisdictions, balancing competing deadlines while maintaining compliance.
- Identify compliance risks before they become business issues.
Benefits
- Relocation assistance is available.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
