Employment Counsel, Canada & International

StackAdapt

7d•CA$114,400 - CA$157,300•Remote

About The Position

StackAdapt is seeking an Employment Counsel to join its Legal team, supporting employment law functions across Canada and other key international markets. This role is ideal for an employment lawyer with over 3 years of experience who wants to take on broad ownership of advisory work, compliance, dispute resolution, and cross-functional projects within a rapidly growing global technology company. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with the People & Culture (P&C) team and business leaders throughout the entire employment lifecycle, from hiring to termination, and will be instrumental in developing scalable, compliant frameworks to support StackAdapt's international expansion. StackAdapt operates as a Remote First company, and this position is open to candidates located in Canada.

Requirements

Minimum 3+ years of relevant employment law experience, with some of that at a law firm where you advised on Canadian employment matters and handled employment demands and litigation.
Called to the bar in at least one Canadian province (Ontario preferred) and in good standing.
Strong working knowledge of Canadian employment and human rights legislation, with the ability to quickly get up to speed on multi-jurisdictional nuances.
Excellent judgment and the ability to balance legal risk with practical, business-oriented advice.
Strong project management skills and comfort managing a high volume of concurrent matters and stakeholders.
Clear, confident communicator who can distill complex legal issues into practical guidance for non-lawyers.
Comfort working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with evolving priorities.
Genuine curiosity about how AI tools can be applied to legal work, along with a willingness to learn and adopt new tools as they're introduced.
Comfortable using AI-powered tools as part of their everyday workflow, applying sound legal judgment to review and validate AI-assisted output, and interested in helping identify new ways AI can support the employment law function.

Nice To Haves

Experience with other jurisdictions (e.g., US, UK, Australia, Singapore, Germany) is an asset.

Responsibilities

Provide day-to-day employment law advisory support for Canada (all provinces, as applicable), with additional support to other jurisdictions such as the UK, Germany, Australia, and Singapore, working with local outside counsel as needed.
Manage and help resolve employment standards complaints, human rights complaints, and demand letters, and support litigation strategy and outside counsel instruction where required.
Partner with the People & Culture team on workplace investigations, performance management, accommodations, leaves of absence, and terminations.
Draft and maintain employment agreements, policies, and handbooks across supported jurisdictions.
Support key employment-related compliance projects and initiatives as the company scales, helping build sustainable and efficient processes for the Legal and P&C teams.
Support international expansion by helping stand up compliant employment frameworks in new markets.
Identify and lead opportunities to use AI tools to improve the speed and quality of employment law advice, document drafting, research, and case/matter management.

Benefits

Highly competitive salary
Retirement/ 401K/ Pension Savings globally
Competitive Paid time off packages including birthday's off!
Access to a comprehensive mental health care program
Health benefits from day one of employment
Work from home reimbursements
Optional global WeWork membership for those who want a change from their home office and hubs in London and Toronto
Robust training and onboarding program
Coverage and support of personal development initiatives (conferences, courses, books etc)
Access to StackAdapt programmatic courses and certifications to support continuous learning
An awesome parental leave program
A friendly, welcoming, and supportive culture
Our social and team events!