Assistant General Counsel, Employment - AMER

Datadog•New York, NY

78d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Legal team supports Datadog's rapid growth by providing a wide range of legal services across a highly dynamic technology company, from driving new business via contracts and compliance efforts, to protecting Datadog's intellectual property. Datadog's Legal team works with virtually every team across the organization, from engineering to product to marketing. Datadog is looking for an experienced employment lawyer to join our growing Global Employment Team and lead the team responsible for counseling on employment law issues across the Americas region. The successful candidate will join our small but mighty team of global employment attorneys and act as a trusted partner and advisor to the People Team, the business, and other key stakeholders across the company on all matters impacting our workforce and culture. Reporting to Datadog's Associate General Counsel - Employment, Litigation and Compliance, this role will focus on supporting the AMER region as we drive global consistency in our relationship with employees while ensuring compliance with applicable laws. but will provide support for global initiatives and projects as needed. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.

Requirements

An experienced attorney with at least 10+ years handling U.S. employment law matters with at least 5+ of those years in-house at a multinational corporation
A JD from an accredited U.S. law school and are a member in good standing of a U.S. state bar (New York preferred)
Comfortable working in an international context, with experience supporting jurisdictions outside of the US including Canada, LATAM as well as some immigration and mobility experience
Experience supporting mergers and acquisition activity.
An excellent communicator and able to partner well with colleagues in Legal and HR as well as business stakeholders
Able to provide practical solutions and business-oriented advice on a wide array of complex employment law issues
Passionate about employment law and keep up to date on developments
Interested in working for a dynamic and agile technology business and excited to be part of a growing team
Entrepreneurial, organized and comfortable working autonomously in an ambiguous, quickly changing environment
Organized and efficient with your time and tasks
Someone with a good sense of humor who enjoys collaborating with colleagues and working in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

Nice To Haves

Prior people management experience

Responsibilities

Serve as the lead employment lawyer for the AMER region (US, Canada, and LATAM) by providing advice and day-to-day support for the People Team and key business stakeholders in all areas of employment law including recruiting and hiring, performance management, leaves of absences, accommodations, terminations, compensation, harassment, discrimination, internal investigations, restrictive covenants, and wage and hour issues
Keep current on developments in employment laws in region and assist in implementing compliance in partnership with the People Team and other business stakeholders
Support the development and rollout of templates, employment policies and procedures to ensure best practices and compliance with applicable laws and regulations
Review and prepare customized trainings in various subject matters
Draft, revise, and advise on employee related documents including employment agreements and separation agreements
Provide support with regard to interpretation and enforcement of sales commission plans
Actively support mergers and acquisitions activity and international expansion in region
Identify areas of risk and opportunity in the employment space and work in partnership with the People Team and other key stakeholders to establish policies and procedures to help drive compliance and manage risk
Collaborate with other teams within Legal and across the Datadog to support the successful execution of global projects and initiatives as needed
Manage AMER outside counsel, particularly outside the United States, as needed and in a cost-effective manner.